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Remembering WJWJ
The recent announcement that South Carolina ETV was closing WJWJ in Beaufort County due to budget woes prompted this rich reminiscence in ...News Director Jim Asendio gone from WAMU, staffers told in memo
WAMU News Director Jim Asendio has left the station, according to an internal station memo posted by the Washington Post. Mark McDonald, program director ...New Hampshire town starting new PEG channel
While the Alliance for Community Media fights to keep PEG (public, educational and government) channels on the air, there are local bright ...First-ever Prize for Civility in Public Life goes to Brooks and Shields of “PBS NewsHour”
The inaugural Prize for Civility in Public Life, presented by Allegheny College, a small liberal arts school in Meadville, Pa., goes to PBS NewsHour ...CPB-backed collaborators release Code of Editorial Integrity for pubmedia
The Editorial Integrity for Public Media Project has released its Code of Editorial Integrity for Local Public Media Organizations, a set of ...“Frontline” takes home all four Writers Guild documentary/news awards
Frontline swept the documentary and news categories of the Writers Guild Awards Sunday (Feb. 19) in Los Angeles, winning all four honors. “Top ...“Downton Abbey” shouldn’t “go on and on forever,” its creator says
Now that the second season of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic has wrapped up, creator Julian Fellowes took time for a question-and-answer session with the New York Times ...Ira Glass, California Watch reporters win George Polk Awards
Ira Glass of This American Life is a recipient of a prestigious George Polk Award, announced today (Feb. 20) by Long Island University. Glass ...“Freedom Riders” wins Eddie Award from ACE
The American Experience film Freedom Riders won for best edited documentary at the Eddie Awards presented by American Cinema Editors Saturday night (Feb. 18) in ...WUIS classical host retiring after 30 years
Karl Scroggin, classical music host at WUIS in Springfield, Ill., is retiring after a 30-year career that included, according to the State Journal-Register, assisting ...Chicago News Cooperative reportedly folding on Feb. 26
The Chicago News Cooperative will cease publishing content on Feb. 26, the Chicago Reader reports, due in part to a delay in a crucial ...APTS pleased with spectrum legislation, but challenges loom
There’s good news for pubcasters in the legislation giving the FCC spectrum auction authority that passed this week in Congress — but ...Kerger: PBS looking at “some aspects” of reality programming
The Hollywood Reporter sat down with PBS President Paula Kerger for a wide-ranging interview posted Feb. 17. Highlights: On the potential for reality shows ...Congress gives FCC go-ahead to conduct spectrum auctions
Congress today (Feb. 17) approved legislation providing the FCC with the ability to reclaim and auction broadcast spectrum to help pay for ...Debate at Oregon Public Broadcasting still on, despite other cancellations
A Republican presidential debate on March 19 in Portland, to be produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting and carried live on pubcasting stations, ...
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