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Birdsong joined the station last year.

Fred Vigeant will lead WPSU, which is now part of WHYY.

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The new grant program “will help stations across the system chart a feasible path forward, implement resilient business models and provide essential local public media service in their communities for years to come.”

A communications director for Ivey said that “Governor Ivey believed it was time for the Alabama Educational Commission to have a fresh start.” (Via Alabama Reflector) https://lnkd.in/e_3PMPug

Catherine Robb was reelected board chair for PBS.

Kelly plans to step away from the news cycle “to read long books and take long walks. Then, time for the next chapter,” she said.

The fundraising event has raised over $25,000 for the station. https://lnkd.in/e6mGYD63

A. Rima Dael will leave the organization in December. https://lnkd.in/gTCNrBAi