Year: 2010
PBS viewers have many religious views for ombudsman
The latest Mailbag of PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler is full of letters about programs or segments on Buddhism, Mormon theology and Catholicism.PubTV safe from spectrum grab, FCC chairman says at House hearing
Public television stations will be protected from involuntary reallocation of broadcast spectrum during the possible upcoming auction, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski reassured ...Towson cites economic pressures in withdrawing WTMD’s bid for new home
WTMD Radio has withdrawn its proposal to renovate, manage and occupy Baltimore’s historic Senator Theater. A top administrator at Towson University, licensee ...NPR taps another CBC investigative reporter
NPR has recruited Sandra Bartlett, a veteran CBC Radio journalist, for its new investigative reporting unit. She joins her former CBC colleague ...PBS Interactive director Morgenstern heads for Current TV
Angela Morgenstern, longtime senior director of PBS Interactive, has departed for Current TV, aka “Al Gore’s network” (Wikipedia), according to several sources. ...Guide to indie pubradio distribution stirs up PRX response
Jake Shapiro, executive director of Public Radio Exchange, responds to some criticisms of the PRX distribution system in the latest edition of ...Dingell asks FCC for broadband clarifications, including for noncoms
Broadcasting & Cable is reporting that Democratic Michigan Rep. John Dingell has sent the FCC commissioners letters asking for clarification of the ...Computer science camp for girls will use OPB materials
Oregon Public Broadcasting is a partner in a $554,000 project funded by the National Science Foundation for a three-year computer science camp ...Annenberg selects pubcasters for arts journalism institute
Three public broadcasters will head to USC Annenberg’s School of Journalism in Los Angeles next month as part of the annual National ...Newspaper cites “Saddle Up” in tax-credit misappropriation case
Pubcasting show Saddle Up With Dennis Brouse is caught up in a tax-credit controversy, reports the DesMoines Register. The director of the ...Launch of Apple’s iPad is buzzworthy for NPR
Amid all the buzz over the launch of Apple’s iPad last weekend, the free app and specialized website that NPR created for ...Digital Distribution Fund grants again available
Round 15 is now open for Digital Distribution Fund grants from CPB. Funding for television transmission facilities, digital translator projects and digital ...AIRblast: an indie’s guide to pubradio distribution
Barrett Golding, producer of Hearing Voices, describes the ins and outs of public radio distribution in a two-part series for AIRblast, the ...Comcast triumphs over FCC in key net neutrality ruling
Comcast has won an important lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission that may threaten its ambitious broadband agenda, reports the Washington Post. ...George Foster Peabody Awards for 2009
Producers for public broadcasting — and developers for its websites — received 14 Peabody Awards, announced March 31, 2010 Regarding websites, ...
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