Tech
Facing closure, antenna maker Shively finds a buyer
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A major supplier of FM antennas and transmission equipment to public radio stations will remain in business under new ownership.
Tech
Datacasting, ATSC 3.0 create new questions for pubcasters
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In a Q&A, lawyers Melodie Virtue and Brad Deutsch discuss what’s next for pubcasters experimenting with ATSC 3.0 and what questions are still too new to even have answers yet.
Tech
PRSS begins assessing needs for next technology upgrade
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The Public Radio Satellite System is seeking a contractor to research future connectivity needs of stations large and small.
Tech
Cross-border partnership brings NextGen TV to Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky market
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An agreement between KET and Public Media Connect is the first in which separately owned public broadcasting networks are cooperating on an ATSC 3.0 launch.
Tech
Public radio engineers await fate of major antenna maker
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The potential sale of Shively Labs, one of the country’s only major manufacturers of high-power FM broadcast antennas, is causing concern among public radio engineers who depend on the company for challenging projects.
Programs/Content
Pubmedia’s datacasting startup forges content partnership with Sesame Workshop
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“The partnership model is key to everything we do,” says Erik Langner, CEO of the Information Equity Initiative.
System/Policy
How WGCU rode out Hurricane Ian and maintained radio service through the thick of the storm
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The station in Fort Myers, Fla., turned its TV studios over to a local Fox affiliate and relied on an auxiliary radio transmitter to stay on the air.
System/Policy
Kentucky stations struggle to report on — and recover from — historic flooding
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The floods submerged the studio of community radio station WMMT and damaged its decades of media archives.
Tech
ATSC event showcases public TV’s growing offerings in educational datacasting
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Stations are continuing to reinforce their datacasting efforts as the initial urgency of the pandemic has given way to longer-term planning.
Tech
How pandemic evacuations created openings for pubcasters to build new studios
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Disruption and dislocation allowed some public media stations to plan — and even finish — upgrades to their headquarters.
Tech
Engineers, GMs go the distance to keep Alaska’s remote stations on the air
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“There are no roads to here, so the only way you get in is by airplane or ship, or if you have a snow machine,” says Pierre Lonewolf, chief engineer of KOTZ in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Tech
New tech promises better signals, more interactivity and data options for pubcasters
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At the NAB Show, broadcast tech companies rolled out FM boosters that enable “zonecasting” and previewed the next-generation capabilities they’re developing for HD Radio.
Tech
Radio engineers’ conference returns in conjunction with spring NAB Show
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The hybrid conference aims to draw new staffers to public radio with scholarships for more than a dozen engineers.
People
Support your local station? Former NPR CEO Jarl Mohn is supporting them all
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Mohn’s $1,000 donations to all of NPR’s member stations are netting him a sizable mug collection.
Tech
Public TV asks FCC for flexibility in preserving multicast channels amid ATSC 3.0 transition
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An FCC loophole is causing problems for stations that want to join marketwide launches of the new broadcast technology.
Tech
WNET Group unveils plan to launch New York City’s first ATSC 3.0 service
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“As viewers and set manufacturers and datacasting companies see this moving into the largest television market in the country … that’s going to make people pay more attention to the NextGen transition,” said Bob Feinberg, VP of business development.
Tech
In new PMVG role, Skip Pizzi digs into ‘on the ground’ work of ATSC 3.0 rollout
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Pizzi’s consulting position with PMVG is actually a return to a group he played a role in forming.
Tech
New nonprofit will expand digital health and education offerings through datacasting
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“Our goal as a nonprofit is to make enriching digital resources available to as many people as possible even if they don’t have broadband,” said Information Equity Initiative CEO Erik Langner.
Tech
Washington’s WHUT to play central role in partnership launching local ATSC 3.0 signals
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WHUT’s broadcast signal will get new equipment and a power boost to serve as the ATSC 3.0 host station, carrying not only its own programming but streams from four major commercial stations.
Tech
PMG rebrands as Signal Infrastructure Group
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“We were most focused on reflecting the fact that what we’re building and operating are shared infrastructure platforms that are meant to serve the entire broadcast industry,” said President Erik Langner.