Author: Dru Sefton
KERA hires Glenn Fisher, formerly of TPT, as new chief operating officer
KERA in Dallas has hired Glenn Fisher as its chief operating officer. Fisher will oversee daily administration of the organization, managing the ...Newman’s Own gives WETA $100,000 for BrainLine multimedia work
WETA in Arlington, Va., has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation for its BrainLine, a national multimedia project offering ...FCC launches informational website on upcoming spectrum auctions
The FCC has just released a staff summary of the upcoming broadcast television spectrum incentive auctions. The 11-page document explains in clear ...George Rogers dies; former development director at WCET-TV
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. George H. Rogers, who worked as development and community relations director at ...Next Avenue, pubmedia site for seniors, sees “win-win” in partnership with RLTV
Next Avenue — the online magazine for Americans aged 50 years and older created by Twin Cities Public Television — is now ...NPR decides on hosts, Shuster leaves the network, Rapley gets WGBH McGhee Fellowship, and more ...
Audie Cornish, who guest-hosted ATC during Michele Norris’s 2012 leave of absence, becomes permanent co-host of the NPR newsmag, alongside Robert Siegel ...Rocky Mountain PBS to merge with pubradio jazz station and investigative network
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Rocky Mountain PBS is merging with local jazz pubradio station KUVO-FM and ...Hate spoilers? Full Downton Season 3 coming on iTunes Jan. 29
Apple announced Monday that fans of Downton Abbey from Masterpiece Classic can get early access to all Season 3 episodes — including those yet to air ...Is it fall for Downton Abbey? Scheduling is “complicated,” Kerger says
PBS is weighing whether to schedule the debut of the next season of Downton Abbey for the fall, when it is set to air ...PBS and Mister Rogers’ production company team up again, for Peg + Cat
PBS Kids is premiering a new animated show for preschoolers this fall, Peg + Cat. Partnering is the Fred Rogers Co., which also helped ...Second pubTV station pays fine for missteps handling federal grants
When the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts announced a settlement with Boston’s WGBH over its handling of $60 million in federal grant ...Newtown followups, unique documentary on Stephen Hawking coming from PBS
PBS unveiled upcoming feature programming today at the annual Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Highlights include a week ...Library of Congress requests interview footage of Bataan veterans from KNME
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. The Library of Congress has asked New Mexico PBS to contribute unedited ...Pubcasting supporter Sen. Jay Rockefeller to retire in 2014
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), today announced that he will not seek re-election in 2014. Joining him for his appearance in Charleston was ...Experts leery of FCC meeting 2014 spectrum auction deadline
Will the FCC meet its self-imposed deadline of 2014 for completion of broadcast spectrum auctions? That’s still to hard to say, according ...
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