Author: Mike Janssen
FCC will allow low-power FMs in urban markets, accept applications in October 2013
The FCC adopted new rules today regarding low-power FM stations, paving the way to accept a wave of applications for new LPFMs ...170 Million Americans campaign to escalate efforts
Now that the 2012 general election is over, the 170 Million Americans campaign is preparing to rally support for public broadcasting by ...Sweetening the deal for partnering stations
NEW ORLEANS — CPB is considering a proposal to allocate $3 million annually over six years to support collaboration among public radio ...Smiley & West lands on two Chicago stations; town hall planned with Amy Goodman
Two commercial radio stations in Chicago have picked up the weekly Smiley & West show after it was dropped from WBEZ, the city’s public ...Hearing Voices ends production
Producer Barrett Golding said had been thinking about ending the public radio show when he learned that NPR was considering dropping its ...With young actors, Localore’s interactive Ed Zed Omega critiques education system
CPB’s American Graduate initiative has set its sights on targeting dropouts, but another project in public media, Ed Zed Omega, is zeroing ...Superstorm Sandy sidelines FM signals of New Jersey’s WFMU
Superstorm Sandy has knocked both transmitters of freeform WFMU in Jersey City, N.J., off the air, but the station is still webcasting ...As election nears, Swing State Network checks pulse of political battlegrounds
Some states get a little sexier every four years: Ohio. Florida. North Carolina. Their pivotal role in deciding the presidential election has ...America’s Promise Alliance recognizes NPR for report on Native foster care
The America’s Promise Alliance gave its 2012 Journalism Award for Action to NPR for Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families, an October 2011 ...Technology opens door to sharing content
To the editors, Regarding your recent article about discussions of audience-building strategies for public radio at last month’s Public Radio Program Directors conference, ...Punditry, audience declines cost Smiley & West stations
Tavis Smiley is defending the tone and content of his weekly public radio show Smiley & West after Chicago’s WBEZ became the latest and ...Film revives spirit of rebellious Boston radio
Turn on the black light, cue up a Doors album and sink into your beanbag chair: The American Revolution, a documentary coming to public ...Houston stations merge media in bid to boost local content
Add Houston Public Media to the list of pubcasters that are converging radio, TV and online production to increase local programming, attract ...PRPD honors a co-founder and presents a special award to a key provider of audience ...
The Public Radio Program Directors Association gave its 2012 Don Otto Award to audience researcher Peter Dominowski, who co-founded PRPD in 1987. ...WNYC reactivates Swing State Radio Network for debate coverage
The “Swing State Radio Network” launched by New York’s WNYC is returning for the upcoming presidential and vice-presidential debates. WNYC public affairs ...
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