Apps
Michigan Radio PD will join NPR to focus on ‘local experience’ of streaming app
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Tamar Charney will be the local editorial lead for NPR One.
Quick Takes
Stalker of public radio DJ sentenced to probation
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Patrick Henry Kelly received five years of probation.
People
NPR tech reporter quits to build ‘a new kind of radio’
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The former Planet Money reporter thinks the public radio system isn’t doing enough “to make the jump into the digital age.”
System/Policy
Eleven stations partner for Indiana news network
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CPB is supporting the Indiana-based Regional Journalism Center with a $609,000 grant.
Quick Takes
PRPD plans study of millennials
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PRPD will partner with Jacobs Media on the research next year.
System/Policy
Three Alaska stations to collaborate on energy news
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This is the fourth journalism collaboration CPB has backed in the last two months.
System/Policy
New law clarifies pubcasters’ eligibility for disaster aid
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Some broadcasters had been denied federal assistance after damage from major disasters.
Stations
Utah’s KPCW receives donation of FM signal
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The donation was part of an “incentive package” from a commercial broadcaster to get KPCW to move down the dial.
Quick Takes
Racial diversity of NPR’s newsroom stays level over three years
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People of color account for 22.4 percent of the network’s news staff.
System/Policy
Seven Illinois stations start news collaboration
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CPB will support the initiative with a $715,000 grant.
Tech
Hearken raises $700,000 in seed funding
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The funding will help the company double its staff in the next year and develop new features.
Obituaries
Washington-area radio journalist Max Cacas dies at 61
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“He seemed to know everyone in the business and what was going on in public and commercial radio.”
Programs/Content
Second season of ‘Serial’ drops
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After much anticipation, a new episode of the podcast is in fans’ feeds.
Stations
Las Vegas university delays plan to give Nevada Public Radio control of station
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A vote on the proposal was postponed indefinitely.
Programs/Content
Diane Rehm to retire next year
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Rehm plans to retire sometime after next year’s presidential election.
Programs/Content
WBUR and The New York Times partner on ‘Modern Love’ podcast
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The idea grew out of the station’s internal innovation lab.
Quick Takes
Students, supporters protest KPLU sale
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A Friends of KPLU group has also formed with ambitions of purchasing the station.
Programs/Content
Digital audience grows for NPR and stations, but live streaming stalls
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The total hours of NPR podcasts downloaded rose 45 percent from fall 2014 to fall 2015.
Stations
KPLU advisory board asks licensee to reconsider sale
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The board hopes the university will consider other options, including community ownership.
spectrum auction
Why public radio stations should care about the TV spectrum auction
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The auction’s biggest impact will be on public TV, but a consultant warns that radio could experience fallout.