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Bill Arhos, former KLRU president and co-creator of Austin City Limits, dies at 80
A lively music scene in Texas inspired Arhos to create the long-running public TV show.CPB’s Curren to retire, Reveal expands, and more comings and goings in public media
Curren has been CPB’s c.o.o. since 2006.Bill Deputy, former NPR audio engineer, dies at 58
“He understood how sound can create pictures — pictures as vivid as any painting, as clear as any photo.”Downton Abbey creator will receive special Emmy, and more awards in public media
The Founders Award recognizes the creator of an outstanding and popular program.Sesame Workshop hires three and promotes one in executive restructuring
Although there will be no rank-and-file layoffs, several executive positions will be eliminated.Proffitt to lead Pacifica, Public Media Women’s leadership program begins, and other comings and goings ...
Johnny Simmons has retired after working for 35 years at KUSP Santa Cruz, Calif.Bob Parlocha, jazz radio host, dies at 76
Parlocha hosted Jazz With Bob Parlocha, syndicated by the WFMT Radio Network in Chicago.Four new staffers at Colorado Public Radio, Marketplace hires a reporter and more comings and goings ...
WFPL-FM, part of Louisville Public Media in Kentucky, has hired Tara Anderson as arts and culture correspondent.Longtime GPB producer, writer Gerald Bryant dies at 69
“For years, Gerald was the epicenter of everything creative at GPB,” said a colleague.Danny Schechter, filmmaker and outspoken media critic, dies at 72
Schechter, known when he began his career in 1970 as “The News Dissector” on WBCN-FM in Boston, went on to become an ...NPR’s new news chief will seek to boost partnerships with member stations
“The result we need is more robust local reporting for national audiences.”Susan Keese, journalist with Vermont Public Radio, dies at 67
Keese “went out of her way to find the human element of any story.”Q selects a host, WGBH seats four trustees, and other comings and goings in public media
The daily culture program, distributed by PRI, fired host Jian Ghomeshi last fall after allegations of his sexual improprieties surfaced.Public TV producer John Siceloff dies at 61; praised as ‘great American journalist’
Siceloff helped create Now with Bill Moyers, and later founded an educational nonprofit.Dori Maynard, pioneer for diversity in journalism, dies at 56
Dori J. Maynard, a longtime champion for diverse perspectives in journalism, died Feb. 24 at her home in West Oakland, Calif., of ...
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