Jerry Franklin 2016-07-15 05:22:45
As the home of Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR), we at the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network (CPBN) were pleased to announce recently that WNPR’s John Dankosky would be taking on an exciting new role. John, formerly our Vice President of News and host of the WNPR talk show Where We Live , is now Executive Editor of the New England News Collaborative (NENC), a role he has taken on from our Connecticut of fice. This collaborative includes WNPR and seven other New England public media stations, and was formed to explore timely issues, from immigration to transportation, through a local lens.
While John is no longer the voice of Where We Live (now hosted by Lucy Nalpathanchil), he will be returning to WNPR’s airwaves this August as host of a new program being launched by WNPR and the NENC, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.T his program is called NEXT , and it is a weekly show built around the reporting efforts of the NENC and designed to cover the issues that matter to New England residents.
We are thrilled that John’s on-air talents will once again be heard regularly on WNPR. We are also thrilled to be the parent station of this innovative new program that will be available not only locally, but throughout the nation, both over-the-air and as an online podcast. For more information, see this issue’s feature story.
Additionally, we would like to thank everyone who came out for this summer’s Faith Middleton Food Schmooze® Martini Competition. Hundreds of guests joined us for an evening of food, friends, and of course, martinis. This year’s competition resulted in the first-ever tie for Official Martini of the Food Schmooze®; congratulations to Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ and Rooster Company! Thank you again to all of the attendees, as well as the participants, for making this fundraising event a success – and having a great time with us in the process!
While we’re on the subject of thanks, thank you to our members for giving us the support we need to keep bringing you great programming on both WNPR and Connecticut Public Television (CPTV). We couldn’t do it without you!
Jerry Franklin President and CEO, Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network
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