BRIEFLY . . .

KPBS-FM (89.5) radio station manager Tom McManus, the local public broadcasting station’s first full-time employee, has announced his retirement, effective Aug. 1. McManus joined KPBS Radio as station manager in 1960 when it was student-staffed KEBS-FM. He has served on the board of directors of National Public Radio and is currently president of California Public Radio, a statewide association of 21 public radio stations. He also hosts a weekly folk music series, “Saturday’s Folk.”