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Public TV connects to feds’ new emergency alert system
A $56.8 million technology project equipping public television stations to help deliver geo-targeted emergency messages to mobile devices has reached an important ...MacNeil, Lehrer propose to transfer ownership of PBS NewsHour to WETA
Leaders of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, the company behind the PBS NewsHour, are negotiating to transfer ownership to co-producer WETA in Arlington, Va., according to an ...WLRN backpedals after host dumps talk show guest
The author of a book arguing for the innocence of five convicted Cuban spies found himself disinvited from an appearance on Miami’s ...Quest project hones focus on sustainability, hunts for new partner stations
Quest, KQED’s multimedia science journalism and education project, is seeking more public media reporting partners.WBUR, Slate partner on personal-health podcast
Boston’s WBUR has joined Slate in producing a six-episode personal-health podcast, The Checkup.Feature Story News helps stations fill gap left by Free Speech Radio News
Pacifica is replacing its recently canceled half-hour news program Free Speech Radio News with a news show produced by Feature Story News, an independent broadcast news ...Online resource PBS LearningMedia registers more than 1 million users
PBS LearningMedia, a digital classroom resource for K–12 educators, topped more than 1 million registered users this month. Operated through a partnership ...Expansion of classical radio belies format’s many challenges
ATLANTA — Representatives of classical radio stations resolved last week to work toward creating a new organization to represent their format within ...New PRI.org highlights network’s focus on global news
Public Radio International has revamped its website to absorb the web presence of PRI’s The World, reflecting the network’s aim to develop a higher ...KCRW brings live Morning Becomes Eclectic performances to YouTube
Select musical performances from KCRW-FM’s signature show Morning Becomes Eclectic are now streaming live on YouTube. The Los Angeles station kicked off the new ...Viewers get early peek at new Doc Martin from subscription streamer Acorn TV
Acorn TV, the subscription-based British TV streaming service for U.S. viewers, begins offering new episodes of Doc Martin exclusively on Oct. 7 — months ...Radio Ambulante partners with PRI to produce English-language content
Radio Ambulante, the Spanish-language storytelling podcast and radio program, is the first show to be backed by Public Radio International’s New Voices ...Internet creatives John and Sarah Green bring art-focused show to PBS Digital Studios
PBS Digital Studios is partnering with John and Sarah Green, a husband-and-wife creative team with a large YouTube following, for a new ...PBS SoCal offering Imagen Awards for pubTV broadcast
For the first time, PBS SoCal will distribute the annual Imagen Awards for broadcast on public television stations nationwide. The honors recognize positive ...Colorado stations help raise $1.1 million in flood relief
Broadcasters across Colorado, including several public media stations, raised $1.1 million Sept. 18 during Colorado Flood Relief, a live fundraiser. Torrential rains caused ...
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