RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
7 in favor; 1 absent
Resolved,
That the Board of Directors
of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences
to the Family and Friends of
RONALD C. BORNSTEIN
Vice President for Telecommunications, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acting President, National Public Radio
CPB Edward R. Murrow Award Recipient, 1982
We will long remember with gratitude Ronald C. Bornstein. a visionary leader whose influence on public media was both broad and deep.
Mr. Bornstein’s many public media roles included serving as production manager of the University of Michigan Television Center, assisting in the development of Hawaii Public Television, serving as general manager of WHA Radio and Television and Director of Telecommunications for the University of Wisconsin-Extension. He also served at CPB as vice president for Telecommunications, overseeing both television and radio.
Mr. Bornstein organized a merger of NPR and the Association of Public Radio Stations in 1977, expanding NPR’s reach to more audiences, increasing access to rural areas, and adding services to member stations. In 1983, he was appointed Acting CEO of NPR to save NPR from insolvency when it was in financial crisis and broker a solution. He went on to serve as a founding partner of NETA Consulting and served on the boards and executive committees of APTS, PBS and NPR.
The CPB Board of Directors marks Ronald Bornstein’s leadership, vision, and extraordinary service to public media and the American public with deep respect and appreciation and offers our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.