People
KQED’s Boland to retire, NETA reorganizes, and more comings and goings
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Boland has led KQED since 2010.
System/Policy
NPR hires Houston Chronicle editor to lead newsroom
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The announcement comes nearly a year after Michael Oreskes resigned from the job following sexual harassment claims.
People
Pacifica names Maxie Jackson executive director
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Jackson is station manager at ideastream in Cleveland and has headed the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.
People
UNC-TV GM to join cannabis firm, KQED hires radio director, and other comings and goings
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Brian Sickora will join Bob Daino, former CEO of WCNY in Syracuse, N.Y., at Acreage Holdings.
Obituaries
Public television pioneer Rick Breitenfeld dies at 87
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Breitenfeld’s work in the early 1960s helped shape the case for the Public Broadcasting Act.
People
For fusion band All-Nite Public Radio, the name points to eclectic influences
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“You never know what you’ll hear on public radio,” says pianist and composer Victor Moore.
Obituaries
Retired GM Patrick Keating dies; developed Florida Channel, National Civic Trust
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Keating was also an early supporter of the Digital Convergence Alliance, a joint master control service in Jacksonville, Fla.
People
Wallace to retire from KQED, NPR promotes Charney and other comings and goings
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Jo Anne Wallace, VP and GM of KQED Radio, has worked for the San Francisco station since 1990.
Obituaries
Filmmaker Perry Miller Adato remembered for elevating women
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The documentarian died Sept. 16 at the age of 97.