Programs/Content
PRPD panelists share how stations can grow the next big podcast
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A session at the Public Radio Program Directors conference guided stations on finding their “podcast superpower.”
Collaboration
At PRPD, NPR’s Oreskes talks details of journalism hubs with stations
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“Most of what we are going to end up improving will be our local coverage or our regional coverage, which then will hopefully roll up to the really brilliant, insightful, informed national coverage,” Oreskes said.
Programs/Content
Music format highlighting hip-hop, other genres seeks home on public radio
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CPB is backing development of the new “Urban Alternative” format and looking for three stations to start airing it this year.
Programs/Content
Music station leaders discuss challenges in expanding digital presence
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An attendee at the Public Radio Program Directors Conference asked whether public media should build its own music-streaming platform similar to Spotify and Pandora.
American Masters
Season 2 of ‘American Masters Podcast’ focuses on writers
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New interviews with playwrights, authors and poets will be paired with previously unreleased conversations from the series’ 30-year archives.
Programs/Content
Pubmedia consortia win MacArthur grants for diversity in documentaries
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The National Black Programming Consortium receives $750,000 to launch a new initiative.
Programs/Content
Marketplace and BBC partner on new morning broadcast
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News segments hosted by the BBC’s Anu Anand will focus on top global business stories of the day.
System/Policy
New study dives into public radio habits of millennials
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“It’s not that they devalue national or international news from NPR or PRI, but the difference-maker for them is local,” said a researcher.
People
Nandini Sen: We connect through shared experiences
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A public radio story about migration helped Nandini Sen feel connected to the U.S. and led to her career in public media.
Tech
How public radio is using Amazon’s smart speakers
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As more consumers buy smart speakers, stations are beginning to explore how they might reach new audiences with the technology.
Programs/Content
Public TV show breaks out family photos for ‘people’s history’ of Detroit
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“There’s this connection between the family images that we choose to keep and the feeling attached to them.”
System/Policy
California’s KVCR fast-tracks expansion of local production slate
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A revamp of the Los Angeles region’s smallest public TV station includes original shows for underserved communities.
Programs/Content
Flurry of public media activities nearly eclipses celestial fever
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Stations from Oregon to South Carolina will host events and capture the excitement.
People
Black talents in public media you may not know but should
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We asked readers to help recommend up-and-comers whose names we may not know but should.
Programs/Content
‘The Stoop’ explores conversations black people have in private
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Developed through NPR’s Audio Storytelling Workshop, the new podcast presents honest, frank conversations about black identity.
Native radio
Native tribe offers Colorado station $1 million matching grant
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The money would go toward a new headquarters for KSUT in Durango.
Programs/Content
‘Indivisible’ host anchors new show to extend conversation about national identity
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MPR’s “Flyover” with Kerri Miller will air Sundays starting Sept. 10.
System/Policy
Push for local news fund continues as New Jersey takes majority of auction proceeds
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New Jersey set aside just $10 million of its $332 million in spectrum proceeds for broadcasting.
Programs/Content
Former NPR host Neal Conan returns with serious show for public radio’s weekends
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“I needed to do something to address the moment that we’re in because I think it’s an absolutely critical time for the country,” Conan says.
System/Policy
PBS and Greater Public reunite for joint PMDMC in 2018
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The two organizations have begun planning the next PMDMC, July 11–13, 2018, in Chicago.