Dear editor:
Sarah Reilley’s July 24 Letter to the Editor in Cowboy State Daily rightly called out Wyoming PBS CEO Joanna Kail for her baseless claims of viewer disengagement in her July 18 op-ed.
As a Wyomingite, I’m frustrated with Central Wyoming College, the license holder for Wyoming PBS, and its president, Brad Tyndall.
On July 24, Reilley requested viewership statistics, membership counts, and fundraising totals to verify Kail’s assertions, yet no data has been shared.
What’s the reason for their silence?
Public institutions like CWC and Wyoming PBS must uphold transparency. What are they waiting for? Why the delay?
This inaction is incredibly discouraging, and it erodes trust in our public media.
I urge Tyndall to release the requested metrics and prove Wyoming PBS serves its viewers, not a political agenda.
Sincerely,
Raine Lesher, Lander
