Programs/Content
First Lady presents national arts and humanities award to Youth Radio
Oakland-based Youth Radio paid a visit to the White House Nov. 19, as First Lady Michelle Obama awarded the nonprofit for its ...Science Friday suing creationist preacher for trademark violation
The company behind NPR’s Science Friday show is suing a Colorado preacher and radio host for trademark infringement and cybersquatting with his radio show ...Life cycle of a reform: independence of CPB Program Fund
Ron Hull, a former director of the Program Fund, reflects on the value of buffer from partisan politics Jan. 2, 1979 — Robben ...Unleash TV grantmakers and creativity thrives
Ron Hull, a leader in Nebraska public television since the 1950s, recommends that CPB consider reinstating the semi-autonomy of its grantmakers in TV ...The Dust Bowl to explore humans’ role in decimating prairie
Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl has a clear message: What happened before can happen again.WBEZ’s Curious City brings its inquisitive audience into the reporting action
From exploring underground tunnels to tracking the evolution of the Chicago accent, Curious City is an unconventional spin on community-based public media ...Tavis Smiley: It’s time to start walking the walk of service to minority communities
Torey Malatia’s argument against “advocacy journalism” — leveled at Smiley & West after Chicago's WBEZ carried the program for two years — is merely ...Elmo puppeteer remains on leave; allegations of improper relationship recanted
Following this week’s media scandal over allegations that were aggressively rebutted and later recanted, award-winning Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash remains on a leave ...Debate series launched on pubradio comes to PBS
Intelligence Squared U.S., the nonpartisan public policy debate series airing on public radio and some public TV stations, is coming to PBS Plus in ...Op-ed: WBEZ’s Malatia says public media must revitalize open, civic discourse in our communities
In a pluralistic America, public media is a central resource for promoting inclusiveness in civic engagement. This misson-based role has become even ...Smiley & West lands on two Chicago stations; town hall planned with Amy Goodman
Two commercial radio stations in Chicago have picked up the weekly Smiley & West show after it was dropped from WBEZ, the city’s public ...KAET: 30 years from The Operation to The Latest Procedure
In February 1983, Phoenix’s PBS station KAET aired the world’s first live telecast of open-heart surgery. The station marks that upcoming 30th ...Tiny KEET’s Big Bands reveals musical life in incarceration camps
KEET in Eureka, Calif. — one of the smallest TV stations in the pubcasting system — has produced a unique documentary featuring ...Crowd rallies to save pubcasting funding
Some 1,000 marchers gathered on Nov. 3 on Capitol Hill to celebrate the power of public television.Hearing Voices ends production
Producer Barrett Golding said had been thinking about ending the public radio show when he learned that NPR was considering dropping its ...
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