Comings and goings: NPR promotes Lori Kaplan to VP, PBS SoCal/KCET names SVP …
Kaplan, who joined NPR in 1997, became the network’s VP of audience insights.
October 31, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/10/npr-appoints-vp-pbs-socal-kcet-names-svp/Your search for kcet pbs returned 242 results
KCETLink, PBS SoCal merger ‘opens new future’ for public TV in L.A. market
The longtime rival stations now aim to become a hub for original public media content.
April 25, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/04/kcetlink-pbs-socal-merger-opens-new-future-for-public-tv-in-l-a-market/Contributions, grants to KCET fall 41 percent in first year away from PBS, paper reports
Contributions and grants to KCET have plunged 41 percent since its departure from PBS membership in January 2011, according to the Los Angeles Times, including corporate as well as individual giving.
February 9, 2012 | https://current.org/2012/02/contributions-grants-to-kcet-fall-41-percent-in-first-year-away-from-pbs-paper-reports/PBS SoCal to challenge KCET in Los Angeles programming
The Los Angeles Business Journal (no link available) is reporting that KOCE soon will begin programming for Los Angeles audiences, taking on KCET, which went independent from PBS in January.
December 1, 2011 | https://current.org/2011/12/pbs-socal-to-challenge-kcet-in-los-angeles-programming/KCET briefly pulls ahead of PBS’s main station in L.A.
Though it now does without PBS programs, KCET briefly recovered its role as the most-watched public TV station in Los Angeles in June.
July 25, 2011 | https://current.org/2011/07/kcet-briefly-pulls-ahead-of-pbss-main-station-in-l-a/KCET is “past PBS” and “gonna do just fine,” station head Al Jerome says
“We’re past PBS,” KCET President Al Jerome tells the Los Angeles Times in a story posted Monday (July 4).
July 5, 2011 | https://current.org/2011/07/kcet-is-past-pbs-and-gonna-do-just-fine-station-head-al-jerome-says/PBS favors East Coast’s “big three” shows over other stations’ programming, KCET execs say
KCET station execs told the Los Angeles Times that an institutional bias within PBS favoring East Coast stations marginalized its contribution to the system.
December 26, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/12/pbs-favors-east-coasts-big-three-shows-over-other-stations-programming-kcet-execs-say/Smiley says it’s “unconscionable” he didn’t know about producing partner KCET’s plans to depart PBS
Tavis Smiley said “it’s unthinkable, it’s untenable, it’s unacceptable,” that KCET execs didn’t let him know that they were breaking from PBS as of Jan.
November 23, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/11/smiley-says-its-unconscionable-he-didnt-know-about-producing-partner-kcets-plans-to-depart-pbs/KCET’s split from PBS leaves uncertainty for both
It’s official: KCET, one of the biggest siblings in the PBS family, is leaving home for good.
October 18, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/10/kcets-split-from-pbs-leaves-uncertainty-for-both/LA Times TV critic ponders KCET’s fundraising future without PBS shows
“KCET is dead; long live KCET,” writes Los Angeles Times TV Critic Robert Lloyd in today’s (Oct.
October 13, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/10/la-times-tv-critic-ponders-kcets-fundraising-future-without-pbs-shows/Days after KCET’s withdrawal from PBS, surprise and confusion
Although it had been negotiating with KCET for nearly a year over a dues disagreement, PBS was taken aback with the Oct.
October 11, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/10/days-after-kcets-withdrawal-from-pbs-surprise-and-confusion/KCET to drop PBS membership Jan. 1
KCET, public television’s major station in the nation’s second-largest media market, is dropping its PBS membership as of Jan.
October 8, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/10/kcet-to-drop-pbs-membership-jan-1/KCET warns it may leave PBS
After negotiating with PBS for eight months over a proposal to reduce its dues and remake public TV in the Los Angeles market, the city’s biggest public station announced last week that it is preparing to completely drop out of the network.
August 9, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/08/kcet-warns-it-may-leave-pbs/Will KCET secede from PBS?
For our RSS subscribers, don’t miss the story just posted on current.org on KCET’s possible departure from PBS as of Jan.
August 5, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/08/will-kcet-secede-from-pbs/Without PBS dues relief, KCET says it will quit PBS at year’s end
After negotiating with PBS for eight months over a proposal to reduce its dues and reconfigure pubTV in the Los Angeles market, the city’s bigget public station announced this week that it may drop out of the network by Jan.
August 5, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/08/without-pbs-dues-relief-kcet-says-it-will-quit-pbs-at-years-end/Los Angeles stations unify branding as PBS SoCal
Survey research confirmed that recasting KCET as PBS SoCal Plus would be a “slam dunk” for building digital viewership.
January 31, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/01/los-angeles-stations-unify-branding-as-pbs-socal/Comings and goings: KUOW appoints two executives, PBS Reno names chief engineer …
Marshall Eisen joined KUOW as CCO, while Annette Promes was hired as CMO.
August 15, 2023 | https://current.org/2023/08/comings-and-goings-kuow-appoints-two-executives-pbs-reno-names-chief-engineer/PBS stations experiment with local sponsorship, membership spots on Passport and video app
Stations have yet to earn much from the pilot program, but participants remain hopeful for phase two and the future.
July 26, 2023 | https://current.org/2023/07/pbs-stations-experiment-with-local-sponsorship-membership-spots-on-passport-and-video-app/Comings and goings: New board leaders at NPR, promotions at PBS …
Jeff Sine became NPR’s board chair, while Jennifer Ferro moved up to vice chair.
November 21, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/11/comings-and-goings-new-board-leaders-at-npr-promotions-at-pbs/