NHPTV CEO and General Manager Peter Frid Elected to PBS Board of Directors

(DURHAM, December 4, 2006) — Peter A. Frid, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of New Hampshire Public Television, was recently named professional vice chair by the PBS Board of Directors. The PBS Board governs and sets policy for the Public Broadcasting Service, and is comprised of 35 members: 17 PBS station managers (professional directors), 11 lay members, 6 general directors and the PBS president.“PBS is a unique public media, online and educational enterprise that serves our nation,” Frid noted. ”It is a great honor to be elected professional vice chair of the PBS Board, and represent our nation’s PBS stations and New Hampshire Public Television.” Frid also serves on the PBS Board’s national policy, executive, and station services committees.Frid has been New Hampshire Public Television’s CEO and General Manager for over 10 years. NHPTV broadcasts analog and digital signals that reach throughout New Hampshire, Massachusetts (including the Greater Boston area), and portions of Vermont and Maine. Frid has more than 30 years of experience in the field of public broadcasting, including serving as general manager for public broadcasting television and radio stations in Juneau, Alaska, and Corpus Christi, Texas.Within the community, Frid serves as president of Great Bay Rowing, and was chair of the New Hampshire Travel Council Board, on the N.H. Business and Industry Association Board of Directors, and on the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Assembly of Overseers. Frid is a graduate of Leadership New Hampshire. He holds an M.S. from Syracuse University and a B.S. from Rhode Island College. He lives in Madbury with his family.

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