Programs/Content
Public radio tattoos make a comeback
The latest package of public radio fundraising premiums allows devout listeners to temporarily brand their passion for their favorite shows on their ...KCETLink lays off 22 in reorganization, shifts priority to transmedia content
KCETLink, the independent pubmedia organization created through merger six months ago between pubcaster KCET in Los Angeles and national satellite programmer Link ...Content co-op puts arts center stage
Public television stations are ramping up production of local arts and culture programming through an initiative launched last September by WNET in ...PRI launches crowdfunding campaign to fund global stories, entice new donors
A crowdfunding campaign launched April 15 by Public Radio International seeks $25,000 for a “Global Stories Fund” that will support 11 international ...Austin Music Map: mapping the places where ‘music is made all the time’
The music world of Austin, Texas, is now being shared with a global audience thanks to Austin Music Map, a website developed ...KCRW’s Shearer learned of show’s cancellation after last appearance on air
In a post on his website, actor Harry Shearer describes how he learned about the cancellation of his long-running show on KCRW ...Ready to Learn builds on digital-learning push with new station grants
The Ready to Learn program backing educational media and outreach for children ages 2 to 8 is making digital learning through community ...WGBH’s Greater Boston goes nationwide on World Channel with bombing coverage
Tonight’s special edition of Greater Boston from WGBH, focused on the shocking bomb blasts at Monday’s Boston Marathon, will be distributed nationally on the ...NPR website, Twitter accounts hacked by Syrian counter-revolutionary group
Late at night on April 15, NPR.org and several NPR-affiliated Twitter feeds were hacked into by an online Syrian counter-revolutionary movement, which ...From Massachusetts Ave. to NoMa
The April 13 broadcast of Weekend Edition Saturday was the first to originate from NPR's new $201 million headquarters.A slideshow of pictures from the first broadcast at NPR’s new headquarters
WESAT from the new NPR headquarters, a set on Flickr. Current was on hand April 13 when Weekend Edition Saturday launched the first broadcast from ...Last season of NBC’s The Office welcomes pubcaster WVIA as a co-star
WVIA, the PBS member station for the Scranton, Pa., area, is a guest star in the final season of the hit NBC ...Benefits to multicasting pledge: new and lapsed donors respond
After 16 months on the air, WQED-TV’s all-pledge multicast Showcase channel is steadily bringing in donations of around $16,000 a month for ...PBS FY14 draft budget has $11M content hike, no dues increase, thanks to income influx
PBS’s year-to-date financial results show a net income of $22 million instead of the estimated $100,000 net loss anticipated in its fiscal ...New metasite showcases Localore projects
The Association of Independents in Radio will launch a metasite April 22 that combines its 10 Localore multimedia projects on a single ...
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