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Ben Godley steps down as CEO of CDP
Godley previously served as COO of WGBH.Holly Groschner retires as CEO of Vermont PBS
COO Steve Ferreira was named interim CEO while the board leads the search for a successor.Comings and goings: Daniel Tucker promoted at WBEZ, NPR adds new staffers …
Before joining the Chicago station, Tucker was a producer for WNYC.WNYC ‘Morning Edition’ host Richard Hake dies at 51
Hake died suddenly at his home Friday.Dorothy ‘Kitty’ Lensman named president of Ohio’s Public Media Connect
Lensman joined a branch of the organization in 1999.Radio Milwaukee names new executive director
Kevin Sucher, an entertainment management executive, started in the role this week.APMG hires new president of Minnesota Public Radio
Drew will be the first permanent president of MPR.Lyn Seymour, public TV veteran who worked on ‘Zoboomafoo,’ ‘Caillou,’ dies at 68
Seymour had tested positive for the coronavirus.Dean Borg, esteemed host and reporter for Iowa networks, dies at 81
“He set the gold standard for being a fair and unbiased journalist,” says Charity Nebbe of Iowa Public Radio.Comings and goings: Kelly McBride to serve as NPR public editor, network adds news staff ...
McBride will keep her role as SVP at the Poynter Institute.David Fogarty, president of Public Media Connect in Ohio, will retire
Fogarty has led the organization for 11 years.Michael Smith named CMO at NPR
Smith replaces Meg Goldthwaite, who stepped down last month.Comings and goings: McGrath promoted at WHYY, Jenkins leaves PBS …
Kyra McGrath previously served as EVP and COO at the Philadelphia station.GM Jefferi K. Lee leaves WHUT
Lee led the station for more than eight years.Kurt Wilson joins WHQR as station manager
Wilson previously led Yellowstone Public Radio.
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