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How ‘Nightly Business Report’ defined daily business coverage on television
The founding executive editor reflects on the program's origins in a vastly different television landscape.PRX podcast network will seek to ‘reach young audiences where they are’
Debuting next year, the TRAX network will cater to tweens.How public radio can build on its hidden strengths to solve podcasting’s biggest challenges
Look to your ideals and decades of experience creating programs that listeners value.‘Growing Bolder’ producers tweak self-help genre to promote healthy aging lifestyle in pledge
“Launchpad to What's Next” combines motivational talks with online tools and resources to “convert the inspiration into action,” says founder and host ...For a new variety show coming to public radio, a prairie farther south is home
With support from CPB, "Live From Cain's" will bring music and interviews to listeners from an iconic music venue in Oklahoma.WTTW’s Firsthand looks at impact of gun violence on victims, perpetrators and their families
Producer Dan Protess profiled Chicagoans whose stories point to solutions to the city's high rate of gun-related crimes.‘Masterpiece’ promotes Susanne Simpson in move to bolster program development
Simpson is stepping up to EP to allow Rebecca Eaton to focus on developing new original projects as EP-at-large.MPR’s ‘Flyover’ returns to explore political transformations in the Midwest
The new season of the live call-in show will focus on the Midwestern counties that swung from blue to red in 2016. ...Moyers’ push for prime-time impeachment broadcasts fails to convince PBS, some stations
The veteran journalist took his latest argument for nightly rebroadcasts of the hearings directly to station leaders.Film exposes dark repercussions of China’s one-child policy
The upcoming "Independent Lens" documentary by filmmaker Nanfu Wang presents disturbing accounts of the policy's impact.Sweep of ‘World on Fire’ encompasses portrayals of ordinary lives
Airing in the spring, the seven-part "Masterpiece" series was inspired by the '70s-era BBC documentary series "The World at War."‘The Vote’ explores suffragists’ roles as pioneering activists
"American Experience" will mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment next summer with a two-part, four-hour documentary highlighting ...Pipeline 2020: Our annual survey of shows coming to public TV
Get a preview of more than 90 documentaries, how-to shows, "Masterpiece" dramas and more heading to public TV in the next few ...CNBC ends ‘Nightly Business Report’ after 40-year run
Presenting station WETA is discussing options with BBC News to fill the show's time period,NPR expands ‘Up First’ to Saturdays
Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Scott Simon will host the Saturday edition of the podcast.
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