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		<title>Emily Squires, Emmy winner for Sesame Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily Squires, who worked on the first regularly scheduled public television series as well as <em>Sesame Street</em> and <em>Between the Lions</em>, died Nov. 21 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She was 71. Squires won six Daytime Emmys for directing more than two dozen episodes of <em>Sesame Street</em>. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/01/emily-squires-emmy-winner-for-sesame-street/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wendell D. Garrett, Roadshow appraiser</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wendell D. Garrett, an appraiser on <em>Antiques Roadshow</em> since 1997, died Nov. 14 at a hospice facility in Williston, Vt. He was 83. In addition to his work on <em>Roadshow</em>, Garrett was a retired senior vice president of the prestigious auction house Sotheby’s, and the longtime editor and publisher of <em>The Magazine Antiques</em>, a highly regarded publication in the field.
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		<title>Huell Howser, California public TV host</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/01/huell-howser-california-public-tv-host/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folksy public TV personality Huell Howser, who chronicled California’s unique people and places while retaining his dulcet Tennessee twang, died Jan. 6 in Palm Springs. He was 67. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/01/huell-howser-california-public-tv-host/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii pubcasters remember their &#8216;champion,&#8217; Sen. Daniel Inouye</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representatives from Hawaii's public broadcasting networks, as well as the national public broadcasting community, recalled Inouye's years of commitment to the mission of public media. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/hawaii-pubcasters-remember-their-champion-sen-daniel-inouye/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retsek, veteran of KCET and KPFK’s The Car Show</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/11/retsek-veteran-of-kcet-and-kpfks-the-car-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Retsek, a production designer who wore many hats during a 43-year career at KCET in Los Angeles and created one of the longest-running radio programs in Los Angeles, KPFK’s The Car Show, died in his sleep Oct. 31 at &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/retsek-veteran-of-kcet-and-kpfks-the-car-show/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Battison, founded Society of Broadcast Engineers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Battison, former director of engineering at WOSU-TV in Columbus, Ohio, and founder of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, died Aug. 28 at his home near Loudonville, Ohio. He was 96. Battison had a long and interesting career in broadcasting, &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/john-battison-founded-society-of-broadcast-engineers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>KPBS journalist Gloria Penner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gloria Penner, a senior political correspondent who spent 43 years with San Diego’s KPBS-TV/FM, died Oct. 6 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 81. “KPBS would not be the same today if it wasn’t for the contributions &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/kpbs-journalist-gloria-penner/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anthony Tiano, longtime KQED president, dies at 71</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/09/anthony-tiano-longtime-kqed-president-dies-at-71/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony Tiano, president of KQED in San Francisco from 1979–93, died Aug. 12 at his home in Albuquerque, N.M. He was 71. At the time of his death he was president of Santa Fe Productions, which produced programming for public &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/09/anthony-tiano-longtime-kqed-president-dies-at-71/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>George Stoney, public-access television pioneer, dies at 96</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/09/george-stoney-public-access-television-pioneer-dies-at-96/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/09/george-stoney-public-access-television-pioneer-dies-at-96/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Stoney, a pioneering documentarian widely regarded as the father of public-access television, died July 12 at his Manhattan home, days after celebrating his 96th birthday. Stoney was a prolific filmmaker and longtime New York University professor, and was active &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/09/george-stoney-public-access-television-pioneer-dies-at-96/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>David Rakoff, This American Life contributor, dies at 47</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/09/david-rakoff-this-american-life-contributor-dies-at-47-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/09/david-rakoff-this-american-life-contributor-dies-at-47-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humorist and essayist David Rakoff, a regular contributor to Public Radio International’s This American Life since the program’s inception, died Aug. 9 after a fight with cancer that dated to his 20s. He was 47. Rakoff worked in publishing before &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/09/david-rakoff-this-american-life-contributor-dies-at-47-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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