New Hampshire Public Radio announced the addition of experienced public radio manager and programmer Michael Rathke to its senior management team as program director.
Rathke joins NHPR from Georgia Public Broadcasting, where he was Director of Radio for the GPB statewide network.
Betsy Gardella, NHPR president and CEO, made the announcement following an extensive national search.
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“We are delighted to bring Michael back to New Hampshire and to add a person of his significant experience to our team. His dedication to the values of public radio and his many years in the public radio systems will help NHPR expand and improve its service to listeners around our state.”
Previously, Michael was Radio Program Director at WOSU Public Media in Columbus, Ohio, WFCR (now New England Public Radio) in Amherst, Mass., the former WCAL in Northfield, Minn., and the Northwest Public Radio regional network based in Pullman, Washington.
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Additionally, Michael has worked in a variety of programming, hosting, and operations capacities in public radio since 1986, including as an announcer/producer and music director at New Hampshire Public Radio from 1995-1997. Michael, his wife Lisa, and pet dachshund Prudence are thrilled at the opportunity to return to the Granite State. He will begin his tenure as program director on March 29.
In New Hampshire, Rathke will be based at NHPR’s Concord broadcast center and will manage NHPR’s program schedule, oversee Classical New Hampshire and locally produced programs including "The Exchange" and "Word of Mouth."
About NHPR
Since 1981, NHPR has shaped the media landscape in the Granite State and beyond. Our mission is to help create a more informed public, one challenged and enriched by a deeper understanding and appreciation of state, national, and world events, ideas, and culture. NHPR is broadcast from thirteen different sites, making it by far New Hampshire’s largest (and only) statewide radio news service. Every week NHPR is the choice of more than 184,000 listeners as a primary source of in-depth and intelligent news coverage. Each day New Hampshire Public Radio delivers several hours of local news reported by NHPR’s award-winning News Department, locally produced shows such as The Exchange and Word of Mouth, and national and world news from NPR and the BBC. NHPR is the exclusive outlet for NPR News in the Granite State and broadcast national weekly programs such as Car Talk, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! and This American Life.
