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Listening to Boston news radio spiked during week of bombings, analysis shows
Boston’s news radio stations saw sharp increases in listening in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings April 15, a finding highlighted ...Luoma, Cornwell recognized for achievements in local scheduling
In a citation honoring Maine Public TV’s Kelly Luoma as the Charles Impaglia Programmer of the Year, PTPA lauded her “for tirelessly ...PBS buys more of what works in primetime
As public television’s chief program exec and top producers unveiled highlights of the fall 2013 primetime schedule at the PBS Annual Meeting ...WYSO explores industrial city’s reinvention
The recession in Dayton provides the backdrop for ReInvention Stories, a multimedia Localore project that brought together the Association of Independents in ...On hunt for more midday carriage, APM and BBC alter Newshour clock
Beginning July 1, the BBC’s Newshour will alter its show clock, ceding 4.5 additional minutes from its newscast for local cutaways. The ...NPR’s Code Switch digs into racial discomfort
When Southern country singer Brad Paisley shared his awkward view of race relations in his controversial song “Accidental Racist” last month, the ...WXXI ends 54-year run of Assignment: The World due to lack of funding
Assignment: The World, the longest-running social-studies instructional TV program in the country, broadcast its last episode May 23. WXXI in Rochester, N.Y., which produced ...Alaska Public Media’s new web-first series is part of its ‘video renaissance’
Alaska Public Media has introduced a new weekly web-first series in what promises to be its “larger video renaissance.” Indie Alaska, a weekly YouTube ...Volunteers take back Radio Catskill
WJFF Radio Catskill runs on hydroelectric power and the passion of its volunteers, who recently rallied to force a change in leadership.Stations continue StateImpact without NPR
NPR provided training and support to 17 participating stations, but has dropped plans to expand StateImpact to all 50 states.Unscathed by tornado, Oklahoma pubcasters band together to report, assist with relief
Oklahoma has a small but tight-knit pubcasting community, so covering the massive May 20 tornado and its aftermath required everyone on the ...Sesame Workshop and Ape Entertainment release first-ever Sesame Street comic book
Sesame Workshop and Ape Entertainment released the first comic book featuring the cast of Sesame Street May 4, to coincide with national ...PBS Digital Studios further expands web video output
PBS Digital Studios is expanding its web video output with three new YouTube series: Deep Prep, UnderH2O and Short of the Week.NJTV will air new six-part American Songbook series this fall
New Jersey Television and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) of Newark are partnering on a new six-part cabaret music television ...With a $60K grant, Futuro Media Group asks: “News or Noise?”
Using a $60,000 grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the Futuro Media Group has added a segment to its NPR-distributed program ...
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