Month: January 2009
CPB cancels in-person Leaders Meeting but plans virtual meeting of minds
CPB has canceled its annual National Leaders Meeting after hearing that many of the invited professional and lay leaders would not be ...PBS buys stake in National Public Media
PBS has purchased a 10 percent equity share in National Public Media, the national on-air and online corporate sponsorship rep whose clients ...CPR revises plan to expand local news show
Colorado Public Radio has scaled back its plans for Colorado Matters, a 30-minute weekday news show that was slated to expand to ...Lesson from WMUB: more stations must “back away” from subsidies
Too many public radio stations rely on subsidies from government and/or their university licensees, writes pubradio marketing consultant John Sutton, offering WMUB-FM ...Top donor advises nonprofits on funding
Lorry Lokey, consistently one of America’s top donors, answered questions from nonprofits in a Chronicle of Philanthropy online chat Jan. 27. Lokey, ...P.O.V. film wins award at Sundance
Natalia Almada, director of the upcoming P.O.V. film El General, won the directing award for U.S. documentary at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. ...Live again in theaters: This American Life
This American Life will again stage a national video telecast to hundreds of specially equipped theaters this spring. Tickets to the April 23 event ...APTS announces president
Attorney Lawrence Sidman, a longtime telecom advocate, is the new APTS president. Sidman has been involved in the industry for decades, serving ...Senate OKs DTV delay
The Senate — on a voice vote — has approved moving the DTV transition date from Feb. 17 to June 12. The ...Delay may cost PBS $22 million
Putting off the DTV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12 could cost pubcasters $22 million, PBS head Paula Kerger estimates. The ...One day only! Get your wedding dress at Milwaukee Public TV
Here’s a new fundraising idea: Milwaukee Public TV is selling some 400 wedding gowns and other formal dresses at its studio and ...Denver PBS analog signal down for up to four weeks
KBDI in Denver is coping with the aftermath of 100 mph winds that knocked its analog signal off the air. Its antenna ...McCain opposes broadband stimulus
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, a lead sponsor of the 2005 Community Broadband Act, has reversed his stance. On Jan. 25’s Fox News Sunday, ...Report forecasts economy 2009-19
The Congressional Budget Office has issued its economic and budget predictions for FY2009 through FY2019 early to “aid the new Congress in ...WFYI state funding may disappear
Indiana PubTV’s WFYI is facing a total elimination of state funding under Gov. Mitch Daniels’ budget proposals. Due to reductions in private ...
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