Year: 2010
Florida bill would allow state money to non-CPB funded stations
A bill in the Florida Legislature would amend a statute that limits state money for public broadcasting only to stations under the ...G4 receives more time to gather digital media comments for FCC
The FCC has granted an extension to APTS, CPB, NPR and PBS for comments on the report, “The Future of Media and ...FCC presents preview of National Broadband Plan
At a public meeting in Washington today, the FCC previewed part of its upcoming report to Congress on a National Broadband Plan. ...Bole plans pubmedia get-togethers at SXSW
Rob Bole, CPB’s veep of digital media strategy, is working to bring together public media folks at the upcoming SXSW event. “I ...Indiana’s WNIT lays off eight, outsources several jobs
WNIT Public Television in South Bend, Ind., is letting go eight staffers and restructuring in the wake of a 50 percent drop ...NPR unveils its plans for SXSW music extravaganza
NPR will produce two live music showcases from the South by Southwest Music and Media conference: the previously announced March 17 festival ...KPBS considered format switch, station purchase, document reveals
A blogger for the San Diego Reader is reporting on a project last year from local pubcaster KPBS to buy an additional ...How viable is WLIU’s bid for independence?
The campaign to establish Long Island’s WLIU as an independent public radio outlet is faltering, according to this report by the Hamptons ...Pubmedia online outreach projects need metrics to measure success: Jessica Clark
Jessica Clark, director of the Center for Social Media’s Future of Public Media project, takes on a big question on the MediaShift ...Florida Channel nixes use of its video on candidate’s website
WFSU at Florida State University has demanded that its video of an Air Force commander discussing offshore drilling be removed from a ...Boston Mag portrays rifts within WGBH over radio expansion
In a lengthy feature on WGBH’s ambitions to compete against WBUR for NPR News audiences, Boston Magazine goes behind the scenes to ...FCC chair previews broadband recommendations for Congress
Today in Washington, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (right) provided insights into what will be contained in the agency’s National Broadband Plan report ...America only mediocre in broadband efforts compared with other countries, study says
An international broadband study out today (see previous item for national numbers) shows the United States is a “middle of the pack” ...WVIA in Pennsylvania back on the air after transmitter site fire
WVIA, a dual licensee in Pittston, Pa., is slowly returning to the air after a devastating electrical fire on Friday. Newswatch 16, ...NPR’s investigative unit reports on Christmas Day bomb suspect
“Going Radical,” an NPR investigative series that begins airing tomorrow, is the first to be produced by the new reporting unit headed ...
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