Saying Goodbye To A Co-Worker wunc.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wunc.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Originally published on May 21, 2021 9:49 am
Connie Walker, a longtime public radio leader and president and general manager of North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC, died on May 19 in Durham, North Carolina. She was 59.
The station’s acting president, Nora Casper, said Walker had been on medical leave since February but the specifics about her cause of death were not shared by the family.
Walker had been with the station for 16 years and led it for 12 of those years. During her tenure, she oversaw tremendous growth, including expanding a signal in Fayetteville, guiding the station through the Great Recession without a single layoff, and, most recently, expanding the station’s digital audio content with the creation of a new team dedicated to podcasts and other new ventures.
NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO Pres./GM CONNIE WALKER died WEDNESDAY (5/19) at 59, the station has disclosed. No cause of death was given, but WALKER had been on medical leave since FEBRUARY, with NORA CASPER serving as Acting President/GM in WALKER s absence.WALKER joined the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA s public radio operation and News-Talk WUNC/CHAPEL HILL as News Director in 2005, became Interim PD in 2008, and was upped to Pres./GM in 2009. She previously served as News Dir., Reporter, and .
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