System/Policy
Pennsylvania’s WITF, ‘LNP’ newspaper eliminate 24 jobs
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A spokesperson said the restructuring resulted from last year’s merger between WITF and the daily newspaper.
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A spokesperson said the restructuring resulted from last year’s merger between WITF and the daily newspaper.
Avanza’s goal “is to be not only a radio station but a community resource,” says Program Manager Edgar Zuniga.
The new organization seeks to “catalyze the capital, new ownership structures, and business model transformations needed for established local and community news organizations to thrive and remain deeply grounded in their communities.”
Calderone succeeds Donald Boswell, who is retiring after more than two decades of leadership of the stations.
The Indianapolis-based public broadcaster said that it “intends to maintain several staff positions” at the station in West Lafayette, Ind.
GBH promoted Dorothea Gillim to creative director and Marisa Wolsky to director of children’s STEM media.
With a signal boost and rebranding of WFOS as the Time Machine Radio Network, WHRO aims to reach a new audience of listeners and future donors. “There’s nothing else like it on the air,” said CEO Bert Schmidt.
Magura, who will join the station in September, is leaving WCTE in Cookeville, Tenn.
“If we don’t engage them now, the teens and tweens of today might not as adults of tomorrow value public media.”