Tom Karlo News Today

KVIE public television was secretly gifted CapRadio’s tower land from a nonprofit that supports the radio station. Talk about miscommunication.

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The Capital Public Radio Endowment Board says a merger with KVIE would spur growth and a sustainable future for the NPR affiliate following months of financial instability, including layoffs last year and continued staff attrition.

The move comes after the majority of the board resigned last fall in the wake of a critical financial audit of the Sacramento-based NPR station.

Longtime San Diego public relations consultant John Freeman, a former sports and media journalist with the San Diego Union-Tribune, has ventured into writing, editing and publishing biographies, which he calls “legacy books."

“Ten years from now, when we look back and CapRadio is still going strong, it will be because of Tom Karlo’s time as GM at CapRadio.”

Tom Karlo, the former head of KPBS in San Diego, joined the Sacramento NPR member station in August. He has overseen layoffs and navigated the release of a devastating financial audit, but the station says ratings and revenue have increased.

Longtime San Diego journalist Don Harrison has reacquired ownership of San Diego Jewish World and will resume his role as publisher and editor.

CapRadio’s Vicki Gonzalez asked CapRadio Interim General Manager Tom Karlo for an end-of-year update on unprecedented financial challenges facing the news and music stations, following a devastating audit commissioned by the CSU system.

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