Quick Takes
Five reasons to believe the sky won’t fall when the analog transmitters shut down
The February 2009 analog shut-off may not be such a doomsday scenario as television broadcasters have come to fear, pubTV technology analyst ...Grants for new-media experiments
Prompted by online developers’ need for quick cash infusions, CPB is offering Public Media Innovation grants of $5,000 to $20,000 for stations ...Bee gets stung on Morning Edition audience numbers
The Morning Edition audience trends reported by the Sacramento Bee were wrong, according to pubradio analyst John Sutton, who compares key audience ...OPB catches a hot documentary
CPB and Oregon Public Broadcasting said today that OPB will distribute the hot-potato documentary Islam vs. Islamists to pubTV stations, relieving public TV of ...Sac Bee: Morning Edition is “more relevant” with co-hosts
In the three years since Bob Edwards was ousted as host of NPR’s Morning Edition, the morning newsmag has gained 3 million ...Lowell Award goes to Bitterman
Mary G.F. Bitterman, who ran stations in Honolulu and San Francisco and now chairs the PBS Board, received CPB’s Ralph Lowell Award ...It takes two ombudsmen to deal with reactions to Moyers
“I’m beginning to think that PBS may need a separate ombudsman just to deal with the weekly mail praising or pillorying this ...Iowa debates: NPR broadcast, then free access
Presidential debates planned for exclusive broadcast on NPR stations next January will be made available for full and free public access by ...Miami-U studies relationship with WMUB
Faced with a $100,000 reduction in support from its licensee, Oxford’s WMUB-FM asked Miami University of Ohio to reevaluate its future relationship ...Pubcasting site features streaming advocacy tools
Pubcasting lobbyists added information about the ongoing web streaming rate battle and links to a constituent letter generator to the system’s advocacy ...WRNI extends service to southern R.I.
Rhode Island Public Radio began broadcasts to the southern region of the state today via WAKX in Narragansett, according to The Jamestown ...Local News Initiative to aid seven “hubs”
Public radio’s Local News Initiative backed seven collaborations proposed through its “Hubs Initiative,” an effort to bring multiple stations together for shared ...KPFK host Ian Masters profiled in LA Times
“You try to be an advocate for the truth, not an ideology,” says Ian Masters, host of KPFK’s Background Briefing, in ...Guma to step down as Pacifica chief
In a statement describing his role as a transitory leader for Pacifica, Executive Director Greg Guma writes about his achievements after two ...
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