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PBS stations roll out localized live streams on YouTube TV

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | December 20, 2019

Cord-cutters in more than 75% of TV households can access PBS and station content through public TV’s first deal with a subscription streaming service.

How ‘Nightly Business Report’ defined daily business coverage on television

By Linda O’Bryon (O'Bryon Media LLC) | December 20, 2019

The founding executive editor reflects on the program’s origins in a vastly different television landscape.

People on the Move

  • Tom Currá resigns as VIA Public Media CEO

    Currá had worked for the organization since 2004.

  • Former assistant GM will lead Detroit’s WDET

    Mary Zatina is returning to the station after more than 30 years.

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Senate approves first CPB funding increase in a decade

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | December 19, 2019

The appropriation for the Ready To Learn grant program also increased.

System/Policy

Nevada Public Radio looks to access endowment to pay off $1.4 million in bills

By Pashtana Usufzy, Freelance Contributor | December 19, 2019

The station’s board and interim CEO have discovered roughly $700,000 owed to NPR, as well as other outstanding debts.

System/Policy

Changes to FCC licensing standards lay groundwork for new radio filing windows

By Michael Couzens (Michael Couzens Law Office) | December 18, 2019

Based on staff workloads and other FCC deadlines, a window for new noncommercial educational stations could open as early as next summer.

Programs/Content

PRX podcast network will seek to ‘reach young audiences where they are’

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | December 17, 2019

Debuting next year, the TRAX network will cater to tweens.

Programs/Content

Dan Larkin named station manager of Minneapolis’ KBEM

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | December 17, 2019

Larkin has been director of broadcasting for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx NBA teams.

System/Policy

WLRN friends group accuses South Florida PBS of violating state law with appeal to members

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | December 16, 2019

A petition filed by Friends of WLRN also alleges the Miami school district was biased in recommending South Florida PBS to manage WLRN.

Programs/Content

How public radio can build on its hidden strengths to solve podcasting’s biggest challenges

By Eric Nuzum, Co-Founder (Magnificent Noise) | December 16, 2019

Look to your ideals and decades of experience creating programs that listeners value.

Featured in Category

At BizLab Summit, stations share lessons from experiments with new income streams

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | December 13, 2019

The center for pubmedia innovation is urging participants to “fail fast” with bold efforts to find new revenue sources.

System/Policy

Update to fee model ties NPR’s income to station donor revenue

By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | December 12, 2019

The network’s board approved last week a shift from basing station fees on broadcast audience, an effort to create a more “forward-looking” approach.

People

Comings and goings: PBS adds two VPs, Neary prepares to retire from NPR …

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | December 12, 2019

Neary joined NPR in 1982 as a newscaster and later became the network’s first religion correspondent.

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