Year: 2017
Lam steps to head of ‘Table’, Buckner leads Public Broadcasting Atlanta, and other comings and ...
Also, American Public Media hires a chief of on-demand and cultural programming.Spectrum auction nets nearly $35M for two Pennsylvania stations
WITF will share a channel, and WQED will move to a lower frequency.W.Va. governor proposes zeroing out of pubcasting funding
An elimination of funding could result in a severe downsizing at the network.Biopic of John Lewis to debut in PBS Black History Month lineup
PBS decided to schedule Kathleen Dowdey's documentary days before the congressman's fiery exchange with then President-elect Trump.Florida licensee gets $18.7M for WUSF-TV in spectrum auction
Tampa’s secondary PBS station will go dark later this year.Michigan licensee sells TV station for $14M in spectrum auction
WCMZ will go dark in about three months.To truly serve the public, community stations must apply standards for what’s said on-air
As broadcasters, staff and volunteers have to be intentional about presenting diverse voices without creating discord that undermines civil discussion.Public media projects examine Trump’s first 100 days
Public media journalists are casting a wide net for reactions to the election of Donald Trump.Educating wasn’t enough for an early pioneer of noncommercial radio
Judith Waller, an educational director for NBC radio, urged her colleagues to look to commercial broadcasters for ideas and collaborations.PBS will help stations convert social media followers to donors during March pledge
Stations will work with Goodworld.me, a platform that streamlines the process of making donations via Facebook and Twitter.New Orleans’ WWNO adds full-time classical signal
The broadcaster acquired the translator at 104.9 FM last fall.Public media backers work to counter possible federal budget cuts
Public broadcasters and their advocates aren’t waiting for President Trump’s initial budget to mobilize support for CPB funding.Working group may form to shape pubmedia’s ATSC strategy
The CEO of Public Media Co. says pubcasters are at risk of losing out to commercial interests if they fail to advocate ...‘Serial’ creators announce new podcast, production company
The debut podcast “S-Town” will be released next month.‘The Pub’ #88: Lewis Wallace on getting fired from ‘Marketplace’
The reporter discusses how a not especially edgy meditation on journalistic standards got him fired.
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