Year: 2006
Profile of BBC’s Katty Kay
MarketWatch‘s Jon Friedman profiles Katty Kay, a co-anchor on BBC World News and Washington correspondent for the British network. “Yes, BBC World reaches ...With Congress in recess, Bush appoints Bell
With a recess appointment of Warren Bell to the CPB Board, President Bush circumvented Senate opposition to the controversial nominee, reports the ...More ‘Postcards from Buster’ on PBS
The New York Times reports on the return of Postcards from Buster, the PBS children’s series that was “attacked by the secretary ...GAO reports on Smithsonian’s TV deal
The Government Accountability Office concluded that the Smithsonian followed contracting guidelines in negotiating its controversial programming partnership with Showtime Networks, but the ...WFMU, WXXI get grants from payola fund
WXXI in Rochester, N.Y., and WFMU-FM in Jersey City, N.J., received grants from the New York State Music Fund, which was created ...WETA May Fill Classical Music Gap Left by WGMS – washingtonpost.com
WETA-FM in Washington, D.C., might return to airing classical music if the city’s sole classical outlet, a commercial station, switches to sports ...The Scientist profiles Radio Lab
The Scientist writes up NPR’s Radio Lab. “People are still daunted by words like ‘physics’ and ‘biology.’ Say ‘science’ and they get a funny look in ...Andy Carvin’s Waste of Bandwidth: The NPR Holiday Road Race
Andy Carvin offers another peek into the wacky holiday customs of NPR employees. This time, it’s the NPR Holiday Road Race.Winer takes offense at This I Believe plea for funds
Blogger Dave Winer says he submitted an essay to This I Believe, the series airing on NPR’s newsmags, and never heard back–until he got ...Bloggers blast ‘GBH report
WGBH’s Beat the Press took a beating for an erroneous report about bloggers who are funded by political campaigns. The Boston Herald ...Rieu tour rakes in moolah for PBS stations
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports on the money-making prowess of telegenic Dutch violinist Andre Rieu, whose current U.S. tour is being co-sponsored ...WDET-FM manager resigns – 12/12/06 – The Detroit News Online
Michael Coleman has resigned as g.m. of WDET-FM in Detroit after a year and a half in the job, reports the Detroit News. “I ...Lubinsky spins nostalgia for Sirius listeners
T.J. Lubinsky, producer of PBS’s Doo Wop pledge specials, will spin vinyl and take listener requests on Doo Wop Gold, a weekly ...Producer ‘pulls the plug’ on “Inside Albany”
AP reports that Inside Albany, a public affairs series broadcast by New York public TV stations since 1975, will shut down production ...Coda for the Classics: Public Radio’s Failed Mission – Raw Fisher
The Washington Post Marc Fisher surveys his city’s public radio offerings in the wake of news that a commercial classical station is likely to ...
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