ORLANDO, FL (June 29, 2023)– WUCF announced today that Julie Sochay has been named the Director of Content. The station is home to Central Florida's PBS channel and to 89.9 FM Jazz & More, which serves as a joint licensee with the University of Central Florida. Sochay comes to WUCF from a career at WKAR in East Lansing, Michigan, where she served as the Senior Director of Content and Communication.
“I am thrilled to join the talented team at WUCF,” said Sochay, “I plan to bring my passion for storytelling to WUCF and look forward to creating new content opportunities and new collaborations to serve the Central Florida region.”
Julie has spent the last 7.5 years at WKAR where she was a driving force behind much of WKAR’s commitment to their community through engaging and informative local content. In her role with WKAR she created the strategic vision for WKAR’s team of TV producers and directors, communications professionals, education team, programming team, and engagement team.
“Julie is an insightful leader with deep expertise and a relentless commitment to public media,” said WKAR General Manager, Shawn Turner. “We will miss her creativity and the determination she brought to work every day for more than 7 years at WKAR. I am confident that her long list of accomplishments will only grow as she joins the great team of professional at WUCF.”
Before WKAR, Sochay spent 17 years at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters serving as the Communications Director and later as Executive Vice President.
“Julie has long been an amazing collaborator to WUCF within the PBS system,” said Jennifer Cook, Executive Director of WUCF.“We know she will help innovate WUCF’s content strategy in a way that aligns well with our vision for WUCF’s future. I can’t wait for the community to get to know and partner with her.”
Sochay’s new role as Director of Content will provide strategic leadership to WUCF and its mission to serve as Central FloridaStoryteller. Additionally, she will be responsible for all local and national content across all broadcast, digital and various online platforms.
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About WUCF TV
WUCF TV is the sole-service PBS member station for the nearly 4 million Central Floridians across nine counties. WUCF is Central Florida’s storyteller, encouraging curiosity and learning through compelling content and community engagement. WUCF produces award-winning local content like “Florida Road Trip,” which explores Florida through history, people and culture. WUCF also serves Florida’s youngest citizens, offering hours of PBS Kids content on-air, online and in the classroom, leading the state in usage for PBS LearningMedia. Throughout its ten-year history, WUCF has engaged with over 1.5 million people across Central Florida at in- person events, and over 30 million people online through virtual events and streaming content. The station is community-supported public broadcasting from the University of Central Florida. Learn more at http://wucf.org/
