Quick Takes
“Magnificent Obsession” on WBEZ-FM marking 20 years
This week, host Jim Nayder is marking the 20th anniversary his show, Magnificent Obsession: True Stories of Recovery, on Chicago pubstation WBEZ-FM. Each 30-minute ...HBO developing series inspired by “This American Life” segment
Variety reports that This American Life host Ira Glass — along with actor Owen Wilson and Veronica Mars showrunner Rob Thomas — is developing and executive-producing an HBO drama ...Tacoma pubTV partnering with state’s public affairs channel for book show
KBTC, public TV in Tacoma, Wash., is partnering with that state’s public affairs cable channel, TVW, on a weekly book discussion and ...FCC backs WHDD-FM over alleged violations of Communications Act
The FCC is siding with WHDD-FM — tiny Robin Hood Radio — in Sharon, Conn., in a complaint filed last year by ...Washington News Council finds KUOW mishandled aspects of story
In a three-hour public hearing presided over by a former Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice, the 11-member Washington News Council mainly ...PBS Needs Indies Steering Committee posts second open letter to PBS
Kartemquin Films has announced the initial 15 members of its PBS Needs Indies Steering Committee, which the Chicago doc house is establishing ...Arts group applies for new classical station in St. Louis
The Radio Arts Foundation-St. Louis has applied to the FCC for a new classical station, according to the Post-Dispatch. The group had provided ...Oklahoma pubcasting survives important Senate panel vote
Legislation to save the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority “narrowly squeaked out of a Senate panel” on Tuesday (April 4), reports the Tulsa World. With ...Nine Peabody Awards go to programs on PBS and NPR
Programming on PBS and NPR won nine honors in this year’s Peabody Awards, announced on a webcast this morning (April 4). Public ...Founding engineer of WUOG at University of Georgia dies
Wilbur Herrington, the founding station engineer of University of Georgia’s WUOG-FM, died March 29 of a malignant brain tumor. He had been ...Media Access Project shuttering after almost 40 years
The Media Access Project, a nonprofit public interest law firm and communications policy advocacy organization, is suspending operations May 1 after nearly ...NFCB honors WFMU’s Freedman for leadership, innovation
WFMU manager and digital music pioneer Ken Freedman will receive the National Association of Community Broadcasters’ 2012 Bader Award. The award, to be ...WTCI requesting $250K from city to start 24/7 local-programming channel
WTCI is asking the Chattanooga City Council for $250,000 to develop a multicast channel with 24/7 local programming, “Voyager.” Station President Paul ...WFDD hires Tom Dollenmayer of WUSF as new station manager
Tom Dollenmayer, former station manager of WUSF pubTV and radio in Tampa, Fla., has assumed that role at WFDD-FM at Wake Forest ...Journalism hubs should continue, but with guidelines, evaluation says
A consultant who evaluated the performance of seven CPB-backed Local Journalism Centers has recommended that CPB continue funding the multimedia startups for ...
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