Ex-TWCer Braun Dies at 58

By MCN Staff -- Multichannel News, 3/22/2010 1:04:16 PM

DENVER — Paul Braun, vice president of programming and public affairs at Time Warner Cable’s National division in Denver, died after several months of illness on March 15. He was 58.

He will be remembered for his many contributions to the company, the cable industry and the community, particularly his involvement with the Denver Chapter of Cable Positive, an organization that marshaled cable’s resources in the fight against AIDS.

Through Cable Positive, Braun spearheaded an effort to produce a signature event to raise money for local AIDSrelated charities in 1999. Eleven years later, the event — an irreverent musical revue that poked fun at the cable industry — had raised more than $1 million for HIV/AIDS-related charities, including the Volunteers of America Rainbow House and the Mi Casa Resource Center for Women. Braun was awarded the prestigious national Brad Wojcoski Award for Community Leadership from Cable Positive in 2001.

Throughout his more than 30 years in the cable industry, Braun was extremely active in the programming realm. He co-founded the Front Range Chapter of the National Federation of Local Community Programmers (NFLCP), now the Alliance for Community Media. He also served as a board and/or committee member for the National Academy of Cable Programming Executives, the CableACE Awards and the Association of Cable Communicators. He was chosen for membership in the Cable Pioneers in 2008.

Braun was raised in Muhlenberg Township, Pa., and graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1973. He earned his master’s degree in telecommunications from Bowling Green State University in 1977 and completed his MBA from the University of Denver in 1982.

Braun moved to Denver in 1978 and leaves behind his wife, Susan, and three daughters, Emma, Abby and Molly.

“Paul also leaves many friends and colleagues who will greatly miss his creative flair and unbridled enthusiasm,” said Tom Feige, TWC regional vice president of operations, National.