Year: 2010
South Dakota tribe contacts FCC regarding towers on sacred butte
A Native Tribe in Reliance, S.D., has asked the FCC to examine the location of a commercial broadcasting tower on Medicine Butte ...FTC news workshop includes “On the Media’s” Bob Garfield
The second round of two-day workshops convened by the Federal Trade Commission on the future of journalism are scheduled for March 9 ...New KCRW g.m. discusses future of station
In case you missed it yesterday: You can now download or stream the interview with Jennifer Ferro, new g.m. of KCRW-FM in ...North Carolina city ventures into spectrum white spaces
Wilmington, N.C., was the first community in America to discontinue analog broadcasting. Now it’s the first to test a municipal WiFi network ...This American Life tops list of best journalism in 2009
Writer Conor Friedersdorf of True/Slant compiled a list of the best journalism he encountered in 2009. This American Life, the only public ...PBS, your source for baseball talent
Now that baseball spring training is under way, eager fans are counting the hours until opening day. While spectators will be eating ...Youth Radio: media training without that “school-like feel”
“Peer teaching is at the heart of Youth Radio,” Jacinda Abcarian, executive director of the Oakland-based media program, tells San ...New three-part “Upstairs, Downstairs” coming next year
New episodes of the 1970s PBS hit Upstairs, Downstairs are coming to Masterpiece in 2011 as part of a co-production deal with ...Three Writers Guild Awards for PBS shows
PBS won three Writers Guild of America Awards on Saturday night, which honored outstanding achievement in television, radio, news, promotional writing and ...Ferro moves up to lead KCRW
Jennifer Ferro is the new g.m. of Los Angeles’ KCRW-FM, following her formal approval by the Santa Monica College Board of ...Proposed Minnesota funding cuts would hit pubTV and radio
PubTV and radio in Minnesota are in for less funding if Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s proposed budget is adopted, according to the Duluth ...Coach’s famous glasses net $9,000 for Penn State Broadcasting
Thanks to a pair of Joe Paterno’s trademark black glasses, Penn State Broadcasting is $9,000 richer. The much-loved Penn State University’s football ...25 seats open in Producers Academy at WGBH
Next summer’s annual weeklong CPB/PBS Producers Academy, led by top TV production specialists, will accept applications through Tuesday, March 23, 5 p.m. ...NPR gets high rating for construction bonds
Preparing for a bond issue this spring to finance construction of its new headquarters, NPR got a vote of confidence from two ...FCC kicks off inquiry into future of news
The FCC officially launched its inquiry into future news and information needs of communities at its meeting in Washington yesterday, Broadcasting & ...
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