Lee Conrad Frischknecht (January 4, 1928 – December 29, 2004) was a broadcast journalist and, from 1973 to 1977, was the second president of National Public Radio.
[1] As president he saw a shift from predominantly news coverage to more human interest reporting.
[1] He joined the fledgling public radio enterprise as director of network affairs and later as vice president.
[2] He returned to television at Arizona State University's KAET in 1980 and later helped found KBAQ.
[1] Frischknecht was married for 54 years (until his death) to the former Sara Jean McCulloch and had four daughters.