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Faith Salie’s quick humor and willingness to express astonishment Valley-Girl style (‘Oh my God!’) gives Fair Game a “loosey-goosey” unpublic radio sensibility, according to the New York Times.
Youth Radio’s recent move into new headquarters allows the organization to pursue plans to expand its media training program and production output, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Don’t miss your chance to vote in the first round of Public Radio Talent Quest, an online search for new on-air hosts. Voting closes tomorrow, June 2.
Non-profit leaders in Salt Lake City, including KPCW-FM founder Blair Feulner, have “figured out a way to get rich running companies that don’t make money,” writes Salt Lake Tribune columnist Rebecca Walsh. “The United Way scandal it’s not. But it’s similar.” In 2005, Feulner was paid nearly $180,000 while the station ran a $600,000 deficit and its “low-wage journalists . .
Deutsche Welle, Germany’s overeseas broadcaster, now offers “DW-TV News” one-minute hourly newscasts for cellphones in English or German, the Association for International Broadcasting reports. It offered phonecast updates on World Cup soccer in 30 languages. Click for DW’s download or streamed video. Some U.S. pubcasters are reaching toward mobile audiences, Current found last year.