Month: June 2010
Years later, columnist still thinks NPR is a “cultish echo chamber”
The Miami Herald‘s columnist Glen Garvin recently came across a piece he wrote in June 1993 bashing NPR. Now he writes: “NPR remains a ...“The Old Scout” steps aside, for now
Garrison Keillor is taking a hiatus. Nope, not from pubradio’s popular Prairie Home Companion, but rather from “The Old Scout,” his weekly newspaper column. ...N.C. college station hopes to become the latest NPR affiliate
The radio station at Gaston College in Dallas, N.C., is beginning the process of becoming an NPR affiliate, according to the Gaston Gazette. The ...Kerger signs on for three more years at PBS
PBS CEO Paula Kerger has inked another three-year contract, according to PBS. No word on salary. According to a 2009 survey of ...Uproar in Charlottesville over pubradio format change
A change in format at WTJU, the University of Virginia pubradio station in Charlottesville, is the subject of dueling forums, a walkout ...WV pubcasters seeking permission for staffers to work pledge drives
The West Virginia governor’s office is attempting to determine whether Educational Broadcasting Authority employees can still participate in on-air pledge drives for ...Vegas PBS opens $60 million facility
Vegas PBS’s $60 million Educational Technology Campus was dedicated Monday (June 28), reports the Las Vegas Business Press. The 112,000-square-foot facility houses ...Al Rose, 70
Albert E. Rose, former program director of New Jersey Network and later the program distributor who brought nightly British news programs to ...NJ Senate okays study of NJN assets as part of break from state
The New Jersey Senate today (June 28) approved a study of New Jersey Network’s assets and its plan to break from the ...Pubmedia trust fund hopes dim after White House announces broadband plans
The administration’s fast-track plan for broadband spectrum reallocation does not include the much-anticipated public media trust fund created by auction proceeds (background, Current, ...Vermont gets new chief content officer
Vermont Public Television has hired Kathryn A. Scott as its chief content officer, the Burlington Free-Press reports. “I am doing my level best to ...Benazir Bhutto’s sister to introduce ITVS bio film at Washington premiere
A rare appearance by Sanam Bhutto, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s sister and only living sibling, will open the Washington, D.C., ...Once again, PBS brings home most Creative Arts Daytime Emmys
PBS cleaned up at the Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards Friday (June 25). The network led nominations with 53, and topped winners ...WBUR-FM takes the lead in Boston pubradio face-off
WBUR 90.9 has taken a big, early lead in the news-radio battle of WBUR and WGBH, reports the Boston Herald. Arbiton said it scored ...RFP seeks ideas for series to diversify PBS audience
The first RFP for the new CPB/PBS Diversity & Innovation Fund will lead to production of one or more 10-episode x 60-minute ...
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