Quick Takes
Human skull, bones, discovered in KCAW building in Sitka, Alaska
Contractors working in the basement of KCAW/Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska, uncovered human remains that may predate the 103-year-old building, the Associated ...Thank you, public broadcasting
Here’s a nice Thanksgiving tribute to public media from the staff of the National Center for Media Engagement, talking about what they’re ...Brian Eckstein of Indiana Public Radio dies at 40
Brian Eckstein, production manager at Indiana Public Radio and a volunteer at the station since high school, died unexpectedly Monday (Nov. 21) ...California governor taps pubcaster for prison media relations post
California Gov. Jerry Brown has named Jeffrey Callison of Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, as press secretary of media relations in the ...CPB ombudsman gets complaint over station’s Occupy Wall Street button premiums
CPB Ombudsman Joel Kaplan looks into a complaint that during a recent fundraising campaign at WAMC Northeast Public Radio in Albany, N.Y., ...Two political parties protest Dutch pubcasting plan to cut channels from 21 to eight
Two Dutch political parties are opposing a plan to cut the number of public broadcasting organizations in the Netherlands from the 21 ...Screeners complete pre-selection for INPUT pubcasting entries
Pre-selection for U.S. entries for next year’s INPUT (INternational PUblic Television) screening conference took place Nov. 16-20 in Charleston, S.C., where South ...Former “Sesame Street” composer charged in child porn case
Fernando Rivas, a former award-winning composer for Sesame Street, entered a not guilty plea in federal court Monday (Nov. 21), in Charleston, S.C., on ...Bachmann’s book reveals soft spot for Keillor — who doesn’t return the feeling
Michele Bachmann has lots of nice things to say about her fellow Anoka (Minn.) High School alum Garrison Keillor in her new ...With Super Committee failing to agree, CPB may lose $35 million
Pat Butler, president of the Association of Public Television Stations, expressed disappointment over the announcement today (Nov. 21) that the congressional deficit-reduction ...A second state news feed arises from Florida funding rift
A dispute over state funding of Florida pubcasters has prompted Miami’s WLRN to create a new system for sharing news stories among pubradio ...StoryCorps’ Day of Listening: “Let us give thanks for teachers who changed our lives”
StoryCorps chose a special theme for this year’s National Day of Listening, the four-year-old public radio tradition of encouraging Americans to take ...News of NPR’s Infinite Player, dripping with sarcasm
On the Nov. 20 edition of his KCRW broadcast le Show, host Harry Shearer delivers a sardonic reading of a Nov. 17 ...Studio fire at PBS Hawaii causes $250,000 damage
PBS Hawaii was temporarily off the air after a studio fire Friday (Nov. 18) caused more than $250,000 damage, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports. ...CPB thanks Oregon congressman, bestowing Lowell medal
CPB gave its top honor for individual service, the Ralph Lowell Award, to Rep. Earl Blumenauer, the bowtie-wearing, bike-riding Oregon Democrat who ...
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