Before joining PBS, Mr. Godwin was president and general manager, WCET (Greater Cincinnati TV Educational Foundation), Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Godwin's career in public broadcasting began while he attended Florida State University in Tallahassee and continued at WJCT in Jacksonville. In 1977, he joined PBS as head of station relations and later served as a senior vice president in programming. In 1982, he joined KOCE in Orange County, California, and in 1984 became president and general manager of WKNO in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Godwin served on the PBS Board from 1993 to 1999, and was vice chairman from 1998-1999. He also served as chairman of PBS Enterprises, Inc., PBS' wholly owned subsidiary, and was a member of the board of trustees and chairman of the mission and goals committee of America's Public Television Stations, a past chairman of the Southern Educational Communications Association, and was a member of the Children's Television Workshop's advisory committee on SQUARE ONE TV. |