Year: 2010
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Current’s office in suburban Washington, D.C., remains shuttered as another severe winter storm is battering the region. This week’s issue also is delayed. ...Civil rights concert moves to tonight, will run Thursday on PBS
Due to the impending arrival of yet another massive winter storm, the White House has moved a concert of civil rights music ...FCC should preserve accountability journalism, advisor says
Steven Waldman, senior advisor to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, says saving journalim “is not our job.” However, “we are looking at it ...“I holler every day, ‘I’m a worm, hip hip hurray!’ “
Sesame Street gets a new neighbor soon: Carrie Underworm, who looks and sounds very much like country superstar Carrie Underwood. She’ll debut Thursday. Get ...Gregory Shanley, 49
Longtime public radio journalist Gregory Shanley, 49, a statewide talk host on Iowa Public Radio, died Jan. 26 [2010] in Iowa ...Shared reporting planned for Ohio Basin ecosystem
If any news subject lends itself to coverage by multistation collaborations, it’s the environment of places like the Ohio River Valley, a ...APTS Capitol Hill day postponed
APTS Capitol Hill Day has been canceled for now. Spokesperson Stacey Karp said that due to the blizzard, there’s a good chance ...Tampa pubcasting president gets nod for International Broadcasting Bureau post
The White House yesterday nominated Dick Lobo, president and chief executive of Tampa PBS station WEDU-Ch. 3, to head the International Broadcasting ...Text-giving for pubcasters: learn from those who’ve tried it
Text donations for disaster relief in Haiti topped $35 million earlier this week, and donors’ sudden willingness to use mobile phones ...Native tribes get priorities for radio licenses, FCC rules
The FCC announced today it is giving Native American tribes a priority (PDF) for broadcast radio licenses in their communities. The FCC ...“Way We Get By” film wins honor from AARP Magazine
The Way We Get By, an indie doc produced in association with WGBH Lab, has won best documentary in AARP Magazine’s annual ...NCME, CPB and APTS offering broadband stimulus webinar
Does your station want to get in on broadband stimulus funding? The National Center for Media Engagement is hosting a webinar, the ...An iPhone app tailor-made for This American Life
The latest public radio offering in Apple’s iTunes App store is from This American Life. For $2.99, iPhone users gain access to ...Administration budget seeks to link NTIA and FCC on spectrum project
President Barack Obama’s new budget proposal includes extending the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum “indefinitely,” according to Broadcasting & Cable. That move ...
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