Quick Takes
Pew report highlights increase in NPR podcast listeners
Terrestrial broadcast audiences for NPR remained flat.WHYY partners with nonprofit on storytelling project
The station will work with local nonprofit First Person Arts to develop live events, a radio program and a podcast.Interconnection gets $50M in bill heading to full Senate
The interconnection outlay in the Senate bill for fiscal year 2017 bolsters funding of $40 million approved in December’s Omnibus Appropriations bill.Radiotopia narrows field in podcast contest
At least one finalist will be chosen in November to become a member of Radiotopia.PRI adds two CBC programs to distribution portfolio
The shows debuted last month.Minnesota Public Radio newsroom votes to unionize
MPR is the latest public radio newsroom to join SAG-AFTRA.‘ATC’ to air format-breaking diary of a Saudi teenager
Radio Diaries and NPR chose the teenager after she entered their 2013 contest seeking audio diarists. Nearly 1000 people submitted entries.NPR Music partners with pubmedia platform for daily videos
NPR has added the VuHaus Song of the Day to its website.Maine classical service adds Portland station
Maine Public Broadcasting Network's newest radio station reaches about 150,000 potential listeners.WBAA reverses decision to cancel ‘This American Life’
“Considerable listener feedback” caused station leaders to keep the show on its air.‘Invisibilia’ season two releases June 17
Stations will participate in a pre-launch listening party.Emails give peek into behind-the-scenes discussions of KPLU sale
The Seattle Times shared details of how university and station officials sought to manage public reaction.WGBH receives $10 million from NASA for science ed tools
The initiative will be called “Bringing the Universe into America’s Classrooms.”Florida’s WGCU receives ‘transformative’ $3 million gift
The donation will support arts programming on the joint licensee’s TV station.WHYY finds interest in PBS Passport premium among radio audience as well
In December 2015, the station began promoting Passport, PBS’s members-only streaming service, on WHYY-FM.
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