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Ray Suarez resigning from PBS NewsHour
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Ray Suarez, chief national correspondent for PBS NewsHour, is resigning after 14 years with ...Coming up next: Paint drying, grass growing
NRK, the Norwegian public broadcasting network, is at it again. “In its latest experiment with live coverage of mundane events,” The Associated ...Public TV connects to feds’ new emergency alert system
A $56.8 million technology project equipping public television stations to help deliver geo-targeted emergency messages to mobile devices has reached an important ...KEET-TV receives CSG waiver from CPB after failing to meet NFFS minimum
CPB has granted KEET-TV in Eureka, Calif., a waiver to receive its fiscal 2014 Community Service Grant despite its failure to raise ...MacNeil, Lehrer propose to transfer ownership of PBS NewsHour to WETA
Leaders of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, the company behind the PBS NewsHour, are negotiating to transfer ownership to co-producer WETA in Arlington, Va., according to an ...CPB appropriation arrives despite federal shutdown
Public broadcasting’s federal subsidies were not caught up in the political stalemate that forced closure of the federal government Oct. 1. The U.S. ...Krichels, McCoskey make moves; WXXI realigns, promotes new head of TV and news operations; and ...
The staff realignment promoting Elissa Orlando, left, at WXXI in Rochester, N.Y., includes four other promotions for managers.Climate-change activists call for Koch’s resignation from WGBH Board
An environmental activism group says it has more than 70,000 petition signatures demanding the resignation of conservative billionaire David Koch from the ...Quest project hones focus on sustainability, hunts for new partner stations
Quest, KQED’s multimedia science journalism and education project, is seeking more public media reporting partners.Krichels to oversee system development and media strategy for CPB
Veteran pubcaster Ted Krichels will become CPB’s new s.v.p. for system development and media strategy, effective Nov. 4. Krichels replaces Mark Erstling, who ...PBS earns nine News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Frontline received seven of PBS’s nine News & Documentary Emmy Awards, at ceremonies Oct. 1 in New York City. Nature and American Experience rounded out the ...KVCR-TV licensee places g.m. on administrative leave, gives no reason
Kenn Couch, interim g.m. of KVCR-TV in San Bernardino, Calif., has been placed on leave, according to the Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif. Officials ...Online resource PBS LearningMedia registers more than 1 million users
PBS LearningMedia, a digital classroom resource for K–12 educators, topped more than 1 million registered users this month. Operated through a partnership ...Alabama Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit stemming from 2012 APT dismissals
The Alabama Supreme Court on Sept. 27 threw out a lawsuit filed following the 2012 dismissal of two top executives from Alabama ...KCRW brings live Morning Becomes Eclectic performances to YouTube
Select musical performances from KCRW-FM’s signature show Morning Becomes Eclectic are now streaming live on YouTube. The Los Angeles station kicked off the new ...
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