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“Mama Jazz,” longtime host of WMUB, dies
Phyllis Campbell, known to public radio listeners in southwestern Ohio as “Mama Jazz,” has died at the age of 89, according to ...Ready TV will be Arizona version of Create multicast channel
Arizona Public Media is launching a local version of the Create multicast lifestyle channel, to be called Ready TV, starting Dec. 1, ...APM acquires Spot.Us, will merge it with Public Insight Network
American Public Media has acquired community news funding website Spot.Us, and will incorporate it into the Public Insight Network (PIN), APM announced ...House GOP offers spectrum bill
House Republicans today (Nov. 29) released their spectrum incentive auction bill, reports Broadcasting & Cable. It was introduced by Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden ...DiRienzo steps down as head of V-me
Carmen DiRienzo, founding president and c.e.o. of the Spanish-language public TV channel V-me, has resigned her posts, effective Dec. 31, the network ...Next Avenue hires staff nationwide for “virtual organization”
Next Avenue, which has been called “the biggest public media initiative being undertaken anywhere in public broadcasting,” has hired a staff of ...Former Sen. Specter says he’s hosting show for Maryland Public Television
CNSNews.com, the news website of the conservative Media Research Center, is reporting that former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) is developing a Sunday ...To Lubinsky, even castanets matter
T.J. Lubinsky, whose musical pledge specials have brought in some $300 million for the pubcasting system, “is not a trained musician,” reports ...WGBH’s voice of Boston Symphony Orchestra writes memoir
Ron Della Chiesa, longtime broadcaster and host of Boston Symphony Orchestra performances on WGBH, has a new memoir out, Radio My Way. Among the ...WGVU Meijer Public Broadcasting Center’s namesake dies at 91
Frederik G.H. Meijer, a billionaire grocery magnate and philanthropist whose famous generosity benefited Michigan and whose name resides on the Meijer Public ...APM reviewing congresswoman’s request to drop Allianz sponsorship of APHC
A Florida congresswoman wants American Public Media and other media outlets to stop airing underwriting spots and advertising by Allianz AG, a ...KCET to air exclusive on-set footage of “Doc Martin” production
Starting Dec. 8, KCET will feature eight-minute, behind-the-scenes clips of the popular British dramedy Doc Martin following each episode, the Los Angeles indie pubcaster ...Country music gets its due at White House celebration and on PBS
President and Mrs. Obama hosted an In Performance at the White House this week, paying tribute to country music. Check out the production photos ...Jacksonville’s WJCT in partnership negotiations with University of North Florida
WJCT in Jacksonville, Fla., is in partnership talks with University of North Florida. Dual-licensee WJCT “would remain a community-based public broadcasting station ...TuneIn announces successful launch of donation app at KQED
TuneIn, a free streaming audio aggregation app that lets listeners hear music, sports and news from around the world, has launched TuneIn ...
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