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NPR will distribute $1.2 million to stations, but not everyone is thrilled
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Each NPR member station will receive at least $2,500 next month.
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Each NPR member station will receive at least $2,500 next month.
Public radio “might not have been if the Public Radio Study had not been done.”
“This is really the opportune moment to bring these two legacy media organizations together.”
The report from the Center for Community News found that 91% of stations surveyed said they want to collaborate more with local universities.
“I am truly honored to join the staff of Michigan Radio,” Turner said.
Ibrahim founded the organization in 2019.
The format on KCPW’s 88.3 FM signal will switch to bilingual programming.
The gift will support news and music services at the station over three years.
“Every station has an obligation to ask the question, ‘How can we best approach this opportunity? Who are the right partners to approach this with collaboratively?’” said Nico Leone, CEO of KERA in Dallas.
Dominowski previously led Northeast Indiana Public Radio for nearly a decade.
The three-year contract is expected to go into effect in the coming weeks.
The cuts primarily affected roles within WNYC Studios, the division that houses the organization’s podcasts.
The organization plans to hire a co-executive director to work with Hugo Morales.
“No station was too small or too too big for him to talk to.”
“Economic headwinds on multiple fronts” have prompted a reduction in workforce, CEO LaFontaine Oliver told staff.
The show’s cancellation meant that stations have “fewer options to offer our audience during the midday,” said Sean Birch of South Carolina Public Radio.
Grants to seven stations and NPR aim to “fill gaps” in public media’s statehouse reporting.
The hourlong program discusses sex, relationships, health and other themes that get into “taboo territory.”