Month: June 2012
Kerger among winners of annual Brand Builder Awards
PBS President Paula Kerger is one of four honorees for the 10th annual Brand Builder Awards, sponsored by Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and ...“WGBH Music” kicks off on YouTube
WGBH in Boston has launched a YouTube music channel. WGBH Music will offer radio listeners a look at short videos featuring classical, ...Pubradio needs new ideas and courage to try them, MPR’s Collins says
Can public radio still take risks? That’s the headline of a thought-provoking post on Minnesota Public Radio’s News Cut blog by writer ...Kerger suggests viewers contact NEA “if they have issues with the focus of their funding”
In an article in the Deseret News, PBS President Paula Kerger advises viewers to reach out to the National Endowment for the Arts to ...Academic study on thank-you gifts for donations yields unexpected results
A new study on thank-you gifts in exchange for donations has produced counterintuitive results, according to Psychology Today: Receiving a gift unconditionally, such as ...Corporation for Public Broadcasting authorizing law as of June 2012
47 USC § 396, or U.S. Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter III, Part IV, subpart d, § 396 This compilation of federal ...‘Car Talk’ guys retire, but archive editions of shows will continue indefinitely
NPR announced Friday that Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of the popular and long-running Car Talk, will lay down their wrenches and stop recording ...Lamberson takes interim spot at KOTO-FM in Telluride, Colo.
KOTO-FM (“Radio Almost Like the Professionals”), listener-supported community radio in Telluride, Colo., has hired Beth Lamberson as interim executive director, to bolster ...Fred Rogers goes viral with “Garden of Your Mind” video remix
An Auto-Tuned video of the late PBS icon Fred Rogers is going viral, with more than 700,000 views as of Friday (June 8) ...“Live from Lincoln Center” creator retiring after more than 30 years
John Goberman, who created Live From Lincoln Center more than three decades ago, is departing as executive producer on June 30 after more than ...“Click and Clack” announce retirement
The hosts of Car Talk, the popular pubradio show celebrating its 25th season this fall, are retiring, they announced to listeners today (June 8). ...Small and indie TV stations protesting FCC bid to end analog viewability rule
A group of more than 200 TV stations is protesting the FCC’s proposal to end the viewability rule in December 2013, reports Multichannel News. ...Vince Gardino bound for orchestra post after NY Public Radio departure in July
Vince Gardino, New York Public Radio’s executive director of underwriting, is departing the station after 14 years to become executive director of ...George Thomas retiring from his longtime jazz show on Vermont Public Radio
The host of Vermont Public Radio’s Jazz with George Thomas is stepping away from the mic after more than 11 years. Thomas has announced ...Television Critics Association nominates five PBS shows for honors
PBS scored five nods in the 28th annual Television Critics Association Awards, announced Wednesday (June 6) in Los Angeles. Masterpiece’s Downton Abbey and Sherlock are ...
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