Month: July 2010
Indiana pubcaster’s new home more than triples its space
WNIT staffers are no doubt pretty thrilled about their new digs in South Bend, Ind.,considering their old offices were in “a cluster ...Catholic multichannel programming plan falls through in Texas
KMBH, owned by the Catholic archdiocese in Harlingen, Texas, won’t get permanent all-Catholic programming on one of its digital channels after all ...Writer’s Guild suggests big-media funding for pubTV public affairs programs
The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) has put forth an interesting idea: If the FCC allows more big media company mergers, ...WAMU starts up broadcast as WRAU in Ocean City, Md.
WAMU, 88.5 FM in Washington, D.C., last week began broadcasting in Ocean City, Md., as WRAU 88.3 FM, Ocean City Today reported ...APTS interim CEO meets with FCC officials to discuss spectrum
The board chairman and the interim head of the Association of Public Television Stations met with the FCC Wednesday (July 7) to ...NPR’s Nina Totenberg wins this year’s Murrow Award
NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg is the recipient of this year’s prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award, CPB announced today (July 8). ...UNC-TV turns over subpoenaed footage, data and records to state Senate
About a dozen North Carolina Senators on Tuesday (July 6) watched unaired news footage that the state’s public TV network had been ...PRX/WBUR local station app now on iTunes
The local pubcasting station iPhone app, announced in January, has been okayed by Apple and is now available in its iTunes store, ...PBS earns 32 Primetime Emmy Award nominations; “Cranford” scores seven
Primetime Emmy nods are out and PBS was the fifth most-honored network with 32. Topping the list was HBO with 101, then ...National Public Radio is no more
Well, it’s official. National Public Radio is now just NPR, reports the Washington Post. “Much like the corporate names KFC or AT&T, ...Sustainers: more efficiency and stability, shorter pledge drives
After a decade, sustaining members have given four times as much, net Everywhere you look these days, there’s a different message on the ...City of Green Bay mulls paying costs for LZ Lambeau pubTV outreach
The Green Bay (Wisc.) City Council continues its debate on assisting Wisconsin Public Television with its $350,000 deficit left over from the ...NPR selects new chief financial officer
Deborah A. Cowan is the new chief financial officer at NPR, the network announced today (July 7). Cowan is currently senior ...Carrots on CSG menu: Rules may favor TV mergers, limits on website ads
The incentives ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million per station could give an extra push to CPB’s ongoing matchmaking efforts.Hughes to depart leadership of Public Interactive next month
After what she termed a “difficult deliberation,” NPR v.p. Debra May Hughes is leaving the network and her post at the top ...
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