Author: Karen Everhart
Options run out in Ohio college town as licensee guts its pubradio budget
In a southwestern Ohio college town, the public radio news station with seven full-time employees will become an unstaffed repeater for Cincinnati ...Car bomb attack thwarted: ‘We made it out, and we’re alive’
"Being in Baghdad is a narrow escape every day,” says Loren Jenkins, NPR foreign editor, reflecting on the dangers surrounding the network’s ...Schiller hit ‘every point’ on NPR’s c.e.o. wish list
NPR’s next president made one giant leap in the news business two years ago when she moved from long-form documentary production into ...NPR postpones test of station-network online fundraising
To make time for talks with concerned stations, NPR has put on hold a proposed trial of online giving on NPR.org.Satradio merger okayed without pubradio provisions
The compromise package of fines and consumer protections imposed by the FCC in exchange for approving the merger of the Sirius and ...CPB funds three Public Radio Talent Quest finalists to develop pilots
Three finalists in the Public Radio Talent Quest won CPB research-and-development grants totaling $800,000 to refine and develop pilots they conceived and ...50 miles from epicenter
It was purely by chance that a team of veteran NPR journalists was working in Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province, ...Contract signed to preserve Salt Lake public radio news station
Wasatch Public Media, a new nonprofit established just 10 weeks ago to buy KCPW-FM in Salt Lake City and keep it a ...Stern lost support in his tryout as No. 1 at NPR
There was no single reason why the NPR Board ended Ken Stern’s 18-month run as chief executive officer — or at least ...After a big score, deals sour and Utah station pulls back
A small-town Utah public-radio outfit that expanded into Salt Lake City thanks to its founders’ deal-making acumen — and stirred controversy over ...Consortium outlines vision for Latino public radio service
A newly formed consortium of Latino public broadcasters is calling for public radio to expand its service to the nation’s growing Hispanic ...PRX narrows its search for talent with hostiness
From 1,452, now there are 10. And they’re hot to talk. The online casting call created by Public Radio Exchange — part of ...Weiss makes v.p. with endorsement of NPR newsroom
Ellen Weiss, an award-winning producer and editor in NPR’s news division over 25 years, will become its leader, the network announced last ...Spanish-language Vme joins options for stations’ DTV broadcasts
Programming will include educational shows, how-to and lifestyle programs, movies and performance shows, and current-affairs programs.Ex-NBC news exec will manage WNET
Neal Shapiro, president of NBC News until 16 months ago, will succeed William Baker as president and c.e.o. of New York’s WNET. ...
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