Charles Fox

Charles Fox - General Manager

Fox joined WCSU as general manager in January 2020. He brings 30 years of experience creating, producing and/or supervising distribution of award-winning TV programming  for ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS affiliates, WORLDNET TV as well as volunteer producing and hosting for WOUB radio.

As Director of the Maryland Film Commission, Fox initiated the Warner Bros Mid-Atlantic Screenwriters Program and Multicultural Producers Think Tank – fostering a culturally inclusive and globally competitive workforce.

When President Clinton appointed Fox as Director of the WORLDNET Film and TV service, Fox expanded the operation from under 300 to more than 1,400 broadcast and cable outlets worldwide. His leadership, programming and staff development initiatives were recognized by the International Bureau for Broadcasting’s Meritorious Honor Award.  (WORLDNET was renamed Voice of America TV in 2004.)In 2011, Fox launched FNX:  First  Nations  Experience, the first U.S. Native American TV channel (PBS).

In 2015 Fox was asked to help revitalize the Wilberforce University Mass Communications Department which became the university’s largest and most productive academic division. The Southwest Ohio Council for Higher Education recognized Fox's initiatives with the 2018 Faculty Excellence Award.

Fox’s work has earned seven Emmys and the Angel Award. Certified in Executive Leadership and Mediation, he is an alumnus of the Maryland Institute, College of Art and the Johns Hopkins University graduate Writing Seminars.