Programs/Content
Buster to visit gay moms on some public TV channels
At least five public TV stations have pledged to air a controversial episode of Postcards from Buster, dropped last week by PBS, that features ...Universities to merge stations, creating Iowa Public Radio
Three public radio operations will merge to create a new Iowa Public Radio network, the state’s Board of Regents has confirmed. The net ...Is Bill Moyers the last of a breed or was he the first?
When Bill Moyers signs off after the Dec. 17 [2004] broadcast of Now with Bill Moyers, he will leave behind one of the longest ...PBS, producers, Comcast wed to create digital kids’ channel
Sesame Workshop President Gary Knell describes plans to create a PBS-branded digital cable service for preschoolers as a “renewed marriage vow” for ...If public radio needs new audiences, which would they be?
Here’s a take on the topic of a panel held Oct. 1, 2004, at the Public Radio Program Directors Conference in San Antonio: ...New formats in commercial radio could attract public radio fans
Classical music, liberal-friendly talk programming and rock tunes couched in mellow ambiance might sound like familiar public radio fare. But they’re also ...Public radio as we know it has plenty of room for growth
Contrary to a myth popular in public radio, our audience is not going to die off anytime soon. The audience today is ...Target: sitters who could be teachers
KCET in Los Angeles unveiled a multimillion-dollar initiative to help prepare kids for kindergarten by training the adults who care for them. ...Edwards’ jump to XM renews satellite debate
With Bob Edwards’ decision to leave NPR for a satellite radio company, public radio is debating again a highly ponderable question: Should ...PBS again taps viewer curiosity about old things
A spin-off of Antiques Roadshow, PBS’s most popular series, will visit memorable guests from past installments and guide viewers through the ins and outs ...Appalachia: 3 video profiles in full relief
Thoughts of Appalachia may stir up visions of either hillbilly backwoods or quaint Edens, but both miss the complicated truth illuminated by ...Native radio: at the heart of public radio’s mission
Ride the school bus on the Hopi Reservation in northern Arizona and you’ll hear Shooting Stars, a program for kids produced mostly ...As cume slips, duo aims to keep PBS ‘relevant’
For the past four years under PBS President Pat Mitchell, the network has had two chief program executives: at headquarters in Alexandria, ...NPR’s reassignment of Bob Edwards shocks, explanations befuddle
The cry from a distraught public rang out: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” After announcing the reassignment of Morning Edition host Bob ...Why NPR reassigned Bob Edwards: show needs co-host to improve coverage
NPR reassigned Morning Edition host Bob Edwards to make way for a two-host setup intended to strengthen the show's news coverage, said Jay Kernis, ...
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