Anthony Padgett, who will serve as the next general manager of WOSU Public Media starting March 6, hopes to engage and inspire the public through his role. The Feb. 2 announcement of Padgett’s leadership comes after Ronnie Agnew left WOSU in October 2022. Padgett holds 30 years of broadcast industry experience and is departing from […]
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The Ohio State University has named Ronnie Agnew as the new general manager of WOSU Public Media beginning his role on Jan. 10, 2022, taking over from retiring Tom Rieland. Ronnie Agnew brings more than 35 years of experience working in, and leading, media organizations. He most recently served as the executive director for Mississippi […]
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Nik Khilnani joined NPR as VP of Engineering on November 8, 2021 to play leading role in defining and communicating an architectural vision for the next generation of technical and infrastructural systems. With his team, Khilnani bears responsibility for developing and supporting a suite of world-class digital products and systems used within NPR and across […]
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Jon Abbott Jon Abbott is the president and CEO of GBH (Formerly WGBH), America’s preeminent public media organization, the largest producer of PBS content for TV and the Web, and a major supplier of content for public radio and digital audio services. A nationally recognized public media leader, Abbott has transformed the way GBH creates […]
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Michael Smith will begin as the CMO beginning on April 6th. Smith brings more than 30 years of experience in entertainment brand marketing, content, digital and most recently served as SVP, GM Digital Channels for Scripps Networks, “Michael is a strategic thinker and an extremely creative media executive who has spent his career finding new […]
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Sylvia Strobel has been named the new President and CEO of Twin Cities PBS (TPT). Strobel will be replacing Jim Pagliarini, who announced his retirement in 2018 after putting in more than 20 years. Strobel has more than 25 years of public media experience including previous work at TPT in the 1990s, AMPG and most […]
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After 36 years at the KTEP, Pat Piotrowski, general manager has decided to retire at the end of the year. Piotrowski started at UTEP in 1981 as a broadcast production major and over the years moved up and eventually became the interim general manager in spring 1999. The University promoted him to the permanent GM […]
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As of Nov 2019, Noelle LaCharite is NPR’s VP of Digital Technology. Her background includes founding the AI Leadership Institute in 2015, an organization that empowers and inspires organizations globally to begin thinking more deeply about AI offering executive workshops for defining AI Strategy, Creating an AI-Ready Culture, and more. Prior to that, she founded […]
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Courtney Pledger is the executive director of the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) and an elected professional director on the PBS Board. She joined AETN in 2017 as CEO and executive director and was elected to the PBS Board at the start of FY-2020 to serve a three-year term. In her time at AETN, Pledger […]
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Patricia Cahill is the Vice-Chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Board of Directors. She was re-elected in September 2019 along with Bruce Ramer. Cahill is a 40 year veteran of public media, having spent 25 years as general manager at KCUR-FM, the public radio station for the University of Missouri – Kansas City. […]
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