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Manager at community radio KBOO-FM in Portland, Ore., resigns
Lynn Fitch, station manager of KBOO-FM in Portland, Ore., has resigned after losing support from the community radio station’s board of directors, ...Sequestration cuts now figure into APM’s Budget Hero online game
American Public Media has updated its popular online game Budget Hero to reflect the ongoing battle over sequestration cuts in Congress. This fifth ...Susan Lacy to exit PBS for HBO; cites funding struggles
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Susan Lacy, creator and e.p. of American Masters at WNET in New York, is ...CPB Inspector General’s report recommends penalties for WJFF-FM
A new report by the CPB Inspector General’s office released Sept. 12 and posted online today recommends that the corporation penalize WJFF-FM ...Obama to nominate Scripps s.v.p. to CPB Board
President Obama on Sept. 12 announced his intent to nominate David Arroyo to the CPB Board. Arroyo is s.v.p. for legal affairs at ...Pubcaster’s memoir details creative early years at WQED
A Secretly Handicapped Man, out in October, is not only the story of Norbert Nathanson’s place in the history of public broadcasting, but also ...Departing PBS digital head Seiken will aim to transform London’s Telegraph
Jason Seiken, PBS’s outgoing head of digital media, soon will oversee all editorial operations across Britain’s Telegraph Media Group, with editors of ...WTJX in Virgin Islands hires controversial former government official
Marc Biggs, a former U.S. Virgin Islands official convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for government contracts, went to work this week ...Board selects Sukhdeo to run WPBT in Miami
Dolores Sukhdeo is the new president and chief executive officer of WPBT-TV in Miami, the station’s board announced Tuesday. She replaces Rick ...After War disputes, PBS focuses on Latino experience with Latino Americans
As the first major television documentary series to tackle a comprehensive history of U.S. Latinos spanning some 500 years, PBS’s six-hour Latino Americans comes ...Seiken, PBS Digital head, will exit pubcaster for London-based post next month
Jason Seiken, PBS’s innovative head of digital media who exhorted stations to embrace a more videocentric future, will leave the public broadcaster ...PBS Board election goes to tie-breaker, Tomczyk takes on leadership of second station, and more ...
Rich Homberg, president of WTVS in Detroit, was the winner in the first tie ever for a spot on the PBS Board ...Tomczyk heading both WTVP and Illinois Public Media
Chet Tomczyk, president of WTVP in Peoria, Ill., is now serving double-duty as interim general manager of Illinois Public Media in Urbana, ...After 20 years, Latino USA grows to an hour
Latino USA, the longest-running Latino-focused program on radio, expands to an hour beginning Friday. Incoming contributors include Al Madrigal, standup comedian, actor and correspondent ...More Secrets, and asteroids, coming soon to PBS
PBS has commissioned Britain’s Pioneer Productions for a six-part series and a Nova special, reports Televisual, a British-based news site that covers the ...
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