Programs/Content
Stations find no easy replacements for soon-to-be-canceled Tell Me More
The cancellation of NPR’s Tell Me More is leaving pubradio program directors struggling to fill the gap left by the show, which presented diverse ...Proposed NPR clocks would add morning newscasts, longer underwriting credits
A proposed revamp of NPR’s newsmagazines would allow for longer underwriting credits, expand the number of morning newscasts, and incorporate American Public ...Salt Lake City’s KCPW hits fundraising goal to keep programming
With a day to spare, Salt Lake City’s KCPW-FM hit its goal of raising $42,000 to pay off delinquent programming fees and ...New This American Life podcast will serialize investigative stories
This American Life announced today that it will launch a new podcast this fall, titled Serial. TAL host Ira Glass said on the show’s blog that ...StoryCorps launches initiative to collect LGBT oral history
The oral-history project StoryCorps is expanding its vast archive of Americans’ personal stories with OutLoud, a special initiative focusing on the LGBTQ ...Arizona PBS to become ‘teaching hospital’ for ASU’s Cronkite School
The university transfers station operations today from its public-affairs department to its J-school, opening up new possibilities for collaboration.Editor says merger in St. Louis has boosted web traffic, strengthened reporting
The organization resulting from the merger of the St. Louis Beacon and St. Louis Public Radio is already realizing benefits from the ...New Hampshire Public Radio acquiring small classical station WCNH-FM
New Hampshire Public Radio is purchasing WCNH-FM, a 250-watt classical station that has been broadcasting from the state network’s Concord studios for ...Frontline receives nearly $6 million in two grants
Frontline, public television’s investigative news showcase, announced two major donations Wednesday, including the largest grant from individuals in its 30-year history. Most of ...Temple University axes nonprofit news site AxisPhilly, shifts focus to other ventures
The Center for Public Interest Journalism at Temple University shuttered nonprofit news website AxisPhilly June 13 after two years of reporting that ...With ‘Smartbinge,’ WNYC aims to raise national profile for digital content
In an effort to position itself as a national brand in public radio, New York’s WNYC is launching an ad campaign likening ...TAL’s Alex Blumberg plans for-profit podcast network
Blumberg, e.p. of This American Life and co-host of Planet Money, envisions a sustainable future for narrative audio journalism.WETA to create subsidiary for transfer of PBS NewsHour ownership
WETA’s board of trustees unanimously authorized the transfer, which does not involve any cash, at a June 17 meeting in Arlington, Va.Web videos from WVPB connect careers and education for middle-schoolers
WVPB-TV is returning to its roots as the Educational Broadcasting Authority of West Virginia as it shifts production priorities from local programming ...Five New York pubcasters team up for CPB-backed regional newsroom
Five public media stations in New York will create a regional newsroom with a $375,000 grant from CPB, announced today. The two-year backing will support ...
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