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Tardif of WGCU to chair Radio Television Digital News Association
Amy Tardif, news director of dual licensee WGCU in Fort Myers, Fla., is the first woman in pubradio to chair the Radio ...NFL concussion documentary to air in one two-hour presentation
PBS is shifting the scheduling of Frontline‘s upcoming League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis to a one-evening presentation. The documentary, which has been in ...NPR’s Shapiro will report from London
NPR’s Ari Shapiro will end his stint covering the White House and head abroad in January to report from London, the network ...Nine international broadcasters pick up Cold Case JFK doc from Nova
Cold Case JFK, a Nova forensic investigation documentary on President Kennedy’s assassination, has been purchased by nine broadcasters worldwide, reports C21 Media, a London-based global ...The Story to end production in Nov. with departure of Dick Gordon
Dick Gordon, host of public radio’s The Story, announced Monday that he will leave the long-form interview show Nov. 22. With Gordon’s departure, the ...Frontline reporting partner ESPN pulls out of NFL brain-injury investigation
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. ESPN on Thursday unexpectedly withdrew from a reporting collaboration with Frontline investigating brain ...Pacifica Radio Archives gets $128,000 grant to preserve voices of American feminists
Pacifica Radio will dedicate Tuesday’s broadcasting day to raising funds for its “American Women Making History and Culture, 1963-1982” preservation and access ...Gary Knell leaving NPR to become CEO of National Geographic
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. NPR President Gary Knell has taken a new job as the chief executive ...Fourth season of Downton brings influx of themed merchandise
Downton Abbey merchandise will accompany the Edwardian drama’s fourth-season premiere on British television next month and on PBS in January 2014, reports The Associated ...New Orleans’ WYES cancels auctions, lays off eight employees
WYES in New Orleans has laid off eight staffers and canceled its decades-old tradition of on-air auctions, reports the Times-Picayune. Station President Allan ...NPR unveils streamlined new homepage
NPR rolled out Wednesday a leaner redesigned home page designed to scale easily to screens of all sizes. The change to the home page on ...NPR ombud sharply criticizes acclaimed 2011 investigative story
An award-winning 2011 NPR investigative series about Native American children in South Dakota’s foster-care system was seriously flawed and should not have ...Greater Public scholarship to honor founder Shaw
Public radio’s biggest fundraising group is offering an annual scholarship in honor of its recently deceased founder. Greater Public, formerly DEI, announced the ...Florida-based centralcast hub for pubTV stations eyes December launch
The Digital Convergence Alliance, a master control centralcast hub in Jacksonville, Fla., that will serve more than 11 pubTV stations, should begin ...Pacifica’s WBAI lays off news staff, most on-air talent
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Pacifica’s WBAI-FM is laying off its entire news department and almost all paid staff effective ...
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