Author: Mike Janssen
WGBH widens radio reach with PRI acquisition
WGBH’s acquisition of Public Radio International, announced July 26, positions the station and network to step up their longtime collaboration as co-producers.. ...NPR receives $1.5 million grant to support race and ethnicity reporting
...Like Planet Money, the as-yet-unnamed unit will establish its brand on multiple platforms, through reports for NPR’s radio shows, a blog and ...Radiolab producers don’t believe Lehrer’s contributions to be “compromised”
WNYC, the producer of public radio’s Radiolab, has found “no reason to believe” that frequent contributor Jonah Lehrer’s appearances on the show are ...‘Takeaway’ shifts to middays in bid for broader carriage
WNYC will move production of The Takeaway to later in the day and trim its length to one hour starting in September in an ...NPR builds up team of news-app developers
NPR is stepping up its efforts to innovate in digital news by expanding staff and hiring Brian Boyer, a programmer who created ...Kramer exits as mediation over Oregon’s JPR goes into time-out
Attempts to mediate the months-long dispute between Southern Oregon University and the Medford-based Jefferson Public Radio network were put on hold last ...Anchorage becomes hub in Alaska’s latest public TV alliance
A new configuration of public TV stations in Alaska will begin sharing a single programming feed July 1 under the name Alaska ...Fine of $50,000 settle transfer of San Francisco’s KUSF
The FCC closed its investigation of a management agreement between the University of San Francisco and the Los Angeles–based Classical Public Radio ...PubTV tests new approaches for fundraising with kids’ programs
Though public television stations have been reluctant to solicit pledges during their daytime PBS Kids block, some are testing new approaches for ...Organizers prep for next wave of LPFM
The new noncommercial stations, which broadcast at 100 watts or less, will join the ranks of about 800 LPFMs already on the ...Click and Clack are checking out but will keep chortling in repeats
NPR announced June 8 that Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of the popular and long-running Car Talk, will lay down their wrenches ...‘Car Talk’ guys retire, but archive editions of shows will continue indefinitely
NPR announced Friday that Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of the popular and long-running Car Talk, will lay down their wrenches and stop recording ...Tiny audience, debt service put Tacoma signal in jeopardy
Public Radio Capital is working to keep an FM station it owns in Tacoma, Wash., on the air after June 30, when ...Underwriting drop leaves NPR with $2.6M shortfall
Facing an operating deficit of $2.6 million this fiscal year due to a shortfall in corporate sponsorship income, NPR is stepping up ...Revamped ‘All Things Considered’ brings new sound to weekends
The weekend installment of NPR’s afternoon newsmagazine starts its 35th year on the air this month — and its third year of ...
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