REPORTING.
SOME SAD NEWS TO CLOSE THE
PROGRAM.
PBS WISCONSIN AND WISCONSIN
PUBLIC RADIO LOST THEIR LEADER
THIS WEEK.
IT IS WITH GREAT SORROW THAT WE
REPORT THAT GENE PURCELL,
DIRECTOR OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC
MEDIA, PASSED AWAY LAST WEEKEND
AFTER A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.
GENE BECAME OUR DIRECTOR IN
2018, AFTER HEADING THE
EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD
FOR 10 YEARS.
HIS LOVE FOR PUBLIC RADIO AND
TELEVISION WAS INFORMED BY HIS
DEEP APPRECIATION OF PUBLIC
MEDIA'S MISSION: TO EDUCATE,
INSPIRE, ENTERTAIN, AND TO HELP
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.
GENE WILL LIVE ON AS ONE STAFFER
PUT IT THIS WEEK, IN THE PUBLIC
AIRWAVES.
WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
HE WAS A KIND AND TALENTED MAN.
HE WILL BE MISSED.