Month: June 2012
SoCon drops deals with four public TV stations for game coverage
The Southern Conference has cut short a three-year deal with four public television stations to air college athletic events. SoCon, a Division ...Where does Car Talk belong? Let listeners decide
In this commentary, NPR’s v.p. of programming responds to Ira Glass’s suggestion that stations not devote prime weekend airtime to Car Talk reruns after the Magliozzi ...If CPB is defunded, 130 stations ‘at high risk’
What if Congress stopped allocating federal aid to pubcasting? The latest bleak financial analysis from CPB, released last week, adds some specifics ...NPR builds up team of news-app developers
NPR is stepping up its efforts to innovate in digital news by expanding staff and hiring Brian Boyer, a programmer who created ...Kramer exits as mediation over Oregon’s JPR goes into time-out
Attempts to mediate the months-long dispute between Southern Oregon University and the Medford-based Jefferson Public Radio network were put on hold last ...Chicago Public Media to purchase Radio Arte
Chicago Public Media is paying $450,000 to buy Radio Arte, a low-power station programmed by and for Latino youth and operated by ...CPB provides ITVS with grant to complete OVEE work
The CPB Board of Directors approved a supplementary grant of $575,000 June 14 to the Independent Television Service for completion of its ...Late professor left gifts to NPR, Texas station in will
NPR and KMBH in Harlingen, Texas, have received donations from a devoted listener who passed away in 2009. Wallace Cameron, a former ...WMFE-TV sells for $3.3 million to University of Central Florida
WMFE-TV in Orlando, Fla., the former PBS flagship that had been set for sale to religious broadcasters, has a new buyer. The ...Independent KCET savors big ambitions, makes slow progress
Halfway through its three-year transition from one of PBS’ leading outlets to an independent public TV station in the world capital of ...Live From Lincoln Center creator departs, McGee replaces Fornatale at WFUV, and more…
John Goberman has produced more than 200 live national telecasts since launching the PBS performance series more than three decades ago. Goberman ...Alabama firings expose rift over public TV’s mission, editorial standards
It’s not clear what objectives the political appointees of the Alabama Educational Television Commission had in mind when they came out of ...Satullo: You’ll make mistakes, so be sure to learn from them
Do you have the courage to fail? I asked that leading question during a keynote address to public media journalists who attended “Taking ...Anchorage becomes hub in Alaska’s latest public TV alliance
A new configuration of public TV stations in Alaska will begin sharing a single programming feed July 1 under the name Alaska ...Want new radio hits on Saturday? Step 1: Drop Car Talk when the guys retire
I enjoy Car Talk. I like those guys. And as a public radio lifer, I’m grateful for what Tom and Ray Magliozzi ...
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