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Natasha Thompson has left her position as president and CEO of WSKG in Vestal, N.Y. Thompson decided not to renew her contract with the station, according to a news release. The contract expired June 30. Thompson became WSKG’s leader in 2023. Before that, she was president and CEO of the Food Bank of the Southern Tier in Elmira, N.Y. From 2018–21, Thompson hosted Chasing the Dream, a WSKG public affairs series that focused on poverty in the region.

Twin Cities PBS in St. Paul, Minn., announced leadership changes. Amina Jaafar was promoted to EVP and COO. Jaafar joined the station in 2021 as chief inclusion and strategy officer and became COO in 2023.

The University of Texas at El Paso is in conversations with the El Paso Community Foundation about the future of KTEP-FM (88.5), the 100,000-watt radio station that provides the community with a combination of news, talk and an eclectic assortment of music. It is unclear how a possible transfer of management would affect station personnel, programming or the station’s studio location in the university’s Cotton Memorial Building. KTEP received its license Sept.

This article was first published by Arkansas Advocate and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The removal of a PBS news show from Arkansas airwaves and the rescheduling of another has incensed Arkansans after a successful crowdfunding campaign kept PBS programs in the state.

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Kristen Spalding will take over as GM of WERU Community Radio in East Orland, Maine, next month, the station’s board announced Monday. She will succeed GM Matt Murphy, who plans to retire after 27 years at the station. Spalding previously worked in development for Bagaduce Music in Blue Hill, Maine. The nonprofit’s mission is to collect, preserve and lend printed music and promote musical knowledge and appreciation.

Travis Bubenik stepped up to station manager at Marfa Public Radio in Texas, overseeing all daily operations. He started in the role this week, taking over management of fundraising and membership activities and all content operations, the station announced Tuesday.