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Aspen Public Radio hires Breeze Richardson to lead station
Richardson previously worked as director of strategic partnerships at WBEZ.Ron Pisaneschi to leave IdahoPTV
Pisaneschi joined the station in 1985 and became GM in 2013.WUNC GM Connie Walker dies at 59
Walker “played a vital role in our station’s growth and many successes,” said Nora Casper, WUNC's acting GM.Lakeland PBS CEO Bill Sanford to retire
Sanford has led the station since 2000.Comings and goings: Alexis Madrigal joins KQED as host of ‘Forum,’ Fred Rogers Productions elevates ...
Madrigal, a staff writer for The Atlantic, is also co-founder of the magazine’s COVID Tracking Project.Lesli Rotenberg, executive who directed digital expansion of children’s media, to leave PBS
Rotenberg plans to "explore new opportunities to improve the lives of children and families," according to a memo from PBS President Paula ...Allan Pizzato to retire as CEO of WYES
Pizzato helped create a new headquarters for WYES and launch new cooking programs and history specials.Valley PBS taps filmmaker Jeff Aiello as CEO
Aiello was previously EP of shows that aired on the station.Martin Miller will step down as president of New England Public Media
Miller has worked for the organization’s radio station since 1995.Cristy Meiners named interim manager for KUER, Kate Sickora to lead development for WVIA …
KUER Station Manager Joel Meyer left to become CCO for Freakonomics Radio.PBS appoints Rhonda Holt as CTO
Holt has worked for PBS since 2016 and was promoted to SVP last year.Comings and goings: Laura Knoy to retire from NHPR, PBS North Carolina hires chief education ...
Knoy has hosted New Hampshire Public Radio's "The Exchange" for 25 years.Yamiche Alcindor named moderator of ‘Washington Week’
Alcindor plans to maintain the show's traditions while thinking of ways it can speak “to a new generation of people.”Bob Fass, ringleader of long-running countercultural Pacifica show, dies at 87
Fass' "Radio Unnameable" served as a switchboard for social movements of the '60s and featured musical guests that included Joni Mitchell, Taj ...Comings and goings: Tracy Brown named WBEZ CCO, Ian MacSpadden becomes CTO for Arizona Public ...
Brown joined WBEZ in 2019 as managing editor.
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