[1] He is also Distinguished Professor of Media & Entertainment at IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain, and President Emeritus of WNET (New York's public television station).
[citation needed] During his 21-year tenure as president of WNET in New York, Baker developed one of the first and largest endowments in the history of public broadcasting.
At Westinghouse, Baker introduced Oprah Winfrey as a talk show host, and PM Magazine became a top-rated syndicated program in the 1980s.
[1][failed verification] He has been inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Management Hall of Fame and received the Mark Schubart award from the Lincoln Center Institute.
He received two Columbia DuPont Journalism Awards and was honored in 2016 by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for his work in the performing arts.