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Public radio host signs professional basketball contract
Kareem Maddox is making an unusual transition.St. Paul station hires three, news VP joins WHYY, and more comings and goings in ...
Also, NPR’s new Shanghai bureau chief is Rob Schmitz.Steve Bell, ‘voice of KCUR,’ dies at 77
The veteran Kansas City, Mo., newscaster collapsed in the office Monday.Renee Montagne to sign off ‘Morning Edition’ after election
She will stay at NPR as a special correspondent.Phoenix GM resigns, Questlove joins WNYC board, and other comings and goings in public media
Also, WGBH gets its first “Editor in Residence.”NPR changes up programming ranks
The network announced a new director of programming, to start in August.Veteran MPR journalist Toni Randolph dies at 53
Randolph is remembered for her welcoming spirit and commitment to public media diversity and mentorship.PRNDI chooses board president, Seabrook joins ‘Marketplace’, and other comings and goings in public media
Also, Las Vegas TV stations cancel a nightly interview show.Nonso Christian Ugbode, digital director for National Black Programming Consortium, dies at 34
“In his too-short 10-year career in public media, he changed the game, whether you know it or not, whether he knew it ...How public radio has ‘far exceeded’ Bill Siemering’s vision
“Everyone should be grateful that there is National Public Radio in this country.”Former KLRN president ‘loved by her team’ dies at 77
Joanne Winik was first hired at the Texas station in 1972 as auction manager.Twin Cities PBS hires former NatGeo TV president, and other comings and goings in public ...
Also, Dennis Hamilton will retire from Public Media Company.NPR founding programmer Bill Siemering on his days before joining the network
He got his start in radio at one of the country’s oldest educational stations.KJZZ staffs Mexico City bureau, WKAR GM steps down, and other comings and goings in ...
Also, a public radio veteran in California announces his retirement.NPR photographer and translator killed in Afghanistan
NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and producer Monika Evstatieva escaped injury.
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