Development
Detroit PBS lands $7.5M matching gift as it plans new campus
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Detroit PBS revealed May 30 the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation will match up to $7.5 million as the station raises money for its new campus.
System/Policy
Nebraska Public Media receives donation of online news sites
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NPM is engaging with freelance writers who have covered arts and culture in the Omaha area to resume publishing online content later this summer, according to CCO Nancy Finken.
System/Policy
San Francisco’s KQED eliminates 34 positions
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The station is also ending its podcast “Rightnowish.”
System/Policy
Boston’s GBH lays off 31 staff due to $7M budget gap
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GBH is also suspending the shows “Greater Boston,” “Talking Politics” and “Basic Black” but plans to “reinvent” them as digital-first programs, said CEO Susan Goldberg.
System/Policy
Wife of lawmaker critical of Arkansas PBS joins network’s governing board
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced May 6 she had appointed Maria Sullivan to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission.
System/Policy
Public eye on NPR spurred editorial additions, says Chapin
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With NPR in the news, questions circulated about what the network wanted to do and what would be helpful, said Editor in Chief Edith Chapin.
System/Policy
CapRadio, endowment at odds over proposed PBS KVIE merger
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The Capital Public Radio Endowment Board argues that the best future for CapRadio would be a merger with the TV station.
System/Policy
CPB grant funds Nielsen Local Dashboards for PBS member stations
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The Nielsen Local Dashboards are expected to be available to member stations beginning in late May and will show them “local market linear television audience data,” a news release said.
System/Policy
NPR CEO won’t attend House hearing on allegations of bias
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A meeting of NPR’s board of directors, Maher’s first since joining the network, was scheduled for Wednesday more than a year ahead of time.
System/Policy
Orlando’s WMFE rebrands as Central Florida Public Media
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Research had found weak brand penetration in the community beyond the station’s existing audience, said GM Judith Smelser.
System/Policy
Seattle’s KUOW lays off eight employees
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The radio station will also leave three open positions unfilled and save $1 million by ending its RadioActive Youth Media program.
Development
You can buy Sarah Silverman’s dress in a New Hampshire PBS auction
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The actress and comedian has worn the outfit at star-studded events. Apparently, she’s even ripped it.
System/Policy
FCC fines Pacifica Foundation $25,000 for underwriting violations
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A consent decree adopted and released Tuesday requires Pacifica to implement a compliance plan and ends an FCC investigation of WBAI in New York City.
System/Policy
Oregon Public Broadcasting partners with Lookout Local to bring more news to Eugene
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Lookout CEO Ken Doctor describes Lookout Eugene-Springfield as a “community newspaper that happens to be digital.”
System/Policy
In FCC comment, NPR voices concern over costs of multilingual emergency alerts
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The FCC has proposed creating a process for prescripted alerts in 13 additional languages to be distributed by TV and radio stations, cable providers and other services, according to a February Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
System/Policy
FCC inquiry examines WBAI’s on-air fundraising practices
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The commission is evaluating allegations that programs promoting nutritional supplements and other products violate its standards for noncommercial broadcasting.
System/Policy
WPSU faces cuts with 20% less in Penn State funds
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While it’s too soon to project whether the station in central Pennsylvania will have layoffs, GM Isabel Reinert said it is clear that there is no way to deal with the budget challenges without addressing staffing.
System/Policy
Oregon Public Broadcasting voluntarily recognizes union of content staff
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More than 60 employees will be part of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union.
Programs/Content
Geoffrey Baer investigates a UFO sighting and the city’s famous style of hot dog in WTTW’s ‘Chicago Mysteries’
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Longtime WTTW host and producer Geoffrey Baer has made programs about Chicago’s history and architecture since the 1990s. “Chicago Mysteries” offered a new way to tell the city’s story.
System/Policy
Seattle’s KEXP launches signal in San Francisco Bay Area
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The music station purchased San Francisco’s KREV for $3.75 million in an October bankruptcy auction.