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Here’s a link to get you caught up on the posts thus far at “The Babes of NPR” on Tumblr, which the New ...WFMT to offer annual Immersion Day as a live online stream for $20
Classical WFMT in Chicago is conducting an experiment with its third annual in-studio Immersion Day on Feb. 11, said Steve Robinson, e.v.p. ...Mike deGruy, cinematographer for several Nature docs, dies in crash
Mike deGruy, an acclaimed cinematographer with a love of the sea who created several Nature documentaries on PBS, was killed in a helicopter ...PBS Arts Festival supporter tops Chronicle of Philanthropy’s 2011 largest donors list
The late Margaret Cargill, whose Anne Ray Charitable Trust backed last year’s PBS Fall Arts Festival with an $800,000 donation, was the ...Here’s a peek into the Crawley family’s Superbowl party
Turns out the inhabitants of Downton Abbey watched the Superbowl on Sunday, too. Well, the Super-Proper Bowl, at least. Check it out on YouTube.World Channel seeks long-form documentaries for upcoming series
The World Channel is announcing its first open call for content, in advance of a new long-form documentary series premiering later this ...WDSC-TV staffers must reapply for jobs
The 14 employees at WDSC-TV at Daytona State College must reapply for their positions, which are being eliminated June 30, reports the ...KIXE-TV gets 32 applications for g.m. spot
KIXE-TV in Redding, Calif., received 32 applications for general manager and will interview eight candidates by phone, according to the local Record Searchlight newspaper, ...AU purchases 96,000-square-foot building for its WAMU-FM
WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C., will soon move to a much bigger home. Licensee American University has purchased a 96,000-square-foot building for the ...Coming soon on “Family Feud,” it’s Team Vogelzang!
“Being on a syndicated television program was not on any life’s list that I ever had,” said Mark Vogelzang, president of Maine ...There’s good news in numbers at PBS Board meeting
ARLINGTON, Va. — PBS President Paula Kerger told the PBS Board that 2011 was an “amazing year amidst extraordinary challenges.” Kerger, speaking ...“Moyers and Company” sparks letter to CPB ombudsman
Moyers and Company, the latest offering from pubTV veteran newsman Bill Moyers, a longtime target of conservative criticism, has prompted a complaint to CPB ...Turning public radio’s funding model upside-down
As public radio listeners gain more options for listening to and supporting their favorite shows, the value proposition that’s at the center ...South Carolina ETV makes “hard decision” to close WJWJ after nearly 40 years
South Carolina ETV is closing the studio and office of its Lowcountry public TV station, WJWJ, after nearly 40 years in Beaufort ...KUHT-TV in Houston lays off 12 employees across five departments
As part of an ongoing reorganization, KUHT-TV in Houston has laid off 12 staffers. The Houston Chronicle describes it as “part of a cost-cutting ...
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