Quick Takes
NPR: What’s in a Name?
NPR’s Michel Martin seeks a name for her show and has asked her community of Web visitors for suggestions.Unhappy classical fans in Texas can apply for LPFM
Despite a “significant number” of objections, the FCC will allow Kilgore Junior College in Kilgore, Texas, to sell KTPB-FM, its noncommercial station, ...This liberal wants his WESUN
The return of classical music on Washington’s WETA-FM has left the city without Weekend Edition Sunday, and the editor-at-large of the American Prospect is not happy. ...TV critics get their wish for “The War”
PBS will debut Ken Burns’ The War on Sept. 23, one week later than originally planned. The Washington Post‘s Lisa de Moraes ...David Folkenflik, hot wiseacre
Thanks to FishbowlDC, we learn that NPR media reporter David Folkenflik owns four suits and had a scrambled-egg-and-tomato sandwich for breakfast. Not ...NPR extends ContentDepot transition
With problems saddling the rollout of NPR’s new ContentDepot program distribution system, the network will keep a backup for the system in ...NPR Labs – HD Radio User Information
Wondering which HD Radio to buy? NPR Labs recommends two tabletop and two aftermarket auto models. (PDF.)New laughing, pizza-slinging Muppets on horizon
Mattel, maker of the ever-popular Tickle Me Elmo dolls, will follow up last year’s anniversary T.M.X. Elmo with “extreme” Ernie and Cookie ...APTS survey: Most consumers still in the dark about the DTV transition
A survey sponsored by the Association of Public Television Stations found that 61 percent of respondents did not know a DTV transition ...WUNC to open Greensboro studio
WUNC-FM in Chapel Hill, N.C., plans to open a satellite studio in Greensboro, N.C., reports the Greensboro News-Record. The studio will be staffed with ...Trusted Space – Media: Todd Mundt – The Iowa Story – A Story for all ...
Todd Mundt, director of content and media for Iowa Public Radio, talks with Rob Paterson about his approach to creating the new ...KQED debuts big eco-project
KQED’s multimedia science/environmental literacy project, Quest, was previewed in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle. Quest‘s website, with maps and GPS data to help ...The Sound of Young America: My letter to Weekend Edition
Independent producer Jesse Thorn criticizes the tone of two recent NPR stories that touched on hip-hop: “It is unacceptable to me that ...BusinessWeek.com: HD Radio Still Taking the Rap
The potential rise of satellite radio and in-car broadband poses a challenge to the adoption of HD Radio, suggests a BusinessWeek.com article. ...WGBH Morning Stories video available on YouTube
Tony Kahn of Boston’s WGBH has staked out a corner of YouTube with videos that spin off from his pioneering Morning Stories podcast.
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