Year: 2009
Going to news has been done, but going up against WBUR …
Boston’s public radio landscape shifted Dec. 1 when WGBH moved all of its classical music programming to WCRB 99.5 FM and adopted ...What’s the job for the Public Media Corps?
Modeled on programs like Americorps and Teach for America, the Public Media Corps will hire local residents as “fellows” for yearlong residencies ...Back to the future: Here’s a way public TV can ramp up local news
Those calling for more local news from public media — and those experimenting with new ways to provide it — should examine ...‘Tent-poles’ ahead
PBS is raising tent-poles to reinvigorate its primetime lineup. Over the next one to three years, it will shrink down a number ...The ears have it: classical that’s upbeat, melodic, forward-moving
Looking to lift up your midday radio audience? Try some uplifting music. That’s a lesson from 10 classical radio stations that have been ...As media finally converge, it’s coming down to this
So what will journalism and, for that matter, all content look like in five years and how will it be delivered? It ...Congress allots $25 million ‘stabilization’ aid to stations
The number was a compromise between the House’s $40 million figure and the Senate’s $10 million.Disconnect between board and WHQR manager leads to departure
Stations struggling with mounting deficits often cut jobs, but the shears rarely lop off the highest rank as they did at WHQR ...Viewers quiet on new NewsHour, PBS ombudsman says
Interestingly, PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler didn’t receive any comments from viewers on the revamped PBS NewsHour, he reports in his latest column ...Penn State pubcasting compiles films by student vets of Iraq War
Penn State Public Broadcasting has created an interesting web site filled with documentaries by student war veterans, “Back from Iraq: The Veterans’ ...In case you missed it . . .
Washington Week’s Gwen Ifill chatted with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last night. One revelation: Pubcasters on her show “are seated ...CPB grants allow pubTV travel to more conferences
CPB has expanded the list of conferences for professional development small-station grants. Staffers at public TV stations receiving nonfed financial support of ...Let the research begin: Paragon retained for LA Public Media project
Radio Bilingüe has retained Denver-based Paragon Media Strategies to conduct research for its LA Public Media Project, a multiplatform service aimed at ...New NewsHour kicks off YouTube channel
The PBS NewsHour, which relaunched its revamped show and web presence on Dec. 7, is starting a “major new initiative” on YouTube, ...Congress committee passes omnibus; 8.1 percent more for pubcasting over last year
A House and Senate conference committee has approved a package of six unfinished fiscal 2010 spending bills, including funding for CPB and ...
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