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Attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference heard an update on the collaboration involving four stations in Texas.
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Attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference heard an update on the collaboration involving four stations in Texas.
Twin Cities PBS in St. Paul, Minn., has hired Wilson as its first VP of digital publishing.
The Lenfest Institute announced Tuesday a second round of funding to help newsrooms listen to and build trust with audiences.
Bob Daino is currently COO of Acreage Holdings, which owns cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing operations in 12 states.
The funding cut will cost the station about half of its annual $1 million operating budget.
The Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill would provide $445 million for CPB in FY21.
“During drive time, if you can communicate that you are live and doing things locally, you will stand out,” Jeff Rowe told attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference.
Colleagues recalled him as a “meticulous mastering engineer” with a “mellifluous announcing voice.”
The Public Radio Tech Survey also found strong growth in public radio listening among millennials.
Contributing artists to a new compilation album include Dolly Parton, Devendra Banhart, They Might Be Giants and Kash Doll.
And former PBS and CPB executive Jennifer Lawson is the new vice chair of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting council.
A Lakeshore PBS executive said the mishaps have amounted to a “perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances.”
As part of the reorganization of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting, WCVE President Curtis Monk will leave his position Sept. 14.
The station will lose about half its annual operating budget, according to GM Jonathan Ahl.
At what point would public media speak out about threats to press freedom?
“This is like a health public utility,” said South Florida PBS EVP Bill Scott.
Few public broadcasters have joined the coordinated effort to refute President Trump’s attacks on the press.
KUT in Austin, Texas, along with Philadelphia’s WHYY, Seattle’s KUOW and San Francisco’s KQED, are all engaged in efforts to gather and analyze data on their sourcing in news reports or show segments.
PRX’s Kerri Hoffman will run the new organization, while PRI’s Alisa Miller will move into a board leadership role.
Grants will pay tribute to the Peabody Award–winner who died in January at age 52.