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Comings and goings: Sara DeWitt to lead children’s media at PBS, network elects board members ...
“Sara is an extraordinary leader and renowned innovator in children’s media,” said PBS President Paula Kerger.Comings and goings: Cheryl Bennett named GM for 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, Kathy Reed appointed VP ...
Bennett joined Radio Milwaukee in 2015.KTNA GM to step down next year
Corinne Smith has led the Alaska station since 2016.Comings and goings: Neal Scarbrough to lead ‘Marketplace,’ Kerry Lenahan leaves NPR …
Scarbrough most recently worked as VP and executive editor of Fox Sports.Lulu Garcia-Navarro will leave NPR
“I need a break,” she announced on Twitter.Comings and goings: Bob Feinberg promoted at WNET, Janice Hui named managing director for ‘Frontline’ ...
Bob Feinberg most recently worked as VP, general counsel and secretary for WNET.Jeff Tucker appointed GM of Idaho Public Television
Idaho’s Board of Education unanimously approved Tucker’s appointment.CEO Mark Stanislawski to retire from Southern Oregon PBS
Stanislawksi has led the station since 2001.WPR’s Mike Crane will resign in October
“It’s been a truly stressful couple of years both personally and professionally,” Crane told Current, “so I plan on restoring my energy ...Tina Pamintuan appointed CEO of St. Louis Public Radio
Pamintuan succeeds Tim Eby, who left the station last year.Comings and goings: A. Rima Dael joins NPR board, journalists leave KPBS and GPB …
Dael was hired as WSHU’s station manager in 2019 and has managed the station’s day-to-day operations since last year.Debbie Hamlett will lead WCMU Public Media
Hamlett succeeds Jim Rademaker, who left the station in July.Comings and goings: Decker joins CPB as SVP, Stanton leaves PBS Reno …
In addition to working for stations, Decker most recently worked for Public Media Management and the Signal Infrastructure Group.Northeast Indiana Public Radio GM Peter Dominowski is stepping down
Dominowski joined NIPR in 2013.Thurston Briscoe, longtime public radio executive and producer, dies at 74
“He was about as good a colleague as you could ever hope for,” said Don Lee, who worked with Briscoe at NPR.
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