Author: Mike Janssen
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.Monday roundup: PBS ombud takes up purported Harper’s spat; WAMU euthanizes Animal House
Plus: Public radio's shifting economics, and The Moth crosses the pond.Wilson in farewell to NPR: “Thank you for the best six years of my life”
Kinsey Wilson, NPR’s outgoing chief content officer, sent this farewell email to NPR staff Friday. When I arrived at NPR six years ago, my wife ...Public radio organizations weigh in on FCC public file proposal
A proposal to require noncommercial radio stations to disclose program funders and share other public file records online has prompted widely varying ...Friday roundup: StartUp podcast raises $1M; Alaska DJ killed
Plus: Doctors meet Alex the Muppet, and a Florida college sells two stations.Wednesday roundup: St. Louis station files complaint over Ferguson fees; Washington talks Snap
Plus: A familiar scam gets a makeover, and reasons to love Zoom.Tuesday roundup: NPR ombud examines climate coverage; Wisconsin station mourns reporter’s death
Plus: A remembrance of David Candow, and a community radio host's legal threat.Media-watchers check in on PBS/Harper’s kerfuffle
The dustup, or at least perceived dustup, between Harper’s and PBS is getting more attention, with the magazine’s publisher sharing more details with the Columbia ...NPR announces new COO, departure of Chief Content Officer Kinsey Wilson
NPR President Jarl Mohn, who stepped into the role July 1, announced today a new COO and the departure of Kinsey Wilson, ...Monday roundup: WNYC revamps Schoolbook.org, CPB gives NPR $1 million for foreign coverage
Plus: American Graduate Day carriage grows, and a NewsHour segment prompts scrutiny.
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