Author: Dru Sefton
Moyers celebrates 200K on Facebook with thank-you video
Veteran pubcasting journalist Bill Moyers today hit 200,000 likes on his Facebook page, home to his public affairs show Moyers & Co. Program spokesman ...President Obama chooses SCETV chair as third nomination to CPB Board
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Brent Nelsen, a political science professor at Furman University in Greenville, S.C., to a term on ...CPB accepts policy revamp proposal from radio CSG panel; first changes since 2005
The CPB Board on April 22 unanimously approved changes to its Radio Community Service Grants program for fiscal 2014, including phased-in hikes ...KCETLink’s Marcus exits, recalling ‘great run’ with SoCal Connected
Bret Marcus, the KCET exec who led production of the station’s acclaimed local news series SoCal Connected, is among the 22 employees riffed in the ...CPB study to examine public policy implications of spectrum auctions
CPB has initiated a six-month research project on the upcoming broadcast spectrum auctions that will culminate with publication of a white paper. Mark ...CPB Board recognizes retiring IG Konz
The CPB Board today honored retiring CPB Inspector General Kenneth Konz with a resolution of appreciation for his service in the post ...Public radio tattoos make a comeback
The latest package of public radio fundraising premiums allows devout listeners to temporarily brand their passion for their favorite shows on their ...KCETLink lays off 22 in reorganization, shifts priority to transmedia content
KCETLink, the independent pubmedia organization created through merger six months ago between pubcaster KCET in Los Angeles and national satellite programmer Link ...Novel set in community radio station, Kilowatt, now out in paperback
Kilowatt, a 2007 novel set in community radio station KVMR in Nevada City, Calif., is now available in paperback. The story revolves around ...Content co-op puts arts center stage
Public television stations are ramping up production of local arts and culture programming through an initiative launched last September by WNET in ...WGBH’s Greater Boston goes nationwide on World Channel with bombing coverage
Tonight’s special edition of Greater Boston from WGBH, focused on the shocking bomb blasts at Monday’s Boston Marathon, will be distributed nationally on the ...Rivero exiting WGBH, Pruess heading to Quad Cities, AIR appoints Ferro to board, and more ...
Marita Rivero, vice president and general manager for radio and television at producing powerhouse WGBH, is stepping down after nearly 30 years ...Iowa Public Radio in negotiations with terminated C.E.O. Herrington
Attorneys for Iowa Public Radio are negotiating a settlement with fired C.E.O. Mary Grace Herrington, the Des Moines Register reports. Herrington was terminated in ...Python alum Cleese voices ads for Great TV Auction in Milwaukee
The story of how Monty Python’s Flying Circus star John Cleese became a pitchman for Milwaukee Public Television’s Great TV Auction dates to 1987 ...Last season of NBC’s The Office welcomes pubcaster WVIA as a co-star
WVIA, the PBS member station for the Scranton, Pa., area, is a guest star in the final season of the hit NBC ...
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