President & CEO - Becky Magura

Becky Magura has served as president and CEO of Nashville PBS since September 2021. An established leader in the PBS system, she has more than 40 years of experience in management, strategic leadership, production, and educational engagement in public media.

Magura is a native Tennessean who resides in Nashville. She holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in education, with an emphasis in communications, from Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn. Magura is a skilled leader in strategic partnerships and change management. She also has decades of experience in television production as an on-air host, producer, and videographer. Magura was previously president and CEO of WCTE PBS in Cookeville, Tenn., where she began her career as an audio technician and producer in 1982.

Early in Magura's tenure at Nashville PBS, she led the launch of two new 24/7 broadcast channels, WNPT2 WORLD Channel and WNPT4 Create TV; two new regional series, A Slice of the Community and Clean Slate with Becky Magura; as well as the creation and implementation of a comprehensive three-year strategic plan.

In 2024, Magura and the Nashville PBS team successfully navigated a full brand transition from NPT to Nashville PBS, including a campus refresh, a magazine and a new OTT ATSC 3.0 channel in partnership with Sinclair. In early 2025, Nashville PBS established a 24/7 ALL ARTS digital channel with WNET in New York.

Magura serves as chair of the Tennessee Public Television Council and has received numerous awards, including Nashville/Midsouth Regional Emmys, Tennessee Governor's Award for Excellence in Early Foundations, and the Cumberland Business Journal's Ovation Award for Community Service. She was also selected as a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow.

Magura currently serves on the national PBS board of directors, the American Public Television (APT) board, and public television's Major Market Group (MMG) executive board. She previously served six years on the PBS board, including the PBS executive board, and served as chair of the PBS Interconnection Committee. Her other national board service includes the Association for Public Television Stations (APTS) board, National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) executive board, and the Small Station Association executive board.

Magura believes strongly in collaborative station productions and supporting independent producers to develop a broader audience connection through public media. She and the Nashville PBS team have been actively producing and curating new content such as Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around, Facing the Laughter: Minnie Pearl, Ear to the Common Ground, Have Guitar Will Travel, Volunteer Woodworker, Made in the West, and Down the Duck with John Guider. Previous productions Magura stewarded for national distribution include Bluegrass Underground, Barnegie Hall, Songwriting with Soldiers, and Jammin' at Hippie Jack's.

Committed to lifelong learning and the use of public media for K-12 education, Magura has successfully served as the liaison for the Tennessee PBS At-Home Learning Collaborative in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education and all six Tennessee public television stations.

Magura was named a 2021 recipient of the PBS C. Scott Elliott Development Professional of the Year Award and completed the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative, a program of the Riley Institute at Furman University. She was a member of Leadership Nashville's class of 2024.

In February 2025, Magura became the inaugural recipient of the Patrick Butler National Advocacy Award in recognition of her work raising the profile of the impact of local stations in communities large and small throughout the nation and in cultivating relationships and support for public broadcasting within the Tennessee congressional delegation and state legislature. She was named to the Public Media Women in Leadership's board in May 2025 and was also selected for the 2025 Public Media Executive Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative fellowship developed by the Poynter Institute. She was inducted into the NATAS Nashville/Midsouth Chapter's Silver Circle as part of the 2025 class.