Author: Dru Sefton
Morgese accepts GM post at KUED-TV
Veteran pubcaster James Morgese will take over Dec. 1 as GM of KUED-TV in Salt Lake City. Morgese has more than 30 years ...NewsHour audience falls 48 percent over last eight years
Baltimore Sun Television Critic David Zurawik reports that PBS NewsHour has lost 48 percent of its audience over the last eight years. NewsHour‘s average audience, the number ...PBS Station Services chief to exit next week
Joyce Herring, s.v.p. of station services for PBS, is leaving the network Oct. 31, President Paula Kerger announced today in an email ...WVPT-TV in Harrisonburg, Va., sells headquarters it has used since 1968
WVPT-TV has struck a deal to sell the building it has used as its headquarters since 1968 and move to a larger ...Nashville PTV takes on end-of-life challenges in multiyear project
Nashville Public Television is tackling the complex issues surrounding aging and death in an “NPT Reports” multiplatform project, “Aging Matters: End of ...Sherlock to follow Downton Abbey on Sundays
PBS is pairing two Masterpiece favorites on Sunday nights: the upcoming third season of its hit Sherlock and ratings blockbuster Downton Abbey, the network announced today. ...Decade of StoryCorps chats inspires NPR and PBS specials, book and gala
StoryCorps begins marking its 10-year anniversary this week with a special series airing on NPR’s Morning Edition. The segments include an interview with StoryCorps ...PBS SoCal to broadcast A-list stars on Hollywood Reporter Roundtables
Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Forest Whitaker are among the stars scheduled to appear on a series of hourlong entertainment ...Suarez sets exit date from NewsHour, Keith heading for White House, Cruz running KVCR and more ...
Alfredo Cruz has stepped up to run dual licensee KVCR, becoming the third g.m. at the San Bernardino, Calif., station in less ...Caryn Mathes leaving D.C.’s WAMU-FM for KUOW-FM in Seattle
Caryn Mathes, g.m. of WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C., will assume the same post at KUOW and Puget Sound Public Radio in Seattle ...World Channel premieres Local USA, showcasing pubTV stories nationwide
Local USA, a 13-part documentary series focusing on “story, character, region and place,” premieres today on the World Channel. The half-hour series, a co-production ...Pittsburgh pubcaster partnering on local War of the Worlds performance
WESA-FM in Pittsburgh is marking the 75th anniversary of the infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast with a live performance of the H.G. ...KPBS management cautioning staffers on SAG-AFTRA representation
Management at KPBS in San Diego is discouraging staffers from unionizing with SAG-AFTRA, the San Diego Beat reports. The alt-weekly newspaper reported that KPBS employees ...Veterans of KQED Newsroom return to
San Francisco to mark show’s revivalA group of some 80 pubcasters will gather Friday night in San Francisco to celebrate the return of KQED Newsroom, that title of a groundbreaking ...APT pledge special goes behind the scenes with Doc Martin
American Public Television is presenting an exclusive look at the taping of Season 6 of Doc Martin in a pledge special set to be ...
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