Author: Dru Sefton
Mattioni to retire from WVTF, Saidi joins KCPT, and other comings and goings in public ...
Rick Mattioni, who signed on at WVTF-FM in Roanoke, Va., in 1987, will retire Oct. 3 as director of programming and operations.Senate approves three Obama nominees for CPB Board of Directors
The Senate approved three members of the CPB Board Thursday, one returning and two new. The three were nominated by President Obama ...Jones steps aside as PBS COO; Kerger announces additional executive hires
Michael Jones, PBS’s chief operating officer since January 2009, is moving into an advisory role as executive vice president. In a Sept. 9 ...Next phase of American Graduate station grants to emphasize early education
American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, CPB’s dropout prevention initiative, has awarded another $6.2 million in grants to 33 stations, this time ...Wednesday roundup: St. Louis pubcasters open media venue, SCPR eyes “rigorous criteria” for native advertising
Also: New NPR President Jarl Mohn talks to On the Media.In historic first, LA pubTV stations agree to share spectrum for auction proceeds
Pubcasters KCETLink and KLCS in Los Angeles have agreed to participate in the upcoming FCC spectrum auction through a channel-sharing partnership that ...Former HiT president to take over leadership of Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop has hired Jeffrey D. Dunn, former CEO of the HiT Entertainment Network, as its new CEO.Two public TV networks decline to air POV documentary After Tiller
At least two public television networks opted not to air this week the POV documentary After Tiller, which profiles four late-term abortion providers and prompted a ...CPB eyes TV CSG rules in anticipation of spectrum auctions
CPB will review its television Community Service Grant policies to clarify how to handle station revenues from the upcoming spectrum auction. The auctions, ...Roe heads classical institute, Arnold to exit WXPR, and other comings and goings in public ...
Peg Arnold, g.m. of WXPR-FM in Rhinelander, Wis., begins work Sept. 22 as g.m. of Utah Public Radio in Logan.CPB adds $6.2 million in American Graduate grants, reveals national broadcast plans
The initiative will support efforts at 33 stations to raise awareness of the dropout problem.Tuesday roundup: Rosy prediction for PMP; OETA could face service cuts
Also: A new TiVo product targets Aereo fans.Conn. network strikes deal with LocusPoint on proceeds from spectrum auction
The Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network plans to relinquish the spectrum assigned to WEDW-TV in Bridgeport, one of four stations in its statewide ...CPB bumps up two, “Blues Doctor” retires, and more comings and goings in public media
CPB has promoted two executives, Greg Schnirring and Erika Pulley-Hayes.KEET steps up membership efforts to hold on to federal funding
KEET-TV, one of the smallest PBS member stations, has grown its membership by 40 percent and raised more than $600,000 over the past ...
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