Author: Mike Janssen
WFUV seeks membership boost with new mix of music
New York’s WFUV has expanded its music mix and dropped NPR newscasts, with a goal of enticing more listeners to become members. Starting ...FCC extends deadline for LPFM applications
The FCC has set a new deadline for applicants seeking licenses for low-power FM stations, agreeing to keep its filing window open ...Pacifica seeks nonprofit to take over most operations of New York’s WBAI
The Pacifica Foundation is seeking another nonprofit organization to help operate WBAI, its financially struggling station in New York. In a Request for ...After Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan’s first gig takes him to Greenland
Neal Conan’s first foray out of the studio in 11 years took him very far from the studio indeed — all the ...Gambit to go independent opens new doors for Hinojosa
In launching her own media company, Maria Hinojosa sought to bring a “consistent presence” of a Latina journalist to PBS and take ...DOJ still harshing the mellow for pot dispensary sponsorships
An Aug. 29 update of Department of Justice policies for enforcing marijuana laws did little to clarify whether public radio stations should ...WLRN backpedals after host dumps talk show guest
The author of a book arguing for the innocence of five convicted Cuban spies found himself disinvited from an appearance on Miami’s ...Knell’s departure stalls discussions about expanding NPR’s Code Switch
Talks between NPR and CPB about expanding the network’s Code Switch to a local and regional level are on hold as NPR ...With Jazz Night, WBGO and NPR Music will take fans into venues to listen, watch and chat
NPR and WBGO-FM in Newark, N.J., are teaming up to produce Jazz Night in America, a series of radio broadcasts paired with live, high-quality ...New WYZR brings jazz back to Pittsburgh area
Former staffers of Pittsburgh’s defunct WDUQ-FM have returned to the airwaves with WYZR, a jazz station that signed on Aug. 31 from ...Out of Africa, Thompkins returns to New Orleans home
After serving a stint as NPR's East Africa correspondent, Gwen Thompkins was ready to head in a different direction. WWNO gave her ...Atlanta jazz station hopes smoother sound catches on
Atlanta’s WCLK-FM, a jazz station licensed to Clark University, aims to double its audience share with a new approach to programming music ...With credits gone, NPR’s off-mike staffers get silent treatment
NPR ended the practice Aug. 30 of crediting the off-mike staff behind the scenes of its newsmagazines, citing evidence that the lists ...Ombud’s critique of NPR series prompts rebuke from top brass
“My finding is that the series was deeply flawed and should not have been aired as it was,” the ombudsman wrote. Top ...NPR’s Shapiro will report from London
NPR’s Ari Shapiro will end his stint covering the White House and head abroad in January to report from London, the network ...
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