Larry Unger, president and CEO of MPT, to retire
Larry Unger, president and CEO of Maryland Public Television, will retire from the organization June 30.
Edward H. Kaplan, Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission chair, appointed Vice Chair Richard Bodorff to lead the search for a new leader in January, states Current.
Unger, the fifth leader in MPT’s history, joined the state network in 1997. He held the titles of VP of administration and finance, CFO, EVP and COO before being named CEO in 2011, succeeding Robert Shuman.
According to Current, during his tenure, “Unger successfully advocated for legislative changes that protected MPT’s state appropriations. He oversaw the network’s expansion to four channels, its HBCU Week programming, and the providing of free audio of public affairs programs to local radio stations.
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