Author: Dru Sefton
Mathes heading west to KUOW, Herring gone from PBS, ‘Political Junkie’ Rudin returns and more ...
Mathes will succeed longtime KUOW leader Wayne Roth, who announced his retirement in May. She begins the new job Jan. 2, 2014.FCC hears from APTS, CPB, PBS on spectrum repacking expenses
The Association of Public Television Stations, CPB and PBS on Monday filed comments with the FCC regarding issues related to the spectrum ...KACV-TV rebrands as Panhandle PBS to honor anniversary
KACV in Amarillo, Texas, is marking 25th anniversary by changing its name to Panhandle PBS, the station announced Sunday, to reflect its ...Ray Suarez lands at AJA’s D.C.-based newsmag Inside Story
Veteran public broadcasting newsman Ray Suarez, who resigned from PBS NewsHour Oct. 25 after nearly 15 years, will host Inside Story on satellite news channel Al ...Marcotte calls for “concerted look” at pubmedia’s long-range plans for news
Longtime pubcasting consultant Michael Marcotte is weighing in on the new Knight Foundation report on nonprofit journalism sustainability, which examines 18 news ...Cult hit The Best Show on WFMU to end in December after 13 years
Tom Scharpling is ending his The Best Show on WFMU on Dec. 17, according to Radio Survivor. Scharpling, who has been hosting the quirky ...Latino advocacy group criticizes PBS treatment of newsman Ray Suarez
A grass-roots organization that protested Ken Burns’s exclusion of World War II Latino soldiers’ experiences from his 2007 documentary The War is speaking out ...PBS to host first international broadcasting conference since 1997
Next week PBS will host the annual conference for Public Broadcasters International (PBI), expected to draw hundreds of broadcasters from around the ...Upcoming Maryland PTV kids’ series gets help from NASA
Space agency NASA helped develop segments for a children’s show heading to public TV in spring 2014 from presenting station Maryland Public ...PBS scores with Democrats in latest “brand health” ranking
PBS ranks No. 7 of 10 popular brands among Democrats in this year’s “Red, Blue and Independent Rankings,” the annual aggregate indicator ...Muppets help First Lady announce Sesame Street healthy-food partnership
“Elmo Compliments First Lady’s Arms, Tells Her Pizza Isn’t Healthy.” There’s a headline you don’t see every day. The Sesame Street Muppet donned a ...WCNY’s new $20 million headquarters “spectacular,” PBS’s Kerger says
At the grand opening Wednesday of WCNY’s new $20 million Broadcast and Education Center in Syracuse, N.Y., PBS President Paula Kerger declared ...Senate confirms former PBS Board member Wheeler as FCC chair
The Senate confirmed former PBS Board member Tom Wheeler Tuesday night to head the FCC, reports The Hill. “Tom Wheeler will be a strong ...Bill Moyers ending Moyers & Company in January
Bill Moyers announced today to his colleagues in public TV that the last broadcast of his Moyers & Company public-affairs show will air Jan. ...Suarez says he left NewsHour due to his diminished role
Newsman Ray Suarez, who exited PBS NewsHour after 14 years last week, tells Fox News Latino that he resigned because his contributions to the ...
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