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Ken Rudin offers public radio a new weekly dose of “Political Junkie”
The demise of NPR’s Talk of the Nation ended Ken Rudin’s regular appearances on many public radio stations, but the “Political Junkie” is aiming ...NPR unveils new voice of underwriting credits
NPR hired voice-over and theater actress Sabrina Farhi as the new voice of its underwriting credits, with her on-air debut to come ...Suarez sets exit date from NewsHour, Keith heading for White House, Cruz running KVCR and more ...
Alfredo Cruz has stepped up to run dual licensee KVCR, becoming the third g.m. at the San Bernardino, Calif., station in less ...This American Life, Radiolab, Radio Rookies among Third Coast winners
Programs produced by Chicago’s WBEZ, New York’s WNYC and Miami’s WLRN won awards from the Third Coast International Audio Festival, handed out ...NewsHour founders to transfer ownership
The decision by retired founders Jim Lehrer and Robin MacNeil, which has the approval of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (MLP) majority owner Liberty Media, ...Nonprofits, CPB initiatives pick up Online News Association awards
Online-news nonprofits and public broadcasters took home multiple awards from the annual Online News Association conference, held Oct. 17–19 in Atlanta.Veterans of KQED Newsroom return to
San Francisco to mark show’s revivalA group of some 80 pubcasters will gather Friday night in San Francisco to celebrate the return of KQED Newsroom, that title of a groundbreaking ...Ray Suarez resigning from PBS NewsHour
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Ray Suarez, chief national correspondent for PBS NewsHour, is resigning after 14 years with ...Chicago Public Media employees petition to unionize
A majority of staff members at Chicago Public Media signed a petition requesting union representation and presented it to CPM interim C.E.O. ...Krichels, McCoskey make moves; WXXI realigns, promotes new head of TV and news operations; and ...
The staff realignment promoting Elissa Orlando, left, at WXXI in Rochester, N.Y., includes four other promotions for managers.Krichels to oversee system development and media strategy for CPB
Veteran pubcaster Ted Krichels will become CPB’s new s.v.p. for system development and media strategy, effective Nov. 4. Krichels replaces Mark Erstling, who ...WILL, WTVP start ‘dating’ by sharing general manager
The arrangement grew out of a neighborly collaborative relationship between the stations as well as a desire to save personnel costs.PBS’s top engineer McCoskey heading to Motion Picture Association of America
John McCoskey, PBS’s head of technology for six years, has accepted a position as executive vice president and chief technology officer at ...Lacy bound for HBO, Seiken leaving PBS for UK media giant, and more . . ...
Susan Lacy created PBS’s iconic cultural biography series in 1986, and will exit after signing a “very nice multiyear deal” to produce ...Jack Brown, creator of Northstate Public Radio, dies at 68
Jack Brown, longtime g.m. of Northstate Public Radio and the man who transitioned the Chico, Calif., station from a student-run enterprise to ...
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