Author: Dru Sefton
CPB Board hears forecast of financial strain in auction repack phase
The FCC will initially cover 90 percent of station expenses, but some stations may have to carry forward a portion of costs.CPB board members excoriate colleague for publicly backing defunding
Board members called Howard Husock an “embarrassment.”PBS Board approves national promotion of Passport premium
The board also approved a $323.9 million budget proposal for FY18 with no member dues increase.NEH grants include funds to preserve ‘All Things Considered’
NPR receives $315,000 for the project.CPB president visits Congress to defend threatened funding request
The appearance was Pat Harrison’s first before the House subcommittee in 10 years.PBS hires education leader, Arkansas network gets new director and more comings and goings
Sara Schapiro recently helped found Digital Promise, an independent bipartisan nonprofit that backs educational innovation.Congressmen aim to generate bipartisan support for letter on CPB funding
Last year’s letter was signed by a bipartisan group of 132 members of the House.Fans of PBS Kids gather on Capitol Hill to voice support for federal funding
Organizers delivered petitions to members of Congress, bearing 660,000 signatures gathered online to save CPB funding.Groups to deliver petitions to Congress supporting CPB funding
The petitions contain more than 660,000 signatures of public broadcasting supporters.PBS ‘opened a door’ to other projects with ‘Mercy Street,’ chief programmer says
PBS’s Beth Hoppe said her team is eyeing other American dramas.CPB says Trump budget will aim to rescind FY2018 appropriation
Future appropriations are also at risk.Trump budget seeks to zero out CPB funding by 2018
“The policy is, we're ending federal involvement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,” said Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney.APTS seats board leaders, ‘World Cafe’ reveals new host, and other comings and goings in ...
Ronnie Agnew, executive director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting, now chairs the board.Funding woes prompt PBS to kill off ‘Mercy Street’
The program set in a Civil War hospital was PBS’s first original drama since 2004.WPBO in Ohio goes for $8.8M in spectrum auction
Licensee Ohio State University is giving all proceeds to its WOSU in Columbus.
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