Charlie Kravetz’ career spans Boston journalism from broadcast and cable television to public radio. His early career began at WBZ-TV and quickly moved to WCVB-TV where he was founding Producer and Executive Producer of Chronicle, now the longest running local magazine program in America. Charlie eventually became Assistant News Director at NewsCenter 5 and then the founding Station Manager of New England Cable News (NECN). Charlie and his team built NECN into the largest regional news channel in the country, serving four-and-a-half million viewers across all six New England states. Charlie became President and General Manager of NECN and stayed with the channel for 17 years. In 2011, he became General Manager of WBUR, the iconic public radio station in Boston. During his eight year tenure, Charlie grew WBUR’s staff by 50% and doubled its annual revenue to $40 million. Charlie launched the first ever Campaign for WBUR, a $40 million effort that funded dozens of new journalists and the creation of CitySpace, a 275 seat hi-tech event venue. Charlie is the recipient of the Peabody Award, multiple Edward R. Murrow Awards and many New England Emmy Awards. Charlie is a graduate of the University of Rochester, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa. He lives in Wellesley with his wife, Deborah Sinay. They have two grown daughters and two grandchildren.