Author: Tyler Falk
Public Affairs Television co-founder Joan Konner dies at 87
Konner was a “model executive producer” with “high journalistic standards, sharp intellect, and the eye for a good story, well-told.”Carl Kasell, former NPR newscaster and ‘Wait Wait’ judge, dies at 84
"He remains in my mind an exemplar of what it means to be both a broadcaster, and a person," said Wait Wait host Peter ...NPR considers revised ‘Morning Edition’ clock to reduce ‘cluttered’ feel
A proposed update would lengthen segments and return the show to a format of two newscasts per hour instead of three.SCPR challenges trademark for in-flight Wi-Fi brand
SCPR is fighting against a trademark application that it says is too similar to its AirTalk trademark.Staffers at Seattle’s KUOW will lose jobs as station revamps drive-time programming
Seven positions will be eliminated and replaced with new roles.Colorado Public Radio picks Stewart Vanderwilt as new president
Vanderwilt has worked as GM of KUT in Austin, Texas, for 18 years.Pacifica settles debts with Empire State Realty Trust
The foundation is also in the "final stages" of relocating the transmitter for WBAI in New York City.NPR creates two digital leadership roles
Kerry Lenahan and Joel Sucherman will fill the new positions.Keillor looks to restart ‘Writer’s Almanac’
He also expressed interest in reviving tours of "A Prairie Home Companion."The Current launches 24/7 Prince-themed stream
The stream will highlight “the roots and fruits of the Purple Family Tree.”‘American Experience’ harnesses Facebook to identify teen in 50-year-old footage
The footage came from a march following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.N.C. university sells jazz stations to religious broadcaster
Educational Media Foundation will receive WSHA 88.9 FM in Raleigh and two translators in Rocky Mount and Fayetteville.WBUR contest casts ‘wide net’ for new public radio comedy show
Finalists will pilot ideas with help from "Car Talk" producers.Mark Brush, digital director for Michigan Radio, dies at 49
“He’s one of those bright lights you don’t run into very often,” a colleague said.NPR faces another lawsuit from aggressive copyright protector
The plaintiff is represented by a law firm that has filed hundreds of copyright lawsuits against media companies.
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