Programs/Content
Stern lost support in his tryout as No. 1 at NPR
There was no single reason why the NPR Board ended Ken Stern’s 18-month run as chief executive officer — or at least ...EDCAR: ‘mother ship’ for school media
Five years after the collapse of the CPB-backed OnCourse project, public TV is training for another run at the target. Which is: ...Baltimore’s WYPR takes heat for dismissing longtime host Marc Steiner
Listeners are flooding the station with emails, posting angry comments and picketing the studios.We threw the doors wide open. Want to try it?
You know that anxious feeling when you throw a party and no one comes? We truly had no idea what to expect ...Casual, serious listeners agree on sounds of music: some you love to hear
Most listeners to classical music radio decide whether or not to listen based primarily on the sound and the emotional impact of ...Study’s answers are questionable — and the question aims too low
The Midday Classical Music Testing Project, presented by Public Radio Program Directors at its conference in September [2007], is fundamentally flawed in ...Pipeline 2008
It won’t cause as many lumps in throats as the highly concentrated preview reel that PBS displays at its Showcase conference each ...Rich and rare: docs that unfold over decades
If you stand quite rightly in awe at Michael Apted’s 49 Up, which aired on P.O.V. [in October 2007], you’re likely to be cheered by ...We’re deep into news — let’s walk that walk
"Let’s face it," writes a prominent pubradio station news director, "despite 40 years of evolution, we have produced a lot of journalism, ...Kids’ pipeline
Debut this fall [2007] Jim Knox’s Wild Zoofari Producing organizations: Jim Knox’s Wild Zoofari LLC. Producer: Rob Child. Creators: Rob Child, Jim Knox, Bruce ...Latino critics of The War seek assurance from PBS, WETA
Advocacy groups protesting Ken Burns’ upcoming World War II doc asked PBS and WETA in Washington, D.C., Aug. 20 [2007] for assurance ...PRX narrows its search for talent with hostiness
From 1,452, now there are 10. And they’re hot to talk. The online casting call created by Public Radio Exchange — part of ...Masterpiece to be umbrella for 3 strands
Suspecting that Masterpiece Theatre is showing its age after 36 seasons — an eon in TV years — the program’s producers at Boston’s WGBH ...PBS ombud: Airing Perle film an “abdication of journalistic principle”
PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler thought several of the America at a Crossroads films were excellent and described one in particular, Operation Homecoming: ...Weiss makes v.p. with endorsement of NPR newsroom
Ellen Weiss, an award-winning producer and editor in NPR’s news division over 25 years, will become its leader, the network announced last ...
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