Brent Boynton has been promoted to vice president, news and production, for KNPB Channel 5 Public Broadcasting.
Boynton joined KNPB in 2012 as news director and currently hosts its community affairs programs “A Conversation”and “Open Lines.” He has spent more than three decades working in television news including time at both KTVN and KOLO. He also served as communications director for former Governor Jim Gibbons.
Boynton is in the Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.
Boynton holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University and a master’s degree in mass communications from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.