Programs/Content
WUSF website reinforces connections with Tampa arts community
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“It’s still a work in progress,” says GM Joanne Urofsky. “But we’re really proud of what we’ve launched.”
System/Policy
WUSF donates license to WEDU to keep programs on air in Tampa
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The agreement will keep the “zombie license” alive.
System/Policy
Tampa’s WEDU picking up new channels and programs as WUSF-TV nears shutdown
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WEDU is asking viewers to provide feedback on programming changes.
System/Policy
Florida licensee gets $18.7M for WUSF-TV in spectrum auction
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Tampa’s secondary PBS station will go dark later this year.
Programs/Content
Florida stations join project studying costs of health care
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The stations are casting some sunshine on the costs of common medical procedures such as MRIs.
Programs/Content
In Tampa, college broadcasters find advantages in pubradio affiliation
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The University of South Florida’s student-run radio station has forged a three-year partnership with Tampa’s WUSF Public Media to broadcast its programming as a digital multicast FM channel. The partnership, initiated this spring by student leaders of Bulls Radio, also provides mentorship and internship opportunities for USF students with the public radio station. WUSF is a full-service pubcaster also licensed to the university. It operates two public radio stations — NPR news and talk WUSF 89.7 FM and all classical WSMR 89.1 FM — as well a public TV station with four digital multicast channels. Last month, Bulls Radio began airing on WUSF’s HD 3 channel.
Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: More NPR One buzz; Cyberchase lands five years of support
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Plus: NPR looks for listeners’ stories, Apple is expected to buy Swell, and Florida’s WUSF produces a podcast about ethics.
Quick Takes
Finn will replace Adkins as exec director of West Virginia pubcasting
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The State Educational Broadcasting Authority of West Virginia voted Jan. 10 to hire Scott Finn as the new executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, the Associated Press reports. Finn previously served as a reporter and the news director of the network, but left in 2009 to become news director at WUSF in Tampa, Fla. He will replace Dennis Adkins, who is retiring on Feb. 1 and had been fighting the board for months over financial concerns.
Programs/Content
There’s no one formula for radio’s weekends
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With national producers offering new programs and the Magliozzi Brothers retiring from Car Talk, program directors at public radio stations may have an opportune moment to update strategies for weekend programming. Yet with no surefire hits available beyond the familiar warhorses, there’s no easy formula for success when Saturday rolls around.
Programs/Content
Public radio to go deep on political coverage with launch of GOP convention
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Here’s a roundup of how NPR, Democracy Now! and Tampa’s WUSF are covering the party conventions.
People
MPT hires new v.p., Sill to be KPCC’s executive editor, three Illinois pubcasters retire, and more…
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Rick Lore is Maryland Public Television’s new v.p. and chief development officer
Lore is responsible for membership, on-air fundraising, major and planned giving, publications, outreach and community engagement at the state network headquartered in Owings Mills. Lore joined MPT on an interim basis last fall after Joe Krushinsky left his job as v.p. of institutional advancement. Krushinsky now directs station development services at PBS. Previously Lore served as executive director of Friends of Milwaukee Public Television, the fundraising affiliate of Milwaukee Public TV; directed on-air fundraising for PBS; and led development at New Hampshire Public Television. Lore, who began his pubTV career in 1989 in San Jose, Calif., has won eight PBS development awards and is a frequent conference speaker.