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Roth retires after 45 years, Leonard takes helm at NET, and more . . .

Posted: May, 21, 2013
By Dru Sefton

KUOW President Wayne Roth, a former NPR Board chair and past recipient of CPB’s Murrow Award honoring outstanding contributions to public radio, will retire in September. During his 45-year career in public broadcasting, Roth provided strategic leadership to public radio on both the local and national levels. Continue reading →

Blazing her own path as a pubTV broadcast engineer

Posted: May, 08, 2013
By Erica Sánchez-Vázquez

The first television broadcast in China was transmitted in 1958. The first time that Ling Ling Sun watched a television program was 20 years later, when she was 18. Now she is engineering manager for television broadcast services at WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, and was recently appointed vice chair of the PBS Engineering Technology Advisory Committee. Continue reading →

Everhart promoted to Current managing editor

Posted: May, 01, 2013
By Current staff

Karen Everhart, a media reporter and editor who has covered public broadcasting at Current for more than two decades, has been promoted to managing editor. She joined Current in 1991 and has reported on the programming, politics and funding of both the public television and radio systems, as well as the growth of nonprofit news organizations specializing in investigative journalism and local news coverage. Prior to her March 2012 interim appointment, she was Current’s senior editor covering public radio and digital media. Continue reading →

WNET's new CTO revamped tech at MetLife Stadium; Kimmel to succeed WNIN's Dial; Hinman leaving pubcasting, and more . . .

Posted: April, 30, 2013
By Dru Sefton

David Hinman, executive director and general manager of KBTC-TV in Tacoma, Wash., is leaving to manage cable television and video services for Pierce County, Wash., which “allows me to participate more with the creative side of television, which I thoroughly enjoy and have missed." Continue reading →

Rivero exiting WGBH, Pruess heading to Quad Cities, AIR appoints Ferro to board, and more ...

Posted: April, 16, 2013
By Dru Sefton

Marita Rivero, vice president and general manager for radio and television at producing powerhouse WGBH, is stepping down after nearly 30 years at the Boston station. Effective in June, Rivero will be succeeded by Liz Cheng as g.m. for television and Phil Redo as g.m. for radio. Continue reading →

WETA's Bruns retiring, WGBH hires new national program exec, NFCB dismisses Jackson and more . . .

Posted: April, 02, 2013
By Dru Sefton

One thing that retiring WETA C.O.O. Joe Bruns will miss about public broadcasting is that “every day is different,” he told Current. “Not only on the air, but in all the challenges we face. And I’ll miss being mission-oriented." Continue reading →

Obama nominates two for CPB Board, Boston pair move from commercial radio to WGBH, and more ...

Posted: March, 12, 2013
By Dru Sefton

Jim Braude and Margery Eagan debuted Feb. 25 as co-hosts of Boston Public Radio, a midday news/talk show on Boston’s WGBH-FM. Continue reading →

Whole-grain news ethics becomes partisan red meat

Posted: November 1, 2010

NPR President Vivian Schiller has apologized to public radio for how she and her executives handled last month’s dismissal of news analyst Juan Williams, but the network stands by its decision to let him go. “We believe it was the … Continue reading →

No show in Escondido

Posted: June 8, 2009

Michael Kinsell imagined that his Michael’s Enchanted Neighborhood show would replace Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on public television. Instead, Kinsell and his dream ended up on The Museum of Hoaxes website, which tracks “dubious claims and mischief of all kinds.” For … Continue reading →

Young promoter cancels his debut as Fred Rogers’ successor

Posted: May 26, 2009

Michael Kinsell, who planned to present himself as the next Mister Rogers at a controversial gala on Sunday in San Diego, told Current in an e-mail Thursday night that he is canceling the show. Kinsell, who said he is 18, had publicized the May 31 fundraising event as a star-studded posthumous tribute to the famous host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Continue reading →

PBS objects to fundraiser by ‘successor’ to Mister Rogers

Posted: May 26, 2009

PBS is accusing a San Diego teenager of “falsely claiming association” with the network and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He is selling tickets for a May 31 gala event where, according to a news release by his publicist, he will present … Continue reading →

Diversity: More than good intentions?

Posted: April 14, 2009

For public TV, the dialogue about its minority representation is going public again. It’s about how Latinos, African Americans and other ethnic groups are represented on the screen — and the related matter of how well they’re represented in decision-making. … Continue reading →

Schiller hit ‘every point’ on NPR’s c.e.o. wish list

Posted: November 24, 2008

NPR’s next president made one giant leap in the news business two years ago when she moved from long-form documentary production into digital media for the New York Times Co., but it wasn’t the first or the last of Vivian … Continue reading →

Stern lost support in his tryout as No. 1 at NPR

Posted: March 24, 2008

There was no single reason why the NPR Board ended Ken Stern’s 18-month run as chief executive officer — or at least none that any participant in the decision would describe publicly after Stern’s abrupt exit March 6 [2008]. Judging … Continue reading →

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