System/Policy
Vegas PBS offers workforce training program for youth in juvenile justice system
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With funding from MGM Resorts, the station aims to help close equity gaps for students in detention.
Programs/Content
5 takeaways from the expansion of public radio’s climate change coverage
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Newsrooms that prioritize local climate reporting are finding receptive audiences and collaborative partners.
System/Policy
WYSO plans move to historic Yellow Springs building with boost from Dave Chappelle
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The station will lease space from Chappelle, a major WYSO supporter, who bought the building last year and is renovating it to meet the station’s needs.
Programs/Content
Program directors point to multiple reasons for Triple A audience growth
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Listeners have been tuning in more frequently and listening longer. In some markets, they’re hearing new voices and more beats in the music mix.
Programs/Content
WHRO acquires oldies station with ‘passionate’ following
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With a signal boost and rebranding of WFOS as the Time Machine Radio Network, WHRO aims to reach a new audience of listeners and future donors. “There’s nothing else like it on the air,” said CEO Bert Schmidt.
Programs/Content
How the Hindsight Project built new relationships between Southern stations and BIPOC filmmakers
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“It’s BIPOC filmmakers telling stories from their own communities,” said Nick Price, series producer with Reel South. “It’s not people who are from outside the South coming in and telling what they conceive of the South.”
Programs/Content
NEA grant supports use of WTJU jazz history show in classrooms
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The community radio station in Charlottesville, Va., will turn the show “Jazz at 100” into a curriculum for high school and early college students.
System/Policy
Rare donation of license awards freedom to Vermont community station
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Goddard College has transferred operation of WGDR/WGDH to a new independent nonprofit.
Programs/Content
Launch of podcast about racial wealth inequalities signals big ambitions for WBGO Studios
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New Jersey’s WBGO is moving to create new shows and build sponsorships around podcasts on a broad variety of topics.