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Lack of funds ends ‘Free Speech Radio News’ after 17 years
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The weekly show airs on 40 stations.
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The weekly show airs on 40 stations.
Stations can save money on equipment and power bills, but some over-the-air viewers may need to change their antennas.
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network is holding on to its stations in Bridgeport and Hartford-New Haven.
The school board–owned station may not see much of a bump to its annual budget.
An AIR report argues that live events are important to public media to raise awareness and support and find crucial voices that may be missing from reporting.
Other winners include “This American Life” and ProPublica.
It’s unclear how state policymakers intend to use $332M in proceeds, and whether funds will be reinvested in NJTV.
NPR correspondent Tamara Keith writes that in public radio she does work that could make a difference in the lives of listeners.
Siegel will step down in January.
Kids not only listen frequently — sometimes re-listening to episodes multiple times — but engage deeply with the content.
The broadcaster purchased the station last year.
AIR’s new program director comes from “American Experience.”
“We need strong leadership to ensure we are as effective as possible,” CPB President Pat Harrison said.
KMTP will create an endowment and use the proceeds to acquire access to wireless spectrum.
As the technology comes closer to adoption, a team of public media colleagues wants to ensure the system is getting ready.
Costs of equipment replacement are projected to reach $256 million by 2019, as aging transmitters reach their end of life.
Pubcasters were spared from providing certain details about board members and excluded from new rules governing on-air fundraising for other nonprofits.
The billions that noncommercial stations won isn’t enough to transform the entire public media system, but it will absolutely transform the handful of stations lucky enough to have held valuable spectrum in crowded markets.
An error disqualified the California station from the auction.
The interactive components of ATSC 3.0 allow for better audience measurement and interactivity, which could include delivering customized programming exclusively to members.