Carolyn Bailey Lewis, Pioneering Public Television Executive and Former WOUB General Manager, Dies at 78

Public TV Leader Carolyn Bailey Lewis Dies at 78

Dr. Carolyn Bailey Lewis, 78, the first Black woman to lead a public television station in the continental U.S. and the first woman and first Black to lead WOUB Public Media in Athens, Ohio, died Oct. 21 in Columbus, Ohio...

Carolyn Bailey Lewis, Pioneering Public Television Executive and Former WOUB General Manager, Dies at 78

Carolyn Bailey Lewis, a pioneering public broadcasting executive who became the first Black woman to lead a public television station in the continental United States and the first woman to head WOUB Public Media, died October 21. She was 78. Her death was announced in a social media post by her daughter. Lewis broke multiple barriers throughout her career in journalism and public broadcasting, including becoming the first Black woman to graduat…