Author: Mike Janssen
WNYC personalities perform Beck’s “Saint Dude”
In a new video, hosts at New York’s WNYC and others bring to life “Saint Dude.” The song is one of the ...Get a taste of Austin with your holiday music
What do the holidays sound like in Austin, Texas? Austin’s KUT-FM is answering that question with an “Austin-centric” stream of holiday music, ...The ‘ongoing process’ of diversity
Public radio stations trying to diversify their audiences, staffs and programming have found an increasingly active ally in NPR, whose leaders have ...Video: Delaware’s first homegrown public radio station celebrates launch
WDDE-FM signed on in August 2012, becoming the first public radio station based in the state of Delaware. Governor Jack Markell cut ...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 ...
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