Programs/Content
Historic folk-song collection inspires film, live broadcast on Mountain Lake PBS
Mountain Lake PBS will air a special live broadcast Dec. 6 to introduce the public to a rare collection of folk songs ...Film revisits Freedom Summer for a new generation
Freedom Summer, a documentary directed by Stanley Nelson, recounts the turbulent 10-week period, focusing on efforts by the Council of Federated Organizations ...Comedian Dave Hill will move into Best Show slot on WFMU
New Jersey–based freeform community radio station WFMU will replace The Best Show on WFMU in January with a program hosted by comedian ...Current’s annual survey of productions in the works for public TV
Pipeline 2014, Current’s latest preview of programs planned for future seasons on public TV, details more than 100 shows offered for broadcast by ...Localore project Black Gold Boom gets funding for 2014 documentary, transmedia work
The grant will fund a film focusing mainly on the oil boom's effects on Native tribes.Here & Now plans special ‘live coverage’ of Kennedy assassination 50th anniversary
Like many Americans of a certain age, WBUR producer Alex Ashlock remembers key details of Nov. 22, 1963, the day when President ...St. Louis culinary magazine hits pubmedia airwaves on Feast TV
Nine Network in St. Louis is partnering with the local Feast Magazine on Feast TV, a unique culinary show. Filmed in Producer Catherine Neville’s home kitchen, ...Displaced Vineyard station mounts noncommercial comeback bid
MVY, the commercial music station on Martha’s Vineyard that lost its flagship frequency 92.7 MHz in February, plans to return to the ...Diversified revenues are key to sustainability, Knight study finds
Nonprofit news organizations have made significant progress in developing healthy and sustainable revenue streams, according to a recent study by the Knight ...Moyers reverses decision to end show, which goes to 30 minutes in January
BOSTON — Bill Moyers, the journalist and veteran PBS personality who has come out of retirement at least twice to mount new ...CPB to support more collaborative journalism projects
CPB will devote $2.5 million to reporting projects spearheaded by stations and national producers, President Patricia Harrison announced Nov. 12 at the ...NPR combining news apps, multimedia teams
NPR’s news applications and multimedia operations are merging into a single unit to be headed by current News Applications Editor Brian Boyer. “We ...Film takes intimate look at lives of Latina actresses
Filmmaker Andrea Meller, born in the U.S. and of Chilean descent, was searching for her identity as a Latina when she came ...Downton Abbey once again helps generate big budget surplus for PBS
PBS closed its books on fiscal 2013 with an extra $24.5 million — more than twice the $11 million surplus that bolstered ...American Grad survey details support and challenges
A new survey of more than 460 community partners in CPB’s American Graduate project found enthusiasm for the station-based dropout-prevention initiative as ...
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