{"id":2938,"date":"2018-01-18T04:57:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T04:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/52.10.1.109\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2018-01-20T01:23:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T01:23:17","slug":"cprs-longtime-president-to-retire-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/?p=2938","title":{"rendered":"CPR\u2019s longtime president to retire next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"p2\"><i>Wycisk rose from music announcer to CEO<\/i><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\"><strong>BY PETER JONES<\/strong><br \/>\nNEWS EDITOR<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2939\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2939\" src=\"https:\/\/52.10.1.109\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/COR-CPR.10-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/COR-CPR.10-12.png 500w, https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/COR-CPR.10-12-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max Wycisk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Max Wycisk, longtime president of Centennial-based nonprofit Colorado Public Radio, announced last week that he will retire on June 30, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">Wycisk\u2019s career at CPR has spanned more than four decades, first as an on-air announcer and then program director before becoming general manager and finally president in 1978. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">He has been credited for transforming CPR from a single-signal radio station into today\u2019s statewide network, which includes three distinct services\u2014CPR News, CPR Classical and OpenAir, which are broadcast on 34 signals in total across the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cWhile the world has undoubtedly changed over the past 40 years, CPR\u2019s mission has remained steadfast and our importance has grown,\u201d Wycisk said in a statement. \u201cThe organization is stronger than it\u2019s ever been, a testament to our dedicated staff, the donors who support us and the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on us each and every day. It\u2019s been an honor to lead the development of a vital community resource that\u2019s uniquely positioned to have an even greater future ahead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">Notable highlights of Wycisk\u2019s leadership include leading the separation from the University of Denver, transforming CPR from a dual news and classical format into separate full-time news and full-time classical on two separate signals, and eventually adding a third service dedicated to new and independent rock music. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">Wycisk\u2019s also served on the board of National Public Radio twice and received the William Kling Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Public Radio International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cOn behalf of the CPR board of directors, we thank Max for his service and for the many notable accomplishments achieved during his tenure,\u201d Dean Salter, chair of CPR\u2019s board said in a statement. \u201cMax is recognized as a pioneer in public broadcasting and his vision set CPR on the path to its current success.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">CPR has retained executive recruiter Blinkhorn to find Wycisk\u2019s replacement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wycisk rose from music announcer to CEO BY PETER JONES NEWS EDITOR Max Wycisk, longtime president of Centennial-based nonprofit Colorado Public Radio, announced last week that he will retire on June 30, 2018. &nbsp; Wycisk\u2019s career at CPR has spanned more than four decades, first as an on-air announcer and then program director before becoming &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-features","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}