Community Advisory Board

New York Public Radio's Community Advisory Board (CAB)

Welcome to New York Public Radio’s Community Advisory Board!

We’re a volunteer-powered advisory group of radio lovers supporting the future of New York Public Radio.

Be heard! Our town hall-style meetings are a rare chance to share feedback that gets funneled directly to the station and speak with those reporting stories, expanding digitally, and driving fundraising.

Recruitment for the new CAB members is open!

Please apply by April 1 via our safe and secure form here. Nominees are chosen by a CAB committee and approved by the Board of Trustees.

Our Mission: We Listen to Those Who Listen.

Our mission: advise NYPR of what the listenership is thinking and feeling.

We are the only in-person forum to share feedback with the stations.
We do not exercise control over management or policy and can’t make statements on behalf of NYPR. We listen.

About the CAB

Meetings are town hall-style — part conversation with a guest, part feedback session.

We’re 25 volunteers, representing different boroughs, backgrounds, ages, and professions.

Each CAB term is 3 years.

We meet monthly with the exception of July, August, December, and February.

*The CAB, as required by federal law, reviews the programming goals established by the station, the service provided by WNYC and WQXR, and the significant policy decisions rendered by the station, and assesses whether the programming and other policies of the station are meeting the specialized educational and cultural needs of the communities served by the station. The CAB deliberates independently of station management and New York Public Radio's Board of Trustees, determining its own agenda and electing its own leadership. The CAB is an advisory body only, and is not authorized to exercise any control over WNYC and WQXR's daily management or operations. The CAB conveys its findings and recommendations based on public input to the Board of Trustees.

CAB 2018-2019 Calendar

September 12, 2018	7:00-8:30pm Location: The Jerome L. Greene Space - 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY Speaker: Laura Walker, President & CEO of New Public Radio
October 10, 2018	6:30-8:30pm Location: The Jerome L. Greene Space - 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY Speaker: The Gothamist Co-Founders, Jen Chung & Jake Dobson
November 28, 2018	6:30-8:30pm Location: The Jerome L. Greene Space - 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY Panel Discussion: The Role of Supporting Music Programs in Public Schools and Communities. Please click here for details.
December 2018	No Meeting Scheduled
January 9, 2019	6:30-8:30pm Location: The Jerome L. Greene Space - 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY Speakers: Nancy Solomon, Managing Editor, New Jersey Public Radio
February 2019	No Meeting Scheduled
March 13, 2019	6:30-8:30pm Location: The Jerome L. Greene Space - 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY Speaker: Clemency Burton-Hill, WQXR New Creative Director
April 17, 2019	6:30-8:30pm Location: The Jerome L. Greene Space - 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY Speaker: Discussion Panel on Local News: An Endangered Species Moderator: Jane Tillman Irving, CAB Member, and Veteran Radio Newscaster Panelist: David J. Dent, Associate Professor, NYU School of Journalism Sean Bowditch, Executive Editor, WNYC News Emma Whitford: Freelance Reporter
May 15, 2019	6:30-8:30pm Location: The Jerome L. Greene Space - 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY Speaker: Jennifer Sendrow, Executive Producer of the Greene Space in honor of the 10th year anniversary celebration of The Greene Space. New CAB Nominees Approved by CAB
June 12, 2019	6:30-8:30pm Location: The Jerome L. Greene Space - 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY Speaker: Discussion panel on Framing of Labor Unions in the Media New Slate of Officers (depending on BOT June Meeting)

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Chair: The CAB as of June 2018

Barbara Gerolimatos, elected as Chair June 2017, appointed to CAB June 2014

Vice Chairs:

Erica Johnson, elected as Vice Chair June 2018, appointed to the CAB June 2017
Kathryn Tornelli, elected as Vice Chair June 2018, appointed to the CAB June 2016
Jacob Wojnas, elected as Vice Chair, appointed to CAB June 2016

Recording Secretary: