People
Allan Pizzato to retire as CEO of WYES
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Pizzato helped create a new headquarters for WYES and launch new cooking programs and history specials.
Programs/Content
New Orleans stations tell their Katrina stories
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Two stations give insight into how they dealt with the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Quick Takes
Thursday roundup: Dry kegs in New Orleans; Moyers says farewell
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Plus: “Jagoffs” on WBEZ, and radio remains popular.
Programs/Content
New Orleans PDP station WLAE ends PBS membership
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WLAE in New Orleans dropped PBS programming as of Aug. 1. General Manager Ron Yager told Current that the decision to forego PBS membership saves the station around $130,000 annually, allowing it to invest in local productions. As an overlap station, WLAE’s lineup of network fare had been limited by its use of the PBS Program Differentiation Plan (PDP). The primary PBS station in the market, community-licensed WYES, continues to air the full national schedule, although for the next month fans of the PBS NewsHour may have trouble finding the weeknightly broadcast.
People
NPR hires two reporters, WXXI news director rappels down 21 stories, and more…
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Leila Fadel, Cairo bureau chief for the Washington Post, signs on as NPR’s Cairo-based correspondent in July. She covered the Iraq War for almost five years and won a George Polk Award in 2007 for her reporting from Baghdad. She replaces Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, who will report from Kabul, Afghanistan, and then Berlin. Gregory Warner, a senior reporter for American Public Media’s Marketplace, will join NPR as East Africa correspondent, based in Nairobi, Kenya, in December. Warner now covers the economics and business of healthcare, but he’s previously reported from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the DR Congo.