Author: Mike Janssen
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 ...Car Talk was still #1 among NPR weekend shows in spring 2012
A new report from Walrus Research shows that NPR’s Car Talk continued its streak as NPR’s most popular weekend program in Spring 2012, with Wait ...Cleveland’s WCLV will go noncommercial
Cleveland commercial classical station WCLV-FM will begin operating as a noncommercial entity Jan. 1, 2013, the station’s owner, ideastream, announced yesterday. “The ...What to do about public radio’s ratings slide?
Now that Arbitron’s new ratings methodology is providing consistent and crunchable year-to-year data on radio listening, public radio programmers and producers are ...NPR budget for 2013 projects $5 million deficit
The 2013 budget approved by the NPR Board Sept. 14 projects a $5.1 million operating deficit, with expenses adding up to $185.5 ...Listen to audio from last week’s PRPD conference
Audio from last week’s Public Radio Program Directors conference in Las Vegas is now available on PRPD’s website, including the keynote address ...There’s no one formula for radio’s weekends
With national producers offering new programs and the Magliozzi Brothers retiring from Car Talk, program directors at public radio stations may have an opportune ...Jefferson Public Radio’s deal with university splits radio from real estate
A new agreement between Southern Oregon University and Jefferson Public Radio settles the months-long dispute between the two parties over control of ...
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