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‘Hijacked’ or On Course? Future of Fresno’s Troubled Public TV Outlet Questioned

  Is ValleyPBS in trouble? Fears over the management of Fresno's donor-supported educational TV station were raised in multiple media posts earlier this year by former station leaders and a longtime community adviser about a revolving door of CEOs, massive staff cuts, a lack of transparency, and an apparent skewing...

Weeks After Former Execs Raise Alarm, Local Public TV Station’s Board Will Meet

The Channel 18/ValleyPBS board of directors is scheduled to meet Wednesday for the first time since the station's top job changed hands again, prompting two former top executives to express concerns in published opinion pieces about the board's governance. Colin Dougherty, the station's founding general manager and first president/CEO, and...

Former Exec Sounds Alarm Over Turmoil at Troubled Fresno TV Station

A former top leader with Channel 18/ValleyPBS is urging community action to save the troubled Fresno-based public television station. In a commentary published Wednesday in the Visalia Times Delta, longtime station executive Phyllis Brotherton expressed her "grave concern" over turmoil within the nonprofit that runs the station. "I have observed...

Fresno TV CEO is Out in Latest Shake-up at Beleaguered Station

Lorenzo Rios is no longer president and CEO of Fresno's public television station, Channel 18/ValleyPBS, after 16 months in the job, the station confirmed Friday morning. Rios was a longtime board member and head of the Clovis Veterans Memorial District when he became interim president and CEO in November 2019...

ValleyPBS Lays Off Staffers, CEO Says COVID-19 Cut Into Revenues

Several ValleyPBS staffers were laid off Friday in a cost-cutting move that station president/CEO Lorenzo Rios said was due to revenue losses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Rios said the staffers were administrative and not the operational employees responsible for keeping the station on the air. He would not confirm...

Valley PBS Readies Lesson Plans For Kids Kept From Classrooms

School districts aren't the only ones creating lesson plans for students barred from their classrooms because of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Valley PBS is partnering with public television stations in Los Angeles and the Bay Area to provide curriculum that teachers and parents can use for students, and is also...

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