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Cokie Roberts, a ‘founding mother’ who helped define NPR’s political coverage, dies at 75
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“I don’t know how they’re going to find a church big enough to hold the mourners,” said Nina Totenberg, her friend and colleague.
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Bill Ballard, founder of Michigan’s WDCQ-TV, dies at 90
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Ballard helped launch the station, then WUCM, in 1964.
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Fundraising leader and consultant Barbara Appleby dies at 57
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Colleagues credit Appleby with promoting sustaining memberships and boosting many stations’ listener support.
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Kentucky Educational Television founder O. Leonard Press dies at 97
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KET’s longtime leader “made it clear what business we were in — helping people. We were there to help the people no one else was helping.”
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Nine Network head Jack Galmiche dies at 71; supported strong engagement work
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“Working with Jack was exhilarating and incredibly gratifying,” said Amy Shaw, Nine Network acting president.
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KUER classical host Gene Pack dies at 86
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The longtime host delighted classical listeners for more than four decades.
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Steven Meuché, former leader of Michigan’s WKAR, dies at 74
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“WKAR is the community institution it is today because of Steve’s leadership, innovative spirit and business acumen,” a colleague said.
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Former WVIA GM Bill Kelly dies at 71
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Kelly worked at the Pennsylvania station for four decades.
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Bruce Winter, WUWM program director, dies at 64
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“There is no single person who has been more instrumental in creating the WUWM sound than Bruce.”