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KOCE-TV appoints new membership director

KOCE-TV, Orange County’s only public television station, has appointed Suzanne White, a 20-year veteran of public radio, as its new director of membership.

White, who earned a master’s in radio and television from San Diego State, has served as program director at KAZU-FM in Pacific Grove, program director and associate manager at WWNO-FM in New Orleans, station manager at KBOO-FM and general manager at KBPS-FM in Portland, Ore.

At KOCE-TV, she will oversee annual gifts and contributions made to the station, and seek to expand its membership.

“I am very excited to be working closely with the 45,000 members who support KOCE-TV,” White said in a release. “Members consider public television to be part of their lives. We want to make sure that we enrich those lives as much as we can and that people fully appreciate how much we value their viewership and support.”

Environment Furniture plans grand opening

Environment Furniture, the rustic home furnishing store that opened at South Coast Plaza in August, plans to hold its grand opening Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.

During the event, the store will show off its environmentally friendly rugs, bedding and other products, while customers can enjoy drinks, food and music from a live DJ. There will also be a silent auction to benefit Healthy Child, Healthy World.

Call the store at (714) 557-3100.

— Michael Miller