Richard Hicks

General manager, Richard Hicks said: "We have invested in mulch-mowing technology which enables us to cut the grass and obliterate the cuttings into very fine self-composting grass."

BUNKER HILL - The Smoky Hill Public Television board of directors voted Wednesday to not renew the contract of General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Richard Hicks.

BUNKER HILL - Smoky Hills Public Television has received 21 suggestions from 16 communities that want the station to move its headquarters from Bunker Hill, General Manager Richard Hicks said Friday.

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BUNKER HILL - The Smoky Hill Public Television board of directors voted Wednesday to not renew the contract of General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Richard Hicks.

The decision to fire Hicks from the station that serves 52 counties in central and western Kansas came after his annual review, said board Chairman John Divine.
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Divine said previous talk of moving the station from the tiny community of Bunker Hill, which is near Russell, was not an issue in Hicks' firing.
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Divine said the board's executive committee will meet at 1 p.m. Monday in Russell to discuss both long-term and short-term plans, decide on whether Hicks will receive a compensation package and if an interim director will step into the empty spot.
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Hicks also will step down as chairman of the Kansas Public Broadcasting Council.
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Before coming to serve as CEO at Bunker Hill, Hicks was with WNED out of Buffalo, N.Y., a public radio and television station that served stations in Buffalo, Rochester and Denver.

He said he has a personal commitment to public broadcasting and hopes to find another assignment in the industry.

In a press release from SHPTV, Richard Hicks, general manager and chief executive officer, said he was "delighted with the response to our request for suggestions."

"We are overwhelmed with gratitude that so many positive conversations about the value of Smoky Hills Public Television have taken place in so many parts of our service area, and we look forward to exploring these possibilities further."