CPB Names Gales Webb As VP/Radio
• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has named Jacquie Gales Webb as Vice President, Radio. She is now responsible “for developing and implementing strategies to strengthen the ability of public radio stations to create high-quality, multiplatform content and to grow their audiences.”
In making the announcement of Gales Webb’s promotion, CPB EVP/COO Michael Levy said, “Jacquie has been instrumental in CPB’s work developing and implementing policies that support and strengthen local public radio stations and programming. Her experience as an award-winning producer, together with her years at CPB, will be an asset as we evaluate strategic efforts to strengthen public media’s role in building a civil society and reaching underserved audiences.”
Gales Webb, most recently a CPB Director of Content, joined the CPB Radio department in 2005 as a Project Manager. Since then, she has managed grants that have touched the lives of many Americans, including StoryCorps’ Mobile Booth and One Small Step projects, WGBH/Boston‘s WORLD Channel, the Urban Alternative music format, radio station engagement around Ken Burns‘ PBS docuseries Country Music and NPR’s international coverage. She has been integral to the development of projects to help minority and rural stations increase content production, community engagement and revenue capacity. She helped shape the Texas Station Collaborative, which is now the NPR Texas Hub, and managed several other journalism collaborations.
Prior to joining CPB, Gales Webb was a producer in radio and TV, winning six local Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a DuPont Silver Baton and a Gracie Award. She serves on the advisory boards of the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. She is also recognized as a national authority on gospel music and has hosted a gospel music show on Howard University’s WHUR/Washington for nearly 30 years.
