Torey Malatia
| Torey Malatia | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 8, 1951 Oak Park, Illinois, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Radio producer and manager |
| Known for |
WBEZ general manager This American Life |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Carson Manley |
Torey Malatia (born August 1951) is an American journalist, radio producer, and public media manager. In 2016 he was named President, CEO and General Manager of Rhode Island Public Radio. Until he resigned on July 26, 2013, he served as Chief Executive Officer and president of the board of directors of Chicago Public Media and general manager of radio station WBEZ. He is also a member of the board of the Public Radio Exchange, a program distributor, and the Station Resource Group, a public radio program development and fundraising group.
Malatia began work as program director of WBEZ radio in Chicago, Illinois, in 1993 and in 1996 was promoted to station manager.
In 1995 journalist Ira Glass and Malatia created the radio program This American Life (originally titled Your Radio Playhouse).
Prior to work in radio, Malatia was a columnist for Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona
Torey Malatia was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a village in the Chicago area. He attended Arizona State University, where he received B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature. He carried out additional post-graduate study at the University of Toronto.
Malatia is married to artist Elizabeth Carson Manley. Malatia and Manley live in Rhode Island.
Torey Malatia has spent much of his career in public radio, primarily with Chicago Public Media and its flagship station WBEZ. He began work with WFMT, a public radio station in Chicago, in 1986. In 1990 he became program director of KUOW, a public station in Seattle, Washington. After leaving KUOW Malatia worked as a talk show producer at WLS, a non-public (for-profit) radio station in Chicago. He was hired as WBEZ vice president in charge of programing in 1993. In 1996 Malatia became WBEZ's general manager and assumed the leadership of Chicago Public Media as chief executive officer and president of the board of directors.
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