Programs/Content
Pubcasters pick up 32 national Murrow Awards
Public broadcasting outlets and nonprofit news organizations took 32 of the 98 national Edward R. Murrow Awards presented this year by the ...With TV Takeover, TPT hands over broadcast keys to local arts groups
To attract young viewers, Twin Cities Public Television is experimenting with a new kind of show: the “TV party.”WGBH-FM clears more airtime for Boston Public Radio
In a move to bolster its local news footprint and audience, Boston’s WGBH is adding a third hour to Boston Public Radio, which in April ...Indie podcast network Mule Radio shuts its doors
Self-distributed public radio programs are among the podcasts finding new online homes after the network decided not to continue its business.CPB backs new episodes of Hinojosa’s America By The Numbers
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting awarded an $850,000 grant for eight new half-hour episodes of America By The Numbers, a series featuring journalist Maria Hinojosa ...Pubradio news stations join iTunes Radio lineup
Expanding NPR’s footprint as the first news provider on Apple’s iTunes Radio, 42 member stations join the lineup today. iTunes Radio, which ...This American Life departure highlights competitive challenge for pubradio satellite system
The expanding portfolio of Public Radio Exchange, the Internet-based distribution platform, has prompted some public radio insiders to question whether NPR’s Public ...University delays launch of GPB Radio service on Atlanta’s WRAS-FM
A channel-sharing agreement between Georgia Public Broadcasting and Georgia State University’s student-run radio station WRAS-FM that had been set to start last ...Kickstarter propels Reading Rainbow partnership into digital future
LeVar Burton’s Kickstarter campaign to fund a digital rebirth of Reading Rainbow promises to reconnect classrooms with the pubTV brand and may inspire a ...A year in, NPR’s Code Switch still figuring out commenting
In their efforts to foster a productive dialogue with readers, the race and culture blog's editors have turned their comments section into ...Pesca — and his opinions — find forum in Slate podcast
Mike Pesca has the next hit public radio show, and it’s not on public radio. That’s a problem.Radio Diaries turns to Kickstarter to boost podcast, productions
The production company Radio Diaries, whose stories often appear on This American Life and NPR’s newsmagazines, is aiming to raise $40,000 in a Kickstarter ...PubTV doc Little League: A History celebrates 75 summers of iconic pastime
A public television documentary about Little League Baseball is turning into a fitting Independence Day scheduling choice for programmers.Analysis finds flat core audience for public radio’s web streams
A recent analysis of web metrics for NPR member stations’ websites showed continued growth in visits from mobile users along with declines ...Pubcasting programs spark anthology of ‘Poetic Responses’
While public broadcasting covers poets and their work, a new anthology may be the first book of poems inspired by public media ...
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