Quick Takes
AT&T to request FM radio activation in Android phones
FM tuner technology in smartphones could find wider usage.WFMU receives further Dodge funding for Audience Engine
The New Jersey–based funder has now contributed $500,000 to the crowdfunding and community-building platform.NPR plans environmental reporting project with stations
NPR is seeking about a dozen reporters from stations to contribute to the new project.Maria Hinojosa of ‘Latino USA’ delivers talk at TED event in Washington
Hinojosa was among the speakers at the first TEDxPennsylvaniaAvenue event last month.Survey finds slight decline in diversity of TV and radio workforces
Public media’s edge over commercial media in representation of people of color has vanished.Profile 2015 study sizes up education, spending habits of NPR listeners
A quarter of NPR listeners watch no prime-time television.Hazen Schumacher, host who introduced audiences to classic jazz, dies at 88
Schumacher’s Jazz Revisited aired for 30 years.Keillor’s goal by fall 2016: ‘To be a gray eminence’
Keillor wants to "fade away into well-deserved obscurity."Europe’s public broadcasters undergoing many changes
The Guardian checks on recent happenings.Union shares details of NPR contract
The two-year contract includes pay raises of 2.5 percent that take effect Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 1, 2017.Vermont PBS to replace show host after sponsorship controversy
The host of Connect is a spokesperson for Vermont’s largest electric utility — which is a corporate sponsor of the station.South Florida TV stations announce merger
WPBT and WXEL will become South Florida PBS.NPR reportedly withdraws from coalition seen as enemy to musicians’ cause
Critics say the MIC Coalition is taking aim at legislation that would boost royalties to performers.Plan for financially burdened KUSP would continue deficit spending
Leaders of the station are still looking for a long-term plan for financial sustainability.Knight grant to StoryCorps will fuel app upgrades, community engagement
The app has been downloaded more than 220,000 times since its March launch.
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