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WCNY appoints Alay Mehta
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January 18, 2020
WCNY, Central New York’s community-owned flagship public broadcaster announces the following appointment:
Alay Mehta joins as vice president business development & chief technology officer. Mehta has served at numerous multinational Fortune 500 companies and early stage startups. His most recent role was as vice president of business development at Raycom Media. Prior to that he was vice president of digital business operations & consumer platforms at the Gannett Company. Mehta has been involved with many startups within smart audio, video advertising, 360 video, and augmented reality. He also worked at Newell Brands, Turner Entertainment, CNN, and Motorola. Mehta holds six patents. He is an alumnus of the Center for Creative Leadership.
He earned a Master of Business Administration from Emory University and a Master of Science in Engineering from Cornell University.
About WCNY
WCNY was founded in 1965 as The Educational Television Council of Central New York. Today it is a community-owned media company that produces content across multiple platforms, including television and radio programs, dynamic web and targeted email content, the WCNY CONNECT member magazine, and social media. Through online stream technology, WCNY has a global broadcast audience of viewers and listeners throughout the United States and 17 countries. WCNY operates five digital, pledge-free broadcast channels and three radio stations. Towers are located in Watertown and Utica, and WCNY’s radio programming extends into Canada. Classic FM is one of a few radio stations in the world dedicated to locally programmed music.
Educational services include workshops; a 10,000 square-foot building with dedicated Education Center; Read Out, a radio reading service for the visually impaired; Enterprise America for middle school students; and a media and marketing communications program for high school students.
WCNY is LEED® Platinum Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, the highest certification level achievable in Leadership, Energy & Environmental Design. Other achievements include Business of the Year in the nonprofit category in 2014 by CenterState CEO.
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