American Public Media Names Douglas Evans General Manager of Classical South Florida—89.7 FM, WKCP

(St. Paul, Minn.) February 7, 2008—American Public Media^™ today announced that longtime arts and culture executive and advocate Douglas Evans has been named General Manager of Classical South Florida—89.7 FM, WKCP.

As general manager, Evans will be responsible for overseeing all of Classical South Florida's operations, including serving as primary liaison to the south Florida community, arts organizations and partners, Classical South Florida members, and other groups. With the assistance of Gayle Ober, director of classical music programming for American Public Media, Evans will develop opportunities for Classical South Florida to grow and to best serve audiences.

Evans, a Boca Raton resident, has more than 20 years of executive management experience with arts and cultural organizations. Most recently, Evans was chairman and CEO of Luftig Evans Non-Profit Solutions, LLC, a firm that specializes in nonprofit startups; program planning for regional theaters, performing arts centers, and community-based local arts organizations; and fundraising. Prior to founding Luftig Evans, he was chief operating officer of Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment and president of Broadway China Ventures. Evans held other executive management positions with the Stamford Center for the Arts, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, The Globe Theaters, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and Embassy Theater Foundation.

Evans is involved with several arts and culture advocacy organizations, including as a current board member of the Theater League of South Florida and The League of American Theaters and Producers, and is a founder of The Independent Presenters Network.

"I am thrilled to be joining American Public Media and being a part of a team to bring the best in public radio and classical music to south Florida," said Evans. "It is my hope that Classical South Florida will be a leader in growing the arts community throughout the entire region, reinforcing the importance of the arts in our daily lives."

About Classical South Florida
Classical South Florida is a nonprofit public radio organization dedicated to broadcasting classical music. Its program schedule includes broadcasts of nationally renowned classical programs such as Performance Today,^® SymphonyCast,^® Pipedreams^® and Saint Paul Sunday.^® Classical South Florida began broadcasting in south Florida in October 2007. Its program service is broadcast on WKCP 89.7 FM Miami and on a lower-powered repeater station at 101.9 FM West Palm Beach. Classical South Florida is on the Web at www.classicalsouthflorida.org.