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David Feingold to retire as CEO of Blue Ridge Public Radio
Feingold has led the station since 2015.Comings and goings: Shereen Marisol Meraji leaving ‘Code Switch,’ Holly Edgell to lead Midwest Newsroom ...
Meraji has co-hosted the podcast since its 2016 launch.Comings and goings: PBS hires Douglas Chang as senior director, WETA appoints diversity officer …
Chang previously worked as a programming director for KCET in Los Angeles and as supervising producer for AmDoc/POV.Ann Alquist named executive director and GM for WBHM
Alquist succeeds Chuck Holmes, who left the station earlier this year to run a nonprofit.Comings and goings: Amy Wielunski to lead membership for WBEZ, Ashley Alvarado takes new role ...
Wielunski previously worked as Chicago Public Media’s director of membership growth and acquisition.Kim Johnson to retire as GM of PBS12
Johnson joined the station in 1989 and previously worked as studio supervisor and VP of operations.Jeff Hanks named CEO of Lakeland PBS
Hanks succeeds Bill Sanford, who announced his retirement last month.Comings and goings: Joseph Tovares to leave WMHT, Amy Tardif hired as Report for America ...
Tovares is developing a podcast for U.S. and Latin American audiences.A Martínez joins ‘Morning Edition’ as host
Martínez replaces David Greene, who left the show in 2020.Station Resource Group leaders are stepping down
The co-CEOs started SRG in 1984.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.
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