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Middle Ground looks to Kickstarter to raise $92K to help launch show
Middle Ground, the forthcoming radio show centered on Middle America, has taken to Kickstarter.com to raise $92,500 to cover operating costs for its first ...KVCR-TV licensee places g.m. on administrative leave, gives no reason
Kenn Couch, interim g.m. of KVCR-TV in San Bernardino, Calif., has been placed on leave, according to the Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif. Officials ...Alabama Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit stemming from 2012 APT dismissals
The Alabama Supreme Court on Sept. 27 threw out a lawsuit filed following the 2012 dismissal of two top executives from Alabama ...Sheriff arrests two in connection with break-in at West Virginia pubcasting tower site
Two men were arrested Wednesday and charged with breaking and entering in connection with a burglary at a remote West Virginia Public ...Jim Henson’s daughter donates Elmo, Bert, Ernie and other Muppets to Smithsonian
Cheryl Henson, daughter of Jim Henson, donated 21 Muppet puppets and props to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Sept. ...WKGC dropping NPR affiliation, picking up BBC, APM shows
WKGC in Panama City, Fla., will replace NPR’s newsmagazines with BBC news programs distributed by American Public Media. The station, which is ...Former CNBC On The Money host Ulrich named new Marketplace Money host
Starting Nov. 2, the new host of Marketplace Money will be Carmen Wong Ulrich. Ulrich is the former host of CNBC’s On the Money, and the ...FCC to host workshop on issues surrounding spectrum repacking
Lonna Thompson, e.v.p., Association of Public Television Stations, is a panelist on the FCC’s Sept. 30 workshop on issues surrounding the reassignment ...Senators stress importance of international coordination on broadcast spectrum
In a letter dated Sept. 20, a bipartisan group of senators tells the FCC that it is “essential” that the U.S. coordinate ...Eaton still on the hunt for ‘next really juicy’ adaptation for Masterpiece
Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton was close to retirement a few years back — but no more, she tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Eaton is making ...Ari Shapiro, Steve Bass lend musical talents to latest Pink Martini disc
The new Pink Martini disc is out Tuesday, with guest performances by two pubcasters: NPR’s Ari Shapiro (or, as Pink Martini calls ...Manager at community radio KBOO-FM in Portland, Ore., resigns
Lynn Fitch, station manager of KBOO-FM in Portland, Ore., has resigned after losing support from the community radio station’s board of directors, ...Susan Lacy to exit PBS for HBO; cites funding struggles
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Susan Lacy, creator and e.p. of American Masters at WNET in New York, is ...Mobile use accelerating among public radio listeners in PRTS5
Public radio listeners increasingly like music and news to go, according to findings of the fifth annual Public Radio Technology Survey (PRTS5), ...CPB Inspector General’s report recommends penalties for WJFF-FM
A new report by the CPB Inspector General’s office released Sept. 12 and posted online today recommends that the corporation penalize WJFF-FM ...
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