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Lightning in a bottle: remembering Richard Sher
A public radio general manager recalls a taping of the late host's Says You!.Stephen ‘Tim’ Roll, veteran WHYY development manager, dies at 61
Roll sold radio, television and digital underwriting at WHYY for 23 years.WNYC loses content v.p. Chris Bannon to podcasting company Midroll
The opportunity to grow a podcasting audience for a company that’s producing some of his favorite shows appealed to Bannon.‘I AM LAKSHMI SINGH’: How an NPR newscaster became a hat and meme
A WNYC producer hopes for the union of Lakshmi Singh and the hat she inspired.PBS SoCal’s Rogers sets retirement date, Mundt heads for Seattle, and other comings and goings ...
Rogers is retiring April 30, and COO Andrew Russell will take over the top position.Kent Parsons, TV translator pioneer, dies at 82
“Kent is considered the father of TV translators” for both commercial and noncom stations, said a colleague.Says You! host Richard Sher dies at 66
Sher created Says You! in 1996.Kathy Rogers, Houston Public Media’s ‘Hat Lady,’ dies
“The Hat Lady,” as Rogers was known, began her career in public media in 1998 at KUHF-FM, now part of Houston Public ...Andrew Patner, arts critic for Chicago’s WFMT, dies at 55
Patner was a longtime critic-at-large for WFMT in Chicago and host of the station's show Critical Thinking.Q&A: Mohn leads NPR into ‘golden age of spoken word’
An in-depth talk with NPR's president about program strategy, his Spark initiative, NPR's digital future and more.Nycklemoe heads Mountain Lake PBS, NPR shifts news staffers, and other comings and goings in ...
Nycklemoe succeeds Alice Recore, who became president in 2003 and retired Dec. 31.Public media women team up to tackle gender inequality in leadership
A group of female leaders has formed a committee to address issues of gender inequality in the executive ranks of public television ...APTS restructures to support strategic goals for state-level advocacy, public service
The Association of Public Television Stations has restructured its staff to align with recently adopted strategic goals, including efforts to promote best ...It’s WGBH lobstah vs. KCTS salmon in Super Bowl bet
A friendly Super Bowl wager between the top executives of public television stations in Boston and Seattle will yield one a booty ...Donald Mullally, former NPR Board chair, dies at 77
"Mullally's early vision for a symbiotic relationship between NPR and its member stations remains a pivotal turning point for the nonprofit media ...
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