Year: 2015
‘The Pub’ #50: How to pronounce things correctly (but not too correctly)
Learn how to avoid sounding pretentious and write a good pronouncer.Eleven stations partner for Indiana news network
CPB is supporting the Indiana-based Regional Journalism Center with a $609,000 grant.PRPD plans study of millennials
PRPD will partner with Jacobs Media on the research next year.Take a look back at 2015
Podcast buzz, changes to Sesame Street, new ATC hosts — it’s been an eventful year.Three more university licensees vote to consider options in spectrum auction
Stations in Michigan and Texas could lose spectrum.Three Alaska stations to collaborate on energy news
This is the fourth journalism collaboration CPB has backed in the last two months.Public radio stars try to read the longest sentence ever
We put a challenge to the owners of seven well-known voices: Read a 92-word sentence in one breath.New law clarifies pubcasters’ eligibility for disaster aid
Some broadcasters had been denied federal assistance after damage from major disasters.Our most-clicked posts of 2015
Podcasts, salaries and Sesame Street were among the hot topics.‘Chicago Tonight’ producers approve SAG–AFTRA representation
Thirteen employees of the program were eligible to participate.Congress approves funding for Ready To Learn, CPB and interconnection
The spending plan includes level funding for CPB.FCC turns down special protection for public TV translators in spectrum auction
Translator operators may not be able to find new channel space after the auction is over.Utah’s KPCW receives donation of FM signal
The donation was part of an “incentive package” from a commercial broadcaster to get KPCW to move down the dial.Chicago’s WBEZ grows audience with expansion via Kankakee station
Kankakee Community College announced plans to sell the station in June.Producer promises more to come from ‘Doc Martin’ beyond new season
“There are lots of stories we want to explore, and we want to do them well,” series producer Philippa Braithwaite told Current.
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