New Public Media Infrastructure Organization Announces Board of Directors
In November of last year, Public Media Infrastructure was created with one of the final grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and was designed to help meet the infrastructure needs of all public media stations in the modern era. It was founded by American Public Media Group, PRX, New York Public Radio, Station Resource Group, and the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. Now, that organization announces its new new board leadership and five new members who join representatives from PMI’s co-founding organizations. New York Public Radio executive chair LaFontaine Oliver is named Chair of the Board. The Board’s new members are Anni Caporuscio, general manager of KKCR Community Radio; Mariana Robertson, general manager of KCAW Raven Radio; José Martínez-Saldaña, co-executive director of Radio Bilingüe; Vijay Singh, CEO of Vermont Public; and Kenya Young, president and CEO of Louisville Public Media.
have had the privilege of working at the FCC for over a dozen years now, including serving previously as the agency’s General Counsel, and I am humbled by the opportunity to lead the FCC. The FCC has important work ahead – on issues ranging from tech and media regulation to unleashing new opportunities for jobs and growth through agency actions on spectrum, infrastructure, and the space economy. We will also advance America’s national security interests and protect consumers. I am eager to accelerate the FCC’s work on these and other fronts. I look forward to collaborating with the Trump Administration, my Commission colleagues, and the FCC’s talented staff as well as Congress to deliver great results for the American people.”
the next big earthquake, ironically, the station lost power numerous times causing continuous off-and-on power situations that impacted the station’s broadcasts. Zwerling says each time the power went out and the generator kicked on – something that happened numerous times – it put stress on the transmitter and the generator. Complicating matters was that the station’s infrastructure – as well as the phone company’s and PG&E’s — is dependent on the internet and that requires consistent power. This puts stations’ abilities to serve at a disadvantage.