WWOZ announced Wednesday that after more than twenty years, it will get a new general manager.
Since 1992, David Freedman has served in the position.
“We deeply appreciate the decades of passion, creativity and vision that David Freedman has given to our beloved ‘OZ,” says WWOZ Board President C.J. Blache in a news release. “He has taken us from a $200,000 local secret to a significant force for the culture of our city and state, with national and international impact. His efforts helped expand our unique New Orleans and Louisiana musical heritage thru new electronic platforms, often setting the pace in utilizing changing technology.”
According to WWOZ, Freedman will transition to the job of Chief Strategic Officer, focusing on strategic planning, fundraising assistance, and community engagement.
Arthur Cohen will now serve as the radio station's Chief Operating Officer. serve as the station’s Chief Operating Officer. Arthur has 38 years’ experience in public radio, having most recently served eight years as president of the Public Radio Program Directors Association. He spent a year in retirement before coming to work temporarily with WWOZ in January 2016.
“The chance to help out this unique radio station, help serve the unparalleled music community of this city, to offer a career’s worth of knowledge to what is arguably the most successful community radio station in the country, was just irresistible,” Cohen said in the announcement.
