Tag: Obituaries
WUNC GM Connie Walker dies at 59
Walker “played a vital role in our station’s growth and many successes,” said Nora Casper, WUNC's acting GM.Bob Fass, ringleader of long-running countercultural Pacifica show, dies at 87
Fass' "Radio Unnameable" served as a switchboard for social movements of the '60s and featured musical guests that included Joni Mitchell, Taj ...Don Russell, Illinois Public Media engineer who specialized in radio and IT systems, dies at ...
"Don was an extraordinary engineer who could fix anything," said CEO Moss Bresnahan.Longtime PRI, PRX employee Cathy Twiss dies
“Cathy was quite simply the best public radio has,” said a colleague.Former Arizona PBS GM Bob Ellis dies at 93
Ellis led Arizona PBS for a quarter of a century and held other titles at Arizona State University, the station’s licensee.Former KCET president Bill Kobin dies at 91
During a storied career, Kobin helped launch seminal programs for NET and led KCET to "comeback story" status.Longtime field engineer Ron Titcomb dies at 62
Titcomb died from COVID-19.Hannah Colton, news director and reporter at KUNM, dies at 29
“Hannah loved being a reporter. She was a gifted storyteller. She was great at meeting people and talking with them, asking good ...Lorenzo Milam, legendary pioneer of community radio, dies at 86
Milam "inspired hundreds of people to start community radio stations all around the country ... and has left us a raucous and ...Native broadcaster Harlan McKosato dies at 54
Often referred to as “the voice of Indian country,” McKosato brought Native issues into the light for a wide audience.Lester Crystal, news executive who oversaw expansion of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ dies at 85
As executive producer, Crystal directed launch of the first hourlong daily news program on U.S. television.Craig Brush, former KCOS station manager, dies at 67
A colleague said Brush was “one of the small band of professionals who developed the fundraising techniques that have allowed PBS stations ...Bill Pearce, public broadcasting ‘pioneer’ who built WXXI, dies at 95
His involvement in TV productions included a series of interviews with U.S. presidents.WNYC ‘Morning Edition’ host Richard Hake dies at 51
Hake died suddenly at his home Friday.Lyn Seymour, public TV veteran who worked on ‘Zoboomafoo,’ ‘Caillou,’ dies at 68
Seymour had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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