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NPR promotes Isabel Lara to chief communications officer
The position is new at the network.Former WNET VP Carmen DiRienzo dies at 65
As a lawyer who oversaw corporate affairs and business development, DiRienzo guided the creation of Vme, a Spanish-language digital multicast service.‘Takeaway’ host Tanzina Vega resigns
Melissa Harris-Perry will be the radio show's interim host through the end of the year.Comings and goings: Stacey Libbrecht returns to PBS as VP, NPR adds reporters …
Libbrecht started her career with PBS in 1996 and has also worked for Starz.KPFK hires Miquel Calçada as GM
Calçada was hired at KOPN in January.WNMU-FM station manager Evelyn Massaro retires
“It's been a fun ride and now I'm off to live the next chapter of my life as an eccentric sustaining member,” ...Comings and goings: Heather Riddle to lead development for APMG, Mike Sauter named VP for ...
Riddle, who most recently worked for Augsburg University, succeeds Randi Yoder, who retired.Sean Plater appointed GM for WHUT
Plater, an alumnus of licensee Howard University, plans to expand content production and oversee the launch of local ATSC 3.0 signals.Maine Public taps Rick Schneider as CEO
Schneider returns to public media as successor to Mark Vogelzang, who retired June 30.Erika Pulley-Hayes selected to lead WAMU
Pulley-Hayes, a former CPB VP, currently runs a public radio station in Florida.Tom Calderone named CEO for Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Calderone succeeds Donald Boswell, who is retiring after more than two decades of leadership of the stations.Comings and goings: GBH Kids promotes EPs, Rick Holter to leave KERA …
GBH promoted Dorothea Gillim to creative director and Marisa Wolsky to director of children's STEM media.Tim Black steps up to CEO at WNIN
Black was previously VP of development at the station.Becky Magura named CEO of Nashville Public Television
Magura, who will join the station in September, is leaving WCTE in Cookeville, Tenn.Tom Rieland to retire as WOSU GM
Rieland will retire at the end of the year.