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WCVE in Virginia plans “puzzle-solving” fundraiser
WCVE, Central Virginia’s Community Idea Stations, is planning a unique fundraiser for this spring: A “puzzle-solving event” designed by Ravenchase Adventures in ...APTS, CPB, PBS ask FCC to exempt pubTV stations from new reporting requirements
Three national pubcasting organizations are encouraging the FCC to exempt pubTV licensees from any new public interest reporting requirements, in a Jan. ...At Realscreen Summit, Kerger envisions potential for PBS Foundation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the packed “Looking Ahead with the Pubcasters” session at Monday’s (Jan. 29) Realscreen Summit, PBS President Paula Kerger ...In Des Moines, IPR listeners get new all-classical service, more changes to come
Iowa Public Radio has completed launch of its new all-classical service in Des Moines. IPR Classical now airs on two commercial FM ...Oklahoma legislators introduce two bills to zero out pubcasting funds to OETA
Two Oklahoma lawmakers are proposing ending funding for Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, the pubTV network based in Oklahoma City, reports the Tulsa World newspaper. ...Idaho PTV faces “loss of service” in wake of capital funding cut
Idaho Public Television needs funding for capital equipment purchases, General Manager Peter Morrill told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee of the state legislature ...Is “Downton” creating online pirates?
Obsessive Downton Abbey fans are turning into programming pirates, reports Salon, poking around in what it calls “some dark corner of the Internet” to ...W.V. pubcaster cutting programming due to budget squeeze, director tells lawmakers
Dennis Adkins, West Virginia Public Broadcasting executive director, told state legislators that state funding reductions and loss of corporate underwriting have forced ...KPCC places billboard next door to rival KPFK
Has KPCC “punked” fellow pubradio station KPFK with a “billboard prank”? So says an item on OC Weekly’s Navelgazing blog written by Gustavo Arellano, ...PBMA rebrands as Public Media Business Association, launches new website
The Public Broadcasting Management Association (PBMA) on Thursday (Jan. 26) announced a full rebranding of the organization, which serves financial, human resources, ...Republican gives OPB $50,000, citing “Moyers and Company”
Oregon Public Broadcasting received an unexpected $50,000 gift on Wednesday (Jan. 25), from a longtime donor who has “given consistently but nothing ...Pubcasting pic o’ the week
Is this a great photo or what? That’s Terry Gross, host of WHYY’s Fresh Air, alongside larger-than-life political satirist Stephen Colbert. In case you ...Months later, FCC still “obtaining additional information” on sale of WMFE-TV to Daystar
Nine months after PBS member station WMFE-TV in Orlando announced its sale, the Federal Communications Commission has yet to approve its transfer ...WPSU developing Editorial Integrity Advisory Committee as it navigates scandal coverage
In reaction to the Penn State University athletic department’s ongoing sex abuse scandal, WPSU General Manager Ted Krichels is organizing an Editorial ...Public Insight Network broadens work to include original reporting
The Public Insight Network from American Public Media is starting up its own news unit to generate original reporting, according to Nieman ...
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