Tag: Obituaries
Host of WPT’s ‘Sewing With Nancy’ dies at 64
Nancy Zieman had announced her retirement due to health issues in September.Carl Bloom, pioneering donor-marketing strategist, dies at 79
Bloom adapted magazine publishers' practices of list-buying and direct-mail testing to public broadcasting membership programs.Influential public broadcaster John Witherspoon dies at 88
Witherspoon was the first director of television at CPB.Pioneering public broadcaster Dick Brown dies at 82
Brown began producing the live "Feedback" show in 1968 on WJCT-FM in Jacksonville, Fla.Longtime UNC-TV engineer Campbell dies at 73
“Kip Campbell was the best television engineer that I have known in my entire career,” said Carl Davis, retired UNC-TV director of ...Former ‘NewsHour’ executive producer dies at 86
Al Vecchione rose to president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.Ward Chamberlin, influential founding father of public broadcasting, dies at 95
Chamberlin was hired as a vice president at the fledgling CPB in 1969, where he helped create both PBS and NPR.Documentary filmmaker Fred Simon dies at 71
Simon’s films included an unflinching, deeply intimate portrait of a Vietnam veteran, broadcast on PBS in 1981.Rich Conaty, host of WFUV’s ‘Big Broadcast,’ dies at 62
Conaty hosted the show for more than four decades.Longtime public radio professional Vidal Guzmán drowns trying to save son
Colleagues remember Guzmán for his bravery, character and dedication to family.Longtime NCPR membership director June Peoples dies after being struck by vehicle
"It’s one of those sad, life-ain’t-fair stories.”WLRN’s Tomlinson dies at 69 following surgery
Tomlinson was "one of the most talented filmmakers I have ever known,” said WLRN GM John Labonia.Public television arts champion Glenn DuBose dies at 81
DuBose produced or directed more than 60 national programs that aired on PBS.Utah public media producer Gordon Jones dies at 63
Jones had been diagnosed with lung cancer in May.Arkansas public media leader Allen Weatherly dies at 64
Weatherly was active in public media for more than 36 years.
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