Programs/Content
How to pick theme music for your show, and how not to
The art of radio and TV theme music and how to improve it.The Pub, Episode 3: Podcasting tests definition of public media, Indiana governor does too
PRX CEO Jake Shapiro says “the definition of public media . . . has to be stretched.”Programmers’ APT Marketplace choices include Aussie romantic drama and MST3K
Popular programs included A Place to Call Home, a 13-part series set in 1953 in rough and rural Australia — sort of an updated ...KUT preps ambitious newsmag ‘Texas Standard’
Inside a new hourlong weekday newsmag from the Austin, Texas, broadcaster.KCRW receives $1 million grant for new reporting series
The new series will cover disadvantaged and marginalized residents in Los Angeles.The Pub, Episode 2: Paycheck journalism, the demise of History Detectives, and what makes good theme music
A tattoo expert argues that media outlets should pay sources for their time and knowledge. This week on our podcast, The Pub.Filmmakers push for common carriage at first stop in public TV ‘listening tour’
The discussion was friendly, but emotions ran high as filmmakers and public TV executives examined their often stormy relationship.Pipeline addendum: more public TV productions in the works for 2015
This list supplements Current’s Pipeline 2015, published in November 2014 and based on responses to our annual survey of public TV producers. Programs ...Storify: PBS, indie filmmakers hold first “listening tour” event in San Francisco
Tweets from the Jan. 17 meeting at the San Francisco Public Library.Slate of upcoming PBS shows includes specials on Vietnam War, American music
Masterpiece's "Poldark," which premieres in June, might also enjoy additional seasons on the network.PBS joins BBC, BBC Worldwide in co-production deal
PBS President Paula Kerger announced the deal Monday at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.Pacifica Radio Archives unearths missing 1964 London speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
Fifty years ago, Pacifica Radio correspondent Saul Bernstein recorded a 62-minute speech delivered in London by Martin Luther King Jr., in which ...‘Sonic Logos’ and partnerships provide new branding opportunities for Boston’s WCRB
Boston classical music station WCRB has leveraged a partnership with the Boston Conservatory to compose a new branding tool: a musical logo. The ...History Detectives can’t solve its own mysterious lack of underwriters, ends production
The program, produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting with partner Lion TV, had dwindled from 11 episodes per summer run to just four ...PBS taps ‘serious journalist’ to elevate public affairs as v.p. of news
Marie Nelson arrives at PBS a time of transition and challenges.
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