Author: Mike Janssen
NPR Board approves donations from overseas NPR One listeners
The network had to change its bylaws to allow contributions directly from individuals.Podcasts’ strong ad sales help NPR reach second year of budget surplus
“I think you can expect the growth that we saw to continue through the first quarter of 2017,” said Bryan Moffett, g.m. ...Coloradan seeks to serve fellow immigrants with low-power FM station
KETO will broadcast in a variety of languages, aiming to help newcomers assimilate to life in their new country.Collapse of Oregon call center leaves public media in the lurch
Comnet Marketing Group apparently shut down with little notice and murky explanations.Reshuffling of NPR Music includes farewell to ‘Microphone Check’ team
The network is also deepening partnerships with stations and filling new roles in the division.Texas Tribune, ProPublica lead nonprofit ONA winners
Two winning reports aired on public radio’s “Reveal” and “Marketplace.”KPLU chooses new call letters
KNKX “stands for ‘Connects,’” according to the station.NPR’s ‘Best of Car Talk’ will end in September 2017
The show will continue as a podcast with leaner production and may still air on some stations.Facing legal challenge from MPR, Boston company drops the ‘Current’
Listen Current is now Listenwise.Minnesota Public Radio takes legal action over ‘Current’ name
The broadcaster has sued a for-profit educational company for trademark infringement.WAMU seeks buyer for bluegrass stream and stations
The station was advised to focus on news and information.Who’s taking your donation when you call in a pledge?
Our next Currently Curious story will look into the workings of call centers.Emails give peek into behind-the-scenes discussions of KPLU sale
The Seattle Times shared details of how university and station officials sought to manage public reaction.Wisconsin station trumps St. Louis with claim to first weather forecast
Competing claims surfaced after we raised the subject.Karl Schmidt, radio dramatist and longtime Wisconsin host, dies at 93
Schmidt hosted and produced programs for Wisconsin Public Radio for more than 70 years.
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