South Carolina ETV
ETV Management Team
Linda O'Bryon
President & Chief Executive Officer
lobryon@scetv.org
(803) 737-3240
As the former Chief Content Officer at KQED/Northern California Public Broadcasting in San Francisco, O'Bryon oversaw a team of television and radio producers, editors, reporters, educators, web content developers, management, and technical personnel at television stations KQED/San Francisco, KTEH/San Jose and KQET/Monterey, as well as KQED 88.5 FM and KQEI 89.3 FM/Sacramento.
During her tenure, KQED Public Radio was consistently the most listened-to public radio station in the nation, and KQED Public Television was among the nation's most-watched public television stations. NCPB stations garnered 22 regional EMMYs and numerous journalism awards, including an Edward R. Murrow/RTNDA citation, and PBS' first award for Interactive Innovation.
Under her leadership, KQED launched a number of new productions, including the radio series, California Money and The Do List, the PBS-distributed programs, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and San Francisco's Ballet's Nutcracker. She fostered extensive cross-platform efforts around QUEST, the nation's first multi-platform science and nature series. She also managed cross-platform initiatives for the 2008 elections, Climate Watch, Facing the Mortgage Crisis, Immigration in Focus and regional documentaries around Ken Burns' The War series.
O'Bryon is also the founding executive editor of PBS' Nightly Business Report (NBR), which debuted in 1979 and is still running strong, airing on more than 250 public television stations across the nation. It is widely regarded as the predecessor of daily business news programs on television. O'Bryon spearheaded the creation of NBR while serving as the news director for the Miami-based public television station WPBT.
In 2009, O'Bryon received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in Business and Financial Reporting from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Her work has earned her the distinction of being named one of the 20th century's Top 100 Business News Luminaries by TJFR, an industry publication. In 2004, O'Bryon received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers at the 41st annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas. In June of this year, she was named one of the most influential women in the Bay Area by San Francisco Business Times.
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., O'Bryon graduated cum laude from the University of Miami with a major in journalism and a minor in economics. She and her husband, Mike, have one daughter, Jennifer, who received her Master's degree from the College of Charleston.
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