Author: Mike Janssen
Talks on infrastructure
Top pubradio executives have begun discussing ideas for a comprehensive “back end” digital storage and distribution system that backers say could support ...‘Radio Lab’: where Big Ideas become audio art
The show from NPR and WNYC explores big ideas in science in an accessible, even addictive style.NPR rallies system to jointly build ‘trusted space’
NPR launched the next phase of public radio’s New Realities process last week, releasing an ambitious plan to strengthen ties with listeners ...Orozco gives small station big-league news presence
Lance Orozco is one of Southern California’s most honored and recognized journalists. Yet he doesn’t work for the Los Angeles Times or a commercial ...Germans pick NPR over Voice of America to broadcast in Berlin
An FM station in Berlin will soon become the first programmed overseas by National Public Radio.Weak audience and income blamed in classical fade
For lovers of classical music, these are difficult times. Once pubradio’s dominant format, classical music is still widespread on the airwaves. As of ...Finale for music as WETA goes all-news
To stop a long slide in audience, WETA-FM in Washington, D.C., will adopt an all-news format Feb. 28. With almost unanimous approval ...Universities to merge stations, creating Iowa Public Radio
Three public radio operations will merge to create a new Iowa Public Radio network, the state’s Board of Regents has confirmed. The net ...New formats in commercial radio could attract public radio fans
Classical music, liberal-friendly talk programming and rock tunes couched in mellow ambiance might sound like familiar public radio fare. But they’re also ...Cost of democratic safeguards is steep, Pacifica discovers
Pacifica’s transition to a listener-elected board of directors carried an unexpectedly high price tag, and network executives are exploring cheaper alternatives. Last year ...Standing on its own, WNYC takes cues from New York City’s vitality
"We don’t do anything in a small way,” says Laura Walker, and in her eight years as president of New York’s WNYC ...NPR’s reassignment of Bob Edwards shocks, explanations befuddle
The cry from a distraught public rang out: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” After announcing the reassignment of Morning Edition host Bob ...Why NPR reassigned Bob Edwards: show needs co-host to improve coverage
NPR reassigned Morning Edition host Bob Edwards to make way for a two-host setup intended to strengthen the show's news coverage, said Jay Kernis, ...MPR to rep its own shows, mainstays of PRI catalog
Minnesota Public Radio will begin distributing many of its own programs this summer, depriving longtime distribution partner Public Radio International of strong ...‘Piano Jazz’ host Marian McPartland, a dame at jazz crossroads
Piano Jazz hits its silver anniversary in April, a landmark that surprises nobody more than venerated host and pianist Marian McPartland. “It’s kind of ...
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