Author: Mike Janssen
How WAMU and WYSO found success in reinvention
At the 2017 Public Radio Program Directors conference, general managers from the stations shared insights about innovative strategies that powered growth.Music format highlighting hip-hop, other genres seeks home on public radio
CPB is backing development of the new “Urban Alternative” format and looking for three stations to start airing it this year.Where do public broadcasting stations abound?
A reader wants to know how many cities have duplicate NPR and PBS stations.Watch our screening and panel discussion of Marlon Riggs’ ‘Tongues Untied’
The latest installment in our "Get With the Program" series focuses on a groundbreaking 1991 film.Our public TV–watching parties continue
We supply the iconic public TV shows, you bring your questions — and the snacks.View our online screening of William F. Buckley’s ‘Firing Line’
With excerpts and interviews, we looked back at the influential public affairs show.San Francisco’s KMTP angles for channel-share after winning $87M in spectrum auction
KMTP will create an endowment and use the proceeds to acquire access to wireless spectrum.Sale of dozens of noncommercial signals in FCC spectrum auction earns minimum of $1.9 billion
Check out our summary of how the spectrum auction appears to be playing out for public media.Blue Ridge PBS will use $5.8M auction take to upgrade equipment, expand local programming
Station President James Baum said viewers in the stations’ coverage area will not lose PBS service due to overlap from other broadcasters.After release of results, stations announce plans for FCC auction largesse
The big sums will help to expand services, pay off debts and enable technical upgrades.Virginia network gets $182M from sale of two stations in spectrum auction
The stations air a mix of international programming, including some locally produced shows.Watch CPB’s CEO testify before Congress
Pat Harrison visited the Hill to explain why public media deserves federal support.How key committee members in Congress have voted on pubmedia funding
Past votes may indicate how legislators weighing in on CPB’s appropriation will address the White House’s proposed end to federal funding.Tennessee station reportedly fires journalist after complaints from state lawmakers
The reporter’s story captured some candid remarks about proposed legislation that would affect transgender high-school students.Former employees describe end of Oregon call center
Our coverage of the demise of Comnet Marketing Group brought responses from former staffers.
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