Programs/Content
Public radio organizations partner to acquire podcast app
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NPR, WNYC, WBEZ and This American Life teamed up to make the deal.
Quick Takes
NPR adds Congress editor from CNN
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NPR also announced the head of a station collaboration on election coverage.
Quick Takes
Utah’s Brigham Young walks back plan to drop classical format on KBYU
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The university will air a variety format on a station purchased from Community Wireless of Park City.
Programs/Content
PBS rekindles political debate show ‘Firing Line’
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The show will be hosted by Margaret Hoover, a political commentator and Republican strategist.
Programs/Content
Former host of WGBH woodworking show files trademark infringement suit
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The former host of Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac says WGBH is profiting off his image with a new season of the show.
System/Policy
Investigation of WNYC finds no evidence of pervasive discrimination
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An outside law firm reported that bullying behavior was “known and tolerated in certain circumstances for months or even years.”
System/Policy
Spanish-language Rhode Island broadcaster signs off after ending lease on AM station
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Latino Public Radio was airing on a signal owned by Rhode Island Public Radio, which now aims to sell the station.
Obituaries
Public Affairs Television co-founder Joan Konner dies at 87
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Konner was a “model executive producer” with “high journalistic standards, sharp intellect, and the eye for a good story, well-told.”
Obituaries
Carl Kasell, former NPR newscaster and ‘Wait Wait’ judge, dies at 84
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“He remains in my mind an exemplar of what it means to be both a broadcaster, and a person,” said Wait Wait host Peter Sagal.
Programs/Content
NPR considers revised ‘Morning Edition’ clock to reduce ‘cluttered’ feel
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A proposed update would lengthen segments and return the show to a format of two newscasts per hour instead of three.
Quick Takes
SCPR challenges trademark for in-flight Wi-Fi brand
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SCPR is fighting against a trademark application that it says is too similar to its AirTalk trademark.
System/Policy
Staffers at Seattle’s KUOW will lose jobs as station revamps drive-time programming
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Seven positions will be eliminated and replaced with new roles.
People
Colorado Public Radio picks Stewart Vanderwilt as new president
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Vanderwilt has worked as GM of KUT in Austin, Texas, for 18 years.
Quick Takes
Pacifica settles debts with Empire State Realty Trust
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The foundation is also in the “final stages” of relocating the transmitter for WBAI in New York City.
Quick Takes
NPR creates two digital leadership roles
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Kerry Lenahan and Joel Sucherman will fill the new positions.
Quick Takes
Keillor looks to restart ‘Writer’s Almanac’
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He also expressed interest in reviving tours of “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Quick Takes
The Current launches 24/7 Prince-themed stream
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The stream will highlight “the roots and fruits of the Purple Family Tree.”
Programs/Content
‘American Experience’ harnesses Facebook to identify teen in 50-year-old footage
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The footage came from a march following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Quick Takes
N.C. university sells jazz stations to religious broadcaster
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Educational Media Foundation will receive WSHA 88.9 FM in Raleigh and two translators in Rocky Mount and Fayetteville.
Programs/Content
WBUR contest casts ‘wide net’ for new public radio comedy show
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Finalists will pilot ideas with help from “Car Talk” producers.