Joe Moore
President & General ManagerJoe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. From 2010-2018 he served as the station's Director of Program Content. In that role, he launched the station's local news department, hosted the program Valley Edition, and represented the station in the design-build process for KVPR's new 10,000 broadcast center which opened in 2016.
Since becoming President and General Manager in 2018, he has successfully led the station through major programming changes, the COVID-19 pandemic and the end of federal support for public media. Under his leadership, the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won two National Edward R. Murrow Awards (2022 and 2024).
He is a Fresno native and a graduate of California State University, Fresno. He previously was the General Manager of KVPR and taught audio production at Fresno State. He is also the voice of KVPR's series on local history "Central Valley Roots."
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The historic courthouse in Snelling is the oldest in Merced County. -
Fresno's Hughes Hotel was destroyed on July 10, 1953, and numerous other buildings were damaged in an arson spree that remains unsolved to this day. -
Before Rose Ann Vuich was elected in 1976, the California State Senate was "male, pale and stale." -
Actor Jack Haley was the developer behind several Madera-area projects, including the Madera Ranchos.
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The Bonnadelle Ranchos development was built on the site of a former World War II bombing range.
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Decommissioned in the 1960s, U.S. Route 466 traveled on portions of today's Highways 58, 99, 46 and 41, from Barstow to Morro Bay.
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A red International Harvester from Fresno sits in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. -
The unique geography of the Orange Cove area makes it an ideal place to grow citrus trees. -
Historians don't agree on how the town of Dinuba got its name. -
Duke Ellington's song "Skin Deep" was recorded in 1952 at Fresno's Rainbow Ballroom.
