Author: Mike Janssen
Current’s annual survey of productions in the works for public TV
More than 100 films are underway, soon to take viewers from sea to sky and everywhere in between.Jazz Ambassadors revisits time when Cold War diplomacy got hip
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — and a handy role in a Cold War propaganda campaign. In ...Friday roundup: Parachutist gets stuck on St. Louis tower; PBS station’s finance manager pleads guilty ...
• The broadcast tower of St. Louis’s Nine Network picked up an unexpected Halloween decoration Thursday night: a parachutist who was stuck ...FCC dismissal of indecency complaints clears way for renewal of pubcasters’ licenses
Pubcasters Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Twin Cities Public Television and KCOS-TV in El Paso, Texas, were among the almost 700 broadcasters whose licenses ...Thursday roundup: Serial spawns much chatter; Music X to launch at SXSW 2015
• It’s Thursday, which means that fans of Serial are getting their weekly dose of podcast crack. The This American Life spinoff, which digs into the details of a ...Clash over Poirot rights caps growing tensions between PBS, Acorn
Acorn TV, the upstart streaming service specializing in British television, is still a tiny operation, with about 115,000 paid subscribers. Nonetheless, its ...Monday roundup: WNYC’s Walker criticizes Christie; Scharpling discusses future of Best Show
Plus: An NPR and KQED founder dies, and a TV critic questions PBS's programming.Thursday roundup: USDA backs digital projects; PBS hires Fox exec for digital
• Public TV stations in four states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will receive a total of $2.5 million in federal ...Susan Sollins, e.p. of arts documentary series, dies
Susan Sollins, executive producer of the biennial public TV series Art in the Twenty-First Century, died Oct. 13. Her age and the cause of ...Appeal to protect public TV’s translators gets little traction with FCC
Pubcasters fear that hundreds of translators could be threatened by the spectrum auction planned for next year.Tuesday roundup: Pew finds NPR listeners lean left; NETA honors members
Plus: Clocks for a few NPR shows are delayed, and comedians honor Jay Leno for a PBS broadcast.Monday roundup: The need for Ferguson coverage; WFMU’s story, in film
Plus: WNET goes deep on poverty, and a jazz radio legend has died.Friday roundup: PBS’s Graham goes to Acorn; programmers offer NPR clock tips
Plus: Grants to digital projects at PRI and WKAR.Wednesday roundup: WDET gets Knight support; Garfield interviews geniuses
Plus: A Phoenix LPFM changes format; advice for community radio stations.Tuesday roundup: Snails disrupt Hawaii Public Radio service; CEO pay draws flak in Pittsburgh
Plus: A radio producer is a USA Knight Fellow, and Mashable covers Curious City.
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