Year: 2006
At Casa Keillor
The New York Times writes up Garrison Keillor and his seven-bedroom Georgian home in St. Paul, Minn. “The house is so grand that Mr. ...Editorial page battle over LPB investigations
Defenders and critics of Louisiana Public Broadcasting wage battle on the pages of the Baton Rouge Advocate over the significance of recent ethics ...Deaths of Iowa tower service workers
Workers making routine repairs to an 1,100 foot Iowa Public Television broadcast tower fell to their deaths on Wednesday, reports the Des Moines Register.Bill Johnston obituary
Bill Johnston, a former productions chief at Georgia Public Broadcasting, died of a heart attack May 25. He was 64. Colleagues told ...KUOW’s “escape hatch”
The Seattle Weekly reveals an unusual aspect of the deal for KXOT-FM in Tacoma, Wash., between Public Radio Capital and Seattle’s KUOW-FM. “If it ...Charlie Rose – A Prairie Home Companion / Daniel Gilbert w/ Harold Varmus – Google ...
Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers, filling in for Charlie Rose, interviews Garrison Keillor and Robert Altman about the film adaptation of A Prairie Home Companion ...Spirits rise as PBS acts: science, kids, on demand
During a PBS Showcase meeting distinguished by a sense of optimism that public TV had emerged stronger after last year’s political troubles, ...Moyers commends optimism: Get up and try to be more
When Bill Moyers took the podium May 17 [2006] at PBS Showcase in Orlando, Fla., he stepped up to accept PBS’s “Be ...Robert Paterson’s Weblog: Future of Public Radio – A Parable Part 1 – “The Members”
Consultant Robert Paterson relates the tale of his recent 300-kilometer bike ride and explains how it ties into his work with NPR ...RadioSutton: Time to Make Station Health Public Radio’s Number One Priority
John Sutton proposes a goal for increasing listening to public radio: “By the end of 2010, 75% of all public radio stations ...KUOW launches second FM service
Seattle’s KUOW-FM will launch a second news/talk service on KXOT-FM in Tacoma starting July 1. The station will carry national news and ...Gwathmey to retire
Joe Gwathmey is retiring as president of Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. Gwathmey was a member of NPR’s founding board of ...KOCE sale invalidated by court
The fate of the Los Angeles area’s second largest pubTV station is up in the air again after a state appeals court ...StoryCorps puts flesh on bones of history
Danny and Annie Perasa enjoyed the sort of dream marriage promised in diamond ads and sappy romantic comedies, only it all actually ...“The digital revolution cannot be ignored,” says PBS prez
In a speech at Washington’s National Press Club yesterday, PBS President Paula Kerger touted new digital media as a means for ...
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