Shawn Turner
WKAR General ManagerShawn Turner is general manager of WKAR Public Media at Michigan State University, serving Michigan’s capital region. Turner is also a professor of strategic communication at MSU.
Turner currently serves on the board of directors for NPR, the Michigan Veterans Facility Authority, and the German Marshall Fund.
Prior to his current positions at MSU, Turner served in senior positions in government and in non-profit and academic organizations. Turner is also a published author and former national security analyst for CNN. Turner is also a retired United States Marine Corps officer with 21 years of service.
Updated 10/2024
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Today marks a historic moment in public media. For the first time in 50 years, stations like WKAR are operating without federal funding. But that does not mean the end of WKAR. -
WKAR – YOUR public media station – is not going away. Together, we’re making progress toward closing the $1.6 million budget gap caused by the loss of federal funding -
After more than six decades of support, Congress has voted to end federal funding for public media. Many of you have reached out to ask what this means for WKAR.
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This vote is a direct attack on public media, putting at risk the independent journalism, educational programming, and local connection that millions rely on every day.
