PENSACOLA, Fla., February 29, 2024 ― Cheri Bone has been promoted to program operations manager at WSRE PBS, a service of Pensacola State College, after having served as assistant manager for five years and upon the retirement of longtime traffic manager Brent Burton.
Burton first joined WSRE PBS in 1985 and served the station for 25 years altogether, retiring from Pensacola State College on January 5.
Originally from Galveston, Texas, and a graduate of the Art Institute of Houston, Bone has worked 22 years in the broadcast operations industry for television networks in Houston, Los Angeles and Pensacola.
The WSRE PBS Development & Community Engagement Department has welcomed Lolly Carlson as donor services manager and Marlee Warner as development coordinator.
A Pensacola native, Carlson is a graduate of the University of West Florida and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her journalism and communications experience includes more than 24 years in trade and consumer publication editorial positions, most recently for New York Life Insurance Company. Carlson also taught for seven years at the Pensacola School of Liberal Arts, her alma mater.
Warner is a graduate of North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina. Her work experience includes regional film, television and theater, and she most recently worked as an administrative assistant for the Pensacola State College Performing Arts Department.
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About WSRE: WSRE, a PBS member station licensed to the Pensacola State College District Board of Trustees and supported by the WSRE-TV Foundation, serves as a critical media source for trusted content and a safe media space for children to grow and learn.
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