"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #50: How to pronounce things correctly (but not too correctly)
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Learn how to avoid sounding pretentious and write a good pronouncer.
System/Policy
Eleven stations partner for Indiana news network
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CPB is supporting the Indiana-based Regional Journalism Center with a $609,000 grant.
Quick Takes
PRPD plans study of millennials
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PRPD will partner with Jacobs Media on the research next year.
System/Policy
Take a look back at 2015
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Podcast buzz, changes to Sesame Street, new ATC hosts — it’s been an eventful year.
Spectrum Auction
Three more university licensees vote to consider options in spectrum auction
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Stations in Michigan and Texas could lose spectrum.
System/Policy
Three Alaska stations to collaborate on energy news
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This is the fourth journalism collaboration CPB has backed in the last two months.
"The Pub" Podcast
Public radio stars try to read the longest sentence ever
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We put a challenge to the owners of seven well-known voices: Read a 92-word sentence in one breath.
System/Policy
New law clarifies pubcasters’ eligibility for disaster aid
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Some broadcasters had been denied federal assistance after damage from major disasters.
System/Policy
Our most-clicked posts of 2015
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Podcasts, salaries and Sesame Street were among the hot topics.
Quick Takes
‘Chicago Tonight’ producers approve SAG–AFTRA representation
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Thirteen employees of the program were eligible to participate.
Quick Takes
Congress approves funding for Ready To Learn, CPB and interconnection
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The spending plan includes level funding for CPB.
spectrum auction
FCC turns down special protection for public TV translators in spectrum auction
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Translator operators may not be able to find new channel space after the auction is over.
Stations
Utah’s KPCW receives donation of FM signal
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The donation was part of an “incentive package” from a commercial broadcaster to get KPCW to move down the dial.
Stations
Chicago’s WBEZ grows audience with expansion via Kankakee station
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Kankakee Community College announced plans to sell the station in June.
Programs/Content
Producer promises more to come from ‘Doc Martin’ beyond new season
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“There are lots of stories we want to explore, and we want to do them well,” series producer Philippa Braithwaite told Current.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #49: Bill Siemering, author of NPR’s 1970 mission statement
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We look at whether today’s public radio resembles Siemering’s optimistic vision for the enterprise.
KPLU
Universities agree to consider community bid for KPLU’s license
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The sale of KPLU in Tacoma, Washington has a new wrinkle as the buyer and seller have agreed to let a community group try and raise enough money to buy the station and make it a community licensee.
System/Policy
A guide to the FCC spectrum auction
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Learn how the auction will work and what it means for public TV stations and viewers.
Tech
Familiar PBS characters appear in new coding app for kids
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With Ready To Learn funding, PBS is tackling computer science as a 21st-century skill for young children.
Quick Takes
Racial diversity of NPR’s newsroom stays level over three years
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People of color account for 22.4 percent of the network’s news staff.