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Michael Hardgrove, former Nine PBS CEO, dies at 85

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | January 5, 2023

Hardgrove led Nine PBS for nearly 25 years after working for KVIE and WETA.

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Former PBS president Bruce Christensen dies at 79

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | November 23, 2022

PBS President Paula Kerger called Christensen “a giant of public television.”

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Wallace Smith, radio manager who stretched ‘towards something different and bolder,’ dies at 87

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | November 7, 2022

“Public radio … is a better thing both for Wally Smith’s successes, but also for the failures where he was willing to take on something that others were not,” said Tom Thomas, former CEO of Station Resource Group.

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Alan Ross, host of Wisconsin Public Radio’s ‘Spectrum West,’ dies at 73

By Jeffrey Potter, Director of Marketing and Communications (Wisconsin Public Radio) | October 27, 2022

During his 14 years at WPR’s Eau Claire studios, Ross hosted a regional arts series and co-created a live variety show.

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Jim Russell, creator of ‘Marketplace,’ dies at 76

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | September 16, 2022

“He was thoroughly devoted to public media. And that was infectious.”

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KPVU GM John Hughes dies at 71

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | September 14, 2022

Hughes joined KPVU in 2016 and helped the station program more modern R&B and hip-hop music.

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Larry Josephson, pioneering producer and freeform host, dies at 83

By Jon Kalish, Freelance Contributor | July 29, 2022

“He was the original politically incorrect guy on the radio, and that’s why I loved him,” said former WBAI producer Caryl Ratner during a tribute to Josephson that aired Thursday.

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Mable Haddock, founding president of National Black Programming Consortium, dies at 74

By Black Public Media | July 28, 2022

“A true trailblazer, she was a warrior in the fight for equity in public media, and a friend to all,” said Leslie Fields-Cruz of Black Public Media.

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Elaine Harbison, former director of learning services for WILL-TV, dies at 83

By Family of the deceased | July 5, 2022

After retiring from WILL-TV, she started Harbison Learning Systems, where she was able to continue building the web-based Instructional Technology Marketplace.

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