System/Policy
TV spectrum auction enters next stage with new bidding, lower prices
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With an oversupply of astronomically priced spectrum offered in the auction’s first stage, Public Media Company analysts predict what’s ahead.
Programs/Content
History-themed ‘BackStory’ to end weekly hourlong radio show, continue as podcast
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Producers plan to keep providing segments and other broadcast content to stations.
Podcasting
KUOW partners with independent podcast about raising transgender child
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“How to Be a Girl” is hosted by an anonymous mother in Seattle.
NPR
Reshuffling of NPR Music includes farewell to ‘Microphone Check’ team
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The network is also deepening partnerships with stations and filling new roles in the division.
People
PBS makes changes, Sarasohn leaves NPR after 24 years and more comings and goings in public media
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PBS has reorganized its digital and marketing team, while also hiring and promoting executives in other departments.
Programs/Content
What does the public radio host of the future look and sound like?
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The executive producer of WAMU’s successor to “The Diane Rehm Show” shares how the station is evaluating host candidates.
Obituaries
Mark Handley, former New Hampshire Public Radio president and NPR board chairman, dies at 74
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Handley was president and CEO of NHPR for 15 years.
System/Policy
CPB IG audit finds station’s digital syndication revenue can’t count as fundraising
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“The mechanisms for funding our work are evolving in the digital space,” responded TPT President Jim Pagliarini.
People
Stanley Nelson urges academy to reach beyond comfort zone for new talent
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Accepting an award for lifetime achievements, Nelson said that television has failed to tell “the full American story.”