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To prepare for the digital broadcasting transition, CPB is looking for someone to audit and analyze the status of all translators that ...Ifill on Imus
NewsHour correspondent and Washington Week moderator Gwen Ifill recounts her own brush with embattled radio host Don Imus’ race-baiting shtick in this ...Fans, critics speak up about Burns’ series
Associated Press reports on the controversy over The War, the Ken Burns series slated to air in September, and PBS Ombudsman Michael ...Landscape Artist: Television: The New Yorker
A New Yorker writer reviews This American Life‘s TV debut and along the way shares some criticisms of its radio incarnation: “Sometimes, after reading certain magazines ...DCist: Considering NPR
DCist, a blog about the nation’s capital, interviews All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton about the show’s series of live webcasts from ...PRPD News for Programmers: Stations named for CPB Community Engagement Initiative
CPB and the Harwood Institute have selected 12 public radio and TV stations to take part in a Community Engagement Initiative that ...WQED originates teleconferences to steakhouse chain
Pittsburgh’s WQED Multimedia has begun generating revenue by originating high-def satellite teleconferences and musical performances beamed to specially equipped suites in 67 ...Discovery cuts 200 jobs
Discovery today cut approximately 200 staffers, or roughly 3 percent of its workforce, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Network management let go roughly ...Discovery to launch ‘green’ channel
Discovery plans to launch an earth-focused channel and turn its Silver Spring, Md., headquarters “green” as part of a $50 million project ...Study finds that educational software doesn’t boost learning
A study released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Education found that educational software used in schools has no impact on student ...Six Peabodies awarded to pubcasters
An NPR report on post-traumatic stress disorder among Iraq War veterans and a PBS American Masters documentary on Andy Warhol are two ...Bill Siemering – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Russell has posted a Wikipedia entry on Bill Siemering and invites others to contribute. It begins, “Bill Siemering is a certified ...Crossroads ready for its closeup
It’s been a bumpy ride — critics hammered the inital idea, directors complained of undue interference from above, advisers quit — but ...In Albuquerque Journal, PBS is “losing the battle”
“[I]t is fundamentally wrong to exclude the Latino experience on a subject of the magnitude of World War II, especially in a ...Grandmas get their game on
The gaming industry has discovered an enthusiastic and growing audience among retirees, according to the New York Times. “Baby boomers and up ...
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