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New WGBH series puts local spin on musical reality shows
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Choirs, not soloists, are stars of Sing That Thing! at a time when group singing has become a prominent American pastime.
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Choirs, not soloists, are stars of Sing That Thing! at a time when group singing has become a prominent American pastime.
“He understood how sound can create pictures — pictures as vivid as any painting, as clear as any photo.”
A colleague remembers David Loxton, founding director of the TV Lab at New York’s WNET.
With a new American Masters documentary in the wings, the filmmaker says he prefers to let his projects find him.
PBS MediaShift is launching a series of journalism training sessions this month.
Our new design is easier to read and navigate, with a much improved look on your mobile device.
The Founders Award recognizes the creator of an outstanding and popular program.
Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.
Although there will be no rank-and-file layoffs, several executive positions will be eliminated.
Scott Carrier has a new podcast, plus podcasting news in public media.
Plus a marriage proposal delivered by pledge drive.
Johnny Simmons has retired after working for 35 years at KUSP Santa Cruz, Calif.
For the first time since state funding was cut in 2009, Pennsylvania’s eight public television stations could see funding restored as Gov. Tom Wolf included $4 million in his proposed budget.
The new deal means increased reporting for some stations.
A Republican CPB board member suggests that public media shift more resources toward local news.
U.S. House of Representatives pass budget resolution calling for zeroing out of CPB funding.
The new contract drops several proposals opposed by the union.
Parlocha hosted Jazz With Bob Parlocha, syndicated by the WFMT Radio Network in Chicago.
Maintaining online public files would be too big a burden for some radio stations, pubcasters argue.