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 broadcast center.
Since becoming President and General Manager in 2019, he has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).
He is a Fresno native and a graduate of California State University, Fresno.
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Update: 8/22/18 Officials lifted the "Do not drink" water order in Stratford on Wednesday afternoon August 22nd. However, according to Martín Chávez, only…
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This week on Valley Edition, we learn about how the rural Fresno County community of Del Rey is working to clean up its drinking water, which is now…
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We’re at the start of another school year. And that means more than just a focus on basic academic skills. In Fresno County there’s a new push to address…
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A jury last week awarded a California man with terminal cancer $289 million dollars in a lawsuit against agri-chemical giant Monsanto. The jury agreed…
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On April 13th 1997, Jocelyn Dettloff’s life changed forever. On a camping trip in Sub-Saharan Africa, an accident left her paralyzed. It also put her life…
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On today’s Valley Edition, we explore the effort to save a rare species in Kern County that until the 1990’s was thought to be extinct. We also learn…
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Last month the Carr Fire near Redding exploded overnight in what some people have called a "fire-nado" - with extreme rotating winds that toppled high…
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A new podcast from Capital Public Radio reporter Ezra David Romero is digging into stories about Yosemite National Park. Called Yosemiteland, the…
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With wildfires burning up and down the state, a new plan for residents near Frazier Park is drawing attention from a number of groups. It calls for…
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On this week’s Valley Edition, we learn how Fresno State students are leaving their mark at one of the top scientific institutions in Europe. We also…