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Ten stations below CPB grants criteria
At least 10 public television stations could be at risk of losing vital CPB community service grants this fiscal year and next ...Seeking the next $100 million
A review of public stations’ financial data over the past 15 years shows that, despite their widely divergent revenue trajectories, public radio ...If CPB is defunded, 130 stations ‘at high risk’
What if Congress stopped allocating federal aid to pubcasting? The latest bleak financial analysis from CPB, released last week, adds some specifics ...Late professor left gifts to NPR, Texas station in will
NPR and KMBH in Harlingen, Texas, have received donations from a devoted listener who passed away in 2009. Wallace Cameron, a former ...PubTV tests new approaches for fundraising with kids’ TV
This reluctance to fundraise around children’s shows is “a conundrum,” Rotenberg said in an interview. “Kids’ programming is probably the most recognized ...Academic study on thank-you gifts for donations yields unexpected results
A new study on thank-you gifts in exchange for donations has produced counterintuitive results, according to Psychology Today: Receiving a gift unconditionally, such as ...Avoid the penalty — don’t lose sight of direct-mail acquisition
The Super Bowl is over. The boys of summer have just taken the field. And March Madness has only recently subsided. That ...Extolling public TV’s mission with an edge
I love standing on a stage — especially in the American heartland — and saying to 500 public television supporters, “Fear is ...Underwriting drop leaves NPR with $2.6M shortfall
Facing an operating deficit of $2.6 million this fiscal year due to a shortfall in corporate sponsorship income, NPR is stepping up ...Ford backs for-profit newsroom
A recent Ford Foundation grant to the Los Angeles Times highlights the heightened competition pubcasters face for philanthropic dollars in a fast-changing media world. ...Delays by IRS put chills on news startups
Nonprofit news outfits that have sprung up across the country to fill gaps left by commercial media have hit an unexpected barrier ...Questions to ask before you collaborate
For two decades, Dick McPherson has managed the McPherson Associates’ Public Media Co-op, through which 30-plus stations with more than 25 percent ...Q&A: ‘Building on strengths’ key to PBS strategy
After stints in the cable world as producers and programmers, PBS execs Beth Hoppe and Donald Thoms returned to PBS last August ...Maine legislators reject proposal to zero out pubcasting aid
A committee of Maine’s legislature unanimously voted April 5 to reject Gov. Paul LePage’s bid to eliminate funding for the state’s public ...Court would let public stations sell candidate and issues ads
No, there won’t be any windfall of Obama and Romney Super PAC gazillions for public stations this year. By a 2–1 vote, ...
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