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South Florida PBS (WPBT & WXEL) is delighted to announce that President and CEO Dolores Fernandez Alonso has been elected Professional Vice Chair of America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) and re-elected to the APTS Board of Trustees.
Dolores Fernandez Alonso has always made it a priority to help and support public television stations across the country, first by serving on the APTS Board of Trustees, currently serving on the PBS Board of Directors and now as Professional Vice Chair of APTS. “I am honored to be elected as Professional Vice Chair of APTS. It is my personal mission to serve public television stations to the best of my ability,” she stated.
Dolores Fernandez Alonso serves as the President and CEO of South Florida PBS, the merged organization that brings together WPBT and WXEL to collectively represent the 7th largest TV market in the United States. She is one of the first women in the public television system to have led a station merger. In addition, she launched the 24/7 Health Channel and quadrupled the size of the South Florida PBS endowment.
Fernandez Alonso is a visionary and a leader in NEXTGEN TV and immersive media, preparing her stations to meet the demands of ATSC 3.0 and ensuring that South Florida PBS was a part of the Miami NEXTGEN TV launch that occurred in January 2023. Her leadership has resulted in the creation of Emmy award-winning 360-degree content and educational apps. Through her solid stewardship, she has secured the funding for the expansion of the SFPBS studios in Palm Beach County to include an Arts and Cultural center complete with an immersive igloo for experiential learning opportunities for the South Florida community.
Fernandez Alonso began her television career in 1990 at the international newsgathering division of Disney/ABC News Inc. – Worldwide Television News in New York, NY. In 1998, she joined WPBT2 as Vice President for Facilities Services where she was responsible for the for-profit activities. She was promoted to Station Manager in 2002 and to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2003. As a proud bilingual Hispanic, Fernandez Alonso earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish Literature from Columbia University and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Miami.
If you don’t have access to South Florida PBS, you can livestream all our programs on our websites found in the links below:
WPBT Live streaming can be viewed here: www.wpbt2.org/live-tv/
WXEL Live streaming can be viewed here: www.wxel.org/live-tv/
About South Florida PBS
South Florida PBS is Florida’s largest public media company, including Public Broadcasting stations WXEL-TV, serving the Palm Beaches and the Treasure Coast and WPBT2, serving Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and the Health Channel, the only 24/7 channel dedicated to health in the nation. South Florida PBS connects organizations and institutions across our region and preserves South Florida’s history. Leading the way in this global society, South Florida PBS is committed to creating and presenting award-winning programs focused on kids, education, arts and culture, health, environment, science and civic engagement.
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