Quick Takes
‘Peg + Cat’ gets second $3 million grant for teaching STEM
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The PBS Kids’ math series for preschoolers is produced by the Fred Rogers Co.
Quick Takes
WXPN buys New Jersey college station for $1.25 million
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WXPN will begin broadcasting its Triple A music format on WNTI Thursday.
System/Policy
In spectrum auction, stations advised to take skeptical view of opening bids
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Consultants say opening bid amounts are unlikely to reflect what stations could actually receive.
System/Policy
How KBIA’s small newsroom won an Online News Association award
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A relationship with the Missouri School of Journalism brings opportunities to educate and innovate.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #39: Public radio’s two audiences, PBS news VP Marie Nelson, Auto-Tune on kids’ shows
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Research shows that baby boomers and millennials are not only listening to public radio differently, but for different reasons.
Development
Lubinsky’s pledge shows may mine nostalgia, but the ‘content connects’
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As the creator, producer and host of specials that are virtually synonymous with public TV pledge drives, Lubinsky is among public TV’s most successful fundraising producers.
Programs/Content
Three New Jersey newsrooms sign up with Hearken
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The newsrooms are the latest to adopt the platform, which lets the public assign and collaborate on news stories.
People
NPR names Chapin executive news editor, and more moving and shaking in public media
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Chapin joined NPR in 2012 as senior supervising editor of the International Desk.
CPB
Consultant warns NETA attendees about stricter CPB audits
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An audit of the Public Media Platform, released last week, has the potential to “catch fire with a member of Congress,” the consultant said.
NPR
NPR partners with station reporters for campaign coverage
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The network began the partnership with reporters at 17 member stations in August.
Programs/Content
‘We blew it’: ‘Wait, Wait’ apologizes for Ann Arbor show
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The program drew criticism from an Ypsilanti, Mich., station after a recent live taping.
Development
Rolling back transactional pledge requires focus on off-air strategies
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The specialized genre of pledge-drive programming has become a mixed blessing for public television.
System/Policy
NETA attendees get update on funding outlook and auction plans
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An Association of Public Television Stations briefing focused on federal funding prospects and the next steps in the FCC’s 2016 spectrum auction.
Programs/Content
From pitch to spotlight: How KCRW streamlines independent producers to the air
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Launched in 2010, the Independent Producer Project is a source for new and diverse voices for the Los Angeles public radio station.
People
PRPD recognizes Nuzum for career achievements with Otto Award
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The former NPR programmer was honored at the organization’s conference in Pittsburgh.
Gwen Ifill
‘America After Charleston’ shapes model for next-generation town hall
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The televised town hall about race that aired Sept. 21 boasted a social media and digital campaign that was one of PBS’s most dynamic.
Programs/Content
Tasneem Raja on how NPR’s Code Switch navigates the increasingly crowded race-and-culture beat
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“Our job is to really talk to each other and push back on our story ideas and the lenses we’re applying to these stories, and then try to invite the audience into the conversation as much as possible.”
Quick Takes
PRX and ‘Esquire’ team up on podcast
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The magazine and PRX launched a podcast Monday focusing on nonfiction articles from Esquire’s 82 years of archives.
Stations
WQED downsizes under weight of millions in debt
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The joint licensee is undertaking drastic measures to tackle a decades-old debt that once topped $17 million.