Broadcasting

Johnson Rick Johnson has been appointed general manager of WGCU Public Media, Florida Gulf Coast University's public broadcasting radio and television station, effective Oct. 20. Johnson comes to FGCU with more than 30 years of public broadcasting experience. Currently, he is the senior vice president for Radio and Television Programming and Production at WJCT-TV/FM (PBS/NPR) in Jacksonville. Previously, he held the position of station manager at WFSU-TV at Florida State University. He also held positions at public broadcasting stations in Seattle, Wash., Albuquerque, N.M. and at an ABC affiliate in Green Bay, Wis.