Quick Takes
‘Dinner Party Download’ to end production
The show is going off the air in part due to funding challenges.WAMU to begin offering evening version of ‘1A’
The new version will be available to stations Nov. 13.Science lessons from WGBH/NASA collaboration premiere online
WGBH developed the content with input from 50 teacher advisers.Charlotte’s WFAE receives $100K grant to experiment on NPR One
The station will hire an on-demand producer, develop podcasts, create content to serve “diverse audiences” and “uncover unique, untold stories.”After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico university shuts down PBS station
CPB had given $30,000 to help the station recover from hurricane damage.CPB gives PBS Kids channel $5.6M for games, outreach
The interactive game feature should roll out later this year, according to PBS.Las Vegas LPFM sues CPB over denial of grant
The president of Las Vegas Public Radio is asking for punitive damages of $1.7 million as well as other monetary damages.ASNE survey shows nonprofits more racially diverse than newsrooms overall
ASNE released the annual survey during its News Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.County declines to charge questioner removed from WLVT town hall
Simon Radecki asked Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) if his daughter had been kidnapped.NPR is considering three regions for piloting journalism hubs
The pilot hubs could be in place as early as this year.CPB IG recommends recouping $1.1M from WLRN for misreporting income, plus penalties
WLRN GM John LaBonia said repaying the funds “would be catastrophic” to the station and “would likely result in significant cutbacks.”CPB grant will help stations expand investigative journalism
American Public Media, the recipient of the grant, will help stations with training and other resources.New CPB grant bolsters disaster communications work at stations
NPR will use the $419,000 grant to help up to 30 stations across 10 states.Several Florida counties to get public radio news for first time in WMFE deal
Daystar Public Radio will sell jazz station WKSG-FM in Cedar Creek, Fla., to WMFE for $900,000.Chicago station considers channel-share after selling spectrum in auction
WYCC would continue to broadcast by sharing spectrum with WTTW.