Quick Takes
Hentoff: Romney cuts in pubcasting funding would “create a dark hole in our lives”
Civil libertarian and writer Nat Hentoff is taking on GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s comments on the campaign trail that PBS needs ...Portia Clark, who worked on early Fred Rogers show at WQED, dies at 91
Portia Clark, a longtime personality in New York City publishing circles who began her career in public broadcasting, died Jan. 1, according ...N.J. legislators demand overhaul of NJTV network
Two New Jersey Assemblymen who had attempted to stop the sale of the state’s public broadcasting rights to WNET are now calling ...Possible KCSM-TV buyers include pubcasters, entrepreneurs, Daystar
Potential bidders for pubcaster KCSM-TV in San Mateo, Calif., include names well known within the pubcasting system, as well as some new ...Well. What would Lady Grantham say?
Take images from Downton Abbey, pair with lyrics from Beyoncé and what do you get? Downton Abbeyoncé.Basin PBS could be puttin’ on the Ritz
Looks like Basin PBS in Midland, Texas, may be moving downtown. According to MyWestTexas.com, the Downtown Midland Management District board has voted ...APM, Arizona State join for public affairs teaching partnership
American Public Media and Arizona State University are announcing a new partnership to “help foster collaborative reporting and innovative storytelling in public ...Knell calls last year’s NPR troubles “self-inflicted wounds”
New NPR President Gary Knell, speaking on KPBS Radio in San Diego, called the pubradio network’s problems last year — including the ...Downton returns, doubling average PBS evening rating
The return of Downton Abbey proved to be a ratings blockbuster for PBS, while critics mostly heaped praise on the Emmy-winning drama’s second season. Downton’s ...Tiny NPR station may be in big, big trouble
WHDD, the Connecticut pubradio outlet that bills itself as “the smallest NPR station in the nation,” has been slapped with an FCC ...Development pro Soper undertakes survey on PBS online prospecting project
Michael Soper, who spent 14 years in development at PBS and now runs his own consulting business, today (Jan. 11) launched a ...Detroit PTV to stream Energy Secretary’s address to Auto Show
Detroit Public Television is partnering with the Detroit Economic Club for online streaming coverage of U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s address today ...“Downton Abbey” doubles PBS average primetime rating
The ratings for Sunday night’s (Jan. 8) Season 2 premiere of “Downton Abbey” on Masterpiece Classic are in, with PBS doubling its average primetime ...Server failure hinders “Downton Abbey” premiere on Rocky Mountain PBS
Rocky Mountain PBS suffered a server failure at 10:15 p.m. Sunday night — right in the middle of the “most anticipated show ...Hire from rival station boosts ratings “sharply” for KPLU in Tacoma, Wash.
Ratings at KPLU, a jazz and news station based in Tacoma, Wash., are “up sharply” since the Labor Day weekend, according to ...
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