11 WTVP board members resign amid financial crisis
The resignation of 11 WTVP board members was followed by the appointment of eight new members, including a new chair.
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The resignation of 11 WTVP board members was followed by the appointment of eight new members, including a new chair.
Eleven of the seventeen members of WTVP's board of directors are resigning amid mounting public anger over the station's alleged financial mismanagement.
The board chair and vice chair for the station resigned from their positions Tuesday.
Community anger and anxiety about WTVP's direction boiled over during the public comment section of the station's regular board meeting Tuesday.
It's the latest blow to Peoria's PBS station, WTVP. The station's financial problems have become increasingly public over the past month.