Obituaries
Bill Pearce, public broadcasting ‘pioneer’ who built WXXI, dies at 95
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His involvement in TV productions included a series of interviews with U.S. presidents.
Quick Takes
WXXI to take over local alt-weekly
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Station President Norm Silverstein said the deal “helps WXXI to better serve our community.”
Development
Small, midsize stations make progress with major-donor fundraising
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Small and midsize stations must be especially creative in developing ways to engage and grow their pools of major donors.
Programs/Content
‘Big Footprint’ journalism coming from CPB-backed collaboration
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Three joint licensees will share $500,000.
Development
Outdated lighting equipment leads to $2M WXXI donation
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The donation tops off a five-year capital campaign that surpassed a $17 million goal.
System/Policy
Three Great Lakes stations form reporting partnership
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The collaboration will cover health and the economic importance of the Great Lakes to the region.
Programs/Content
With Yellr app, WXXI seeks to engage new audiences — and help other news outlets do the same
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The app’s developers are looking for partners to demonstrate its potential.
People
Plane crash claims lives of two WXXI board members, major donors
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Two major donors and board members of Rochester, N.Y., dual licensee WXXI died Sept. 5 after their plane crashed in the ocean off the coast of Jamaica. Both were 68. Larry and Jane Glazer, major figures in Rochester’s business community who both served on WXXI’s board and co-chaired the station’s $17 million Go Public capital campaign, were flying their single-engine plane from Rochester to Naples, Fla., when their aircraft became unresponsive. Larry, a registered pilot, was at the controls.
People
Joy Parker, WXXI station relations and web coordinator, dies at 43
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Joy Parker, a station relations and web coordinator for WXXI in Rochester, N.Y., died July 12 after a years-long battle with ALS. She was 43. Parker joined the TV station in 1996 as an operations technician. In 2002 she was promoted to segment producer on programs such as Need to Know and Assignment: The World, and she worked as an associate producer on the local documentary Crucible of Freedom. “She always brought a lot of energy to her projects,” said Marion French, WXXI’s v.p. of education and interactive services and Parker’s supervisor.