Programs/Content
PBS stations roll out localized live streams on YouTube TV
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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
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The founding executive editor reflects on the program’s origins in a vastly different television landscape.
System/Policy
Senate approves first CPB funding increase in a decade
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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
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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
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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’
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Debuting next year, the TRAX network will cater to tweens.
Programs/Content
Dan Larkin named station manager of Minneapolis’ KBEM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 …
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Neary joined NPR in 1982 as a newscaster and later became the network’s first religion correspondent.