Development
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Dopart was hailed as PRADO development professional of the year
Since becoming WPR’s director of membership director in 2005, Rebecca Dopart has upped membership revenue by 30 percent — from $5 million ...Outside consultant says WDET fundraising spots weren’t unethical
Pitch spots requesting donations for an audio preservation project at Detroit’s WDET did not violate fundraising ethics, according to an accredited fundraising ...NPR seeks deal to offer CRM to more stations
NPR Digital Services is negotiating with an unidentified vendor to provide cloud-computing products to member stations, potentially transforming the ways they manage ...NPR budget for 2013 projects $5 million deficit
The 2013 budget approved by the NPR Board Sept. 14 projects a $5.1 million operating deficit, with expenses adding up to $185.5 ...WDET apologizes for fundraising spots simulating tape decay
Detroit’s WDET admitted in an August letter to donors that it used suspect advertising tactics in on-air fundraising spots promoting an ambitious ...Jefferson Public Radio’s deal with university splits radio from real estate
A new agreement between Southern Oregon University and Jefferson Public Radio settles the months-long dispute between the two parties over control of ...With new independent film, Ira Glass and TAL dream big
'Sleepwalk With Me,' is the program's latest (and biggest) attempt to break into the movie business.Insistent sponsors put newsrooms on alert
Underwriters of public radio programs increasingly want to link their names more closely to particular stories and reporting projects, according to station ...Podcast with limited radio airplay sets Kickstarter record
Roman Mars is a hard man to find on the radio. Only ten terrestrial stations regularly broadcast his Public Radio Exchange–distributed program 99% Invisible, ...If ratings don’t correlate to dollars at pledge time, what will?
PBS began mining national Nielsen data for pledge-drive audience insights in 2009, but it hasn't learned what to do about declining pledge ...Thicket of uncertainty for federal aid
Public broadcasters face multiple and serious uncertainties on Capitol Hill over the next few months. A spending bill approved by the House subcommittee ...Pledge Pipeline 2012-13
Current’s Pledge Pipeline previews 17 shows heading to public TV on-air membership drives in December 2012 and March 2013.Top prospects for expanding pubradio revenues examined at Public Media Futures Forum
SEATTLE — When public media development consultants and station leaders gathered at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus on July 10 to ...“Inspire Nebraska” capital campaign raises $25 million
The NET Foundations for Television and Radio have exceeded a five-year, $25 million capital goal for their “Inspire Nebraska” campaign. “It was a ...Why don’t more stations adopt ‘sustainer’ ways?
Public radio stations have widely adopted sustaining-member programs over the last several years. Because of this, one might assume that a significant ...
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