Mississippi Public Broadcasting Director behind 'Fresh Air' brouhaha resigns

Mississippi Public Broadcasting Executive Director Judy Lewis has resigned, Mississippi Authority for Educational Television Chairman Bob Sawyer said. The statement tout's MPB's success over the last year, but offers no details on why Lewis resigned.

While serving as executive director, Lewis was involved in MPB's July 8 decision to pull the nationally syndicated show "Fresh Air," for what it deemed "inappropriate content," after comedian Louis C.K. answered questions from about wearing his shirt during sex. On July 27, the station announced it would return "Fresh Air" to its radio schedule in a new 9 p.m. time slot. Lewis, a native of Morton, Miss., served as executive director of MPB since August 2009. Prior to working at MPB, she was a communications professor at Mississippi College. Lewis received her master's and bachelor's degrees in education and speech communication from Mississippi College, and her doctorate in higher education from the University of Mississippi.