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Christo’s bet on news/talk paid off for Boston’s WBUR
See Jane. See Jane run WBUR. See Jane ditch the music for NPR news and talk. Grow WBUR, grow. Why the primer approach? ...With Abu-Jamal coming on, WRTI drops Pacifica
The prospect of radio commentaries by a controversial death-row inmate “accelerated” Temple University’s decision to pull Pacifica news off WRTI, the university ...Three arrested in connection with murder of KPFK reporter
Three men have been arrested and charged with the murder of Michael Taylor, a former Pacifica reporter who was attempting to start ...Three arrested in connection with murder of KPFK reporter
Three men have been arrested and charged with the murder of Michael Taylor, a former Pacifica reporter who was attempting to start ...Pacifica reporter found murdered in Los Angeles
Michael Taylor, a reporter for Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles, has been murdered. Friends believe the execution-style shooting may have been ...Pacifica reporter found murdered in Los Angeles
Michael Taylor, a reporter for Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles, has been murdered. Friends believe the execution-style shooting may have been ...Abu-Jamal sues NPR to force broadcast of commentaries
Death row inmate, journalist, and international cause celebre Mumia Abu-Jamal has filed a $2 million censorship lawsuit against NPR over the network’s ...Ex-reporter gains notice on death row
Even from a concrete cell where he is locked up 23 hours a day, Mumia Abu-Jamal — convicted murderer and former public ...Jerrold Sandler, key advocate for public radio funding, dies at 64
The man who led the campaign to make educational radio eligible for federal aid, Jerrold Sandler, died Feb. 24 [1995] at age ...Lawson, Grant depart PBS; program direction unclear
“When you basically cut the legs out under the gang that’s gotten you to this point, this has to mean something,” said a ...Orlando Bagwell: History-teller takes his craft into new realm
In many ways, Orlando Bagwell’s work announced his arrival as a notable creative talent years ago, when he and a handful of ...Commentaries from prison nixed, but —
NPR’s decisions to air, and then not to air, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death-row commentaries might yet take another turn. The network is committed ...Ervin Duggan hired from FCC to lead PBS
As PBS’s fourth president, FCC member Ervin S. Duggan, 54, will take the lead of public TV at a time when momentous ...At reunion, early leaders of public broadcasting express pride about past, concern for future
The man who put New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on the radio, reading the comics during a newspaper strike — M.S. “Morrie” ...Scholar comes from Right to diagnose public TV
A scholar working with the right-wing Heritage Foundation is looking into ways to improve public TV, privatizing it if necessary. Laurence Jarvik, ...
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