Programs/Content
TPT’s national site for 50+ adults launches this week
Next Avenue ratcheted up its ambition as an online magazine with the hiring of veteran editor Donna Sapolin, a specialist in lifestyle ...Treaty puts indie films in Monday slot
Independent Lens and POV, the PBS series at the center of a dispute about public TV’s commitment to independent film, are moving to Monday nights, ...Revamped ‘All Things Considered’ brings new sound to weekends
The weekend installment of NPR’s afternoon newsmagazine starts its 35th year on the air this month — and its third year of ...Delays by IRS put chills on news startups
Nonprofit news outfits that have sprung up across the country to fill gaps left by commercial media have hit an unexpected barrier ...Merger with CIR brings shift in focus for S.F.’s Bay Citizen
Two years after its launch as a new online news organization covering the San Francisco region, the Bay Citizen is reconsidering its ...UConn’s ratings-rich lady hoopsters desert CPTV
The 18-year partnership that helped prove there’s an audience for collegiate women’s basketball came to an end last week when the University ...Output: Producers swarm a conference, an ‘extreme journalist’ trots the globe, and more
A conference about ideas and creativity provided the latest opportunity for a group of adventurous radio producers to challenge their own inventiveness ...Q&A: ‘Building on strengths’ key to PBS strategy
After stints in the cable world as producers and programmers, PBS execs Beth Hoppe and Donald Thoms returned to PBS last August ...Shows sate ‘appetite for a real-world experience’
Know something about antiques? Prove it,” screamed the ad seeking “pickers” for Market Warriors, the long-awaited companion series to PBS’s most popular primetime program, Antiques Roadshow. ...Advocates press FCC to open more channels for LPFMs
NPR, the National Association of Broadcasters and advocates for low-power radio expressed opposing views to the FCC in a proceeding that will ...After negotiations, PBS moves “Independent Lens,” “POV” to Mondays
Independent Lens and POV, the PBS series at the center at a dispute about public TV’s commitment to independent film, are moving to Monday nights, ...PubTV multicaster V-me faulted for airing ‘ordinary commercials’
V-me, the Spanish-language multicast channel carried by 42 public TV stations, pulled underwriting spots from its schedule last month amid complaints about ...Multiplatform: KPBS extends its news expansion to television
With the launch of KPBS-TV's Evening Edition, the pubcasting outlet took another big step towards General Manager Tom Karlo’s ambitious goal to become “the ...NEA slashes funds to WNET arts series, elevates digital media
The Arts on Radio and Television fund of the National Endowment for the Arts, a source of millions of programming dollars for ...Merger of Buffalo stations boosts news, reduces music
Public radio listeners are hearing more local news in Buffalo, where two stations that competed against each other are now operating as ...
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