Author: Dru Sefton
WNIT in South Bend, Ind., to operate public access TV station
The St. Joseph County (Ind.) Board of Commissioners has approved financing a public access television station, to be operated and managed by ...Steve Edwards leaving WBEZ for Institute of Politics
Steve Edwards is leaving WBEZ-FM in Chicago after 14 years to become deputy director, programming, at the University of Chicago’s new nonpartisan ...WNET announces arts content sharing system
WNET in New York City is offering an arts and culture content management sharing system for video and web content, mainly among ...Jerry Nelson, Count von Count’s voice and early Henson collaborator, dies at 78
The man behind the voice of Sesame Street‘s Count von Count is gone. Jerry Nelson, who worked with Muppets creator Jim Henson early in ...Apparently, pubcasting has gone to the cats
First came WYPR’s pledgecats. Then, WBEZ’s cats posing as pubradio personalities. Now, cute kitties have invaded the KCRW studios for its latest ...University of Texas regents approve KUT signal expansion
After a delay earlier this month, KUT-FM in Austin, Texas, has purchased KXBT, a commercial station now broadcasting classic rock at 98.9 ...Reporters “need to stop coddling lawmakers,” Seabrook says
In an interview with Politico, Andrea Seabrook explains how her work on her new project, the DecodeDC website, will differ from her past ...WV pubcasting director proposes cutting nearly $200,000 in spending
West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s executive director has suggested nearly $200,000 in spending cuts and cautioned members of the Educational Broadcasting Authority board ...Tess Vigeland leaving Marketplace Money hosting duties this fall
Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland is departing the American Public Media show at the end of November. APM said Vigeland will continue as a ...Pubcasting tackles dropout crisis
The massive American Graduate project is all about potential — the potential of students who stay in school to graduate, as well ...Alabama ETV Commission hires replacement for Allan Pizzato
Roy Clem, a 36-year broadcasting executive and former g.m. of the ABC affiliate in Birmingham, Ala., will join Alabama Public Television as ...Can radio save dying languages?
Loris Taylor, president of Native Public Media, leads off a story in The Atlantic on how radio is being used to resurrect dead and ...Romney again targets PBS for funding elimination
GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has once again mentioned that if elected, he would eliminate funding for PBS. In an interview with Fortune, ...Nova producer aims for entertaining yet serious approach to science
Nova is looking to "broaden the PBS science strand’s appeal with more ‘lighthearted’ host-driven programming.Center for Investigative Reporting, Univision announce partnership
The nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is partnering with Spanish-language Univision News, which reaches 96 percent of U.S. Hispanic households, to produce ...
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