Month: September 2013
WKGC dropping NPR affiliation, picking up BBC, APM shows
WKGC in Panama City, Fla., will replace NPR’s newsmagazines with BBC news programs distributed by American Public Media. The station, which is ...Former CNBC On The Money host Ulrich named new Marketplace Money host
Starting Nov. 2, the new host of Marketplace Money will be Carmen Wong Ulrich. Ulrich is the former host of CNBC’s On the Money, and the ...FCC to host workshop on issues surrounding spectrum repacking
Lonna Thompson, e.v.p., Association of Public Television Stations, is a panelist on the FCC’s Sept. 30 workshop on issues surrounding the reassignment ...CPB finds pubTV stations committed to keeping spectrum
Anxiety among public TV executives about channel repacking after spectrum auctions outweighs their enthusiasm for selling bandwidth, CPB s.v.p. Mark Erstling told ...FCC approves transfer of KSPS to Friends organization
The Friends of KSPS, the nonprofit fundraising arm of KSPS-TV, has taken over as licensee of the Spokane, Wash., pubcaster from the ...Colorado stations help raise $1.1 million in flood relief
Broadcasters across Colorado, including several public media stations, raised $1.1 million Sept. 18 during Colorado Flood Relief, a live fundraiser. Torrential rains caused ...Senators stress importance of international coordination on broadcast spectrum
In a letter dated Sept. 20, a bipartisan group of senators tells the FCC that it is “essential” that the U.S. coordinate ...Investigative unit covering New England moves into WGBH’s local newsroom
Boston’s WGBH is bolstering its investigative reporting capacity through a new partnership with the nonprofit New England Center for Investigative Reporting.WBUR, KWSU among grantees in Knight’s community news challenge
WBUR in Boston, Northwest Public Radio in Pullman, Wash., and The Lens, a nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans, are among 10 recipients ...Lacy bound for HBO, Seiken leaving PBS for UK media giant, and more . . ...
Susan Lacy created PBS’s iconic cultural biography series in 1986, and will exit after signing a “very nice multiyear deal” to produce ...With Jazz Night, WBGO and NPR Music will take fans into venues to listen, watch and chat
NPR and WBGO-FM in Newark, N.J., are teaming up to produce Jazz Night in America, a series of radio broadcasts paired with live, high-quality ...NewsHour Weekend adapts PBS flagship for new timeslot, lean production model
PBS backed the startup of NewsHour Weekend as the core element of a revamped approach to its weekend public affairs programs. It ...Eaton still on the hunt for ‘next really juicy’ adaptation for Masterpiece
Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton was close to retirement a few years back — but no more, she tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Eaton is making ...Ari Shapiro, Steve Bass lend musical talents to latest Pink Martini disc
The new Pink Martini disc is out Tuesday, with guest performances by two pubcasters: NPR’s Ari Shapiro (or, as Pink Martini calls ...Jack Brown, creator of Northstate Public Radio, dies at 68
Jack Brown, longtime g.m. of Northstate Public Radio and the man who transitioned the Chico, Calif., station from a student-run enterprise to ...
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