Programs/Content
WVPB podcast seeks to highlight local talent, state’s musical range
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The podcast’s second season features figures from across the spectrum of West Virginia’s music scene.
Doug Mitchell: ‘Our service is to the people’
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Doug Mitchell makes a point to welcome newcomers to public media.
Programs/Content
CPB grant seeks to foster diversity in public radio newsrooms
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The four stations collaborating on the project will each hire a new reporter.
Programs/Content
Our public TV–watching parties continue
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We supply the iconic public TV shows, you bring your questions — and the snacks.
People
Content exec returns in Chicago, WETA chooses ‘Check, Please!’ host, and other comings and goings
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Steve Edwards previously spent 14 years at WBEZ.
System/Policy
WVPB spared from fatal cuts in final state budget
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The bill, enacted without Gov. Justice’s signature, reduced the state network’s annual subsidy by about $1 million.
Programs/Content
88Nine Radio Milwaukee introduces all-Milwaukee music stream
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Program Director Jordan Lee says 88Nine hopes to add prerecorded hosts to the stream next year, possibly by using students in Milwaukee schools.
Programs/Content
USA Today Network picks up winner of WNYC podcast contest
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The podcast will debut next year.
Programs/Content
Veterans’ programming and other assets kick off latest content-sharing platform
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Wavelength, now in beta, will grow into a multiuse platform for a range of content topics.
Quick Takes
Change-up in Virginia brings radio news to more listeners
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The WVTF/Radio IQ network is further differentiating its formats.
Quick Takes
Rocky Mountain station can’t offer tax credits on $30M headquarters
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The Denver station president called the decision “a significant disappointment.”
System/Policy
University budget crisis prompts St. Louis Public Radio takeover of station
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Seven full-time staffers at KMST in Rolla, Mo., were laid off this week.