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NPR back as a House target: Draft bill seeks ban on aid
The draft for the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill, introduced Sept. 29 ...Sesame Workshop names its c.o.o. Ming as new president and c.e.o.
Sesame Workshop’s new president and c.e.o. is H. Melvin Ming, currently the Workshop’s chief operating officer. Ming succeeds Gary Knell, who ...Pubcaster elected chairman of Radio Television Digital News Association
Michigan Radio News Director Vincent Duffy is the new chairman of the board of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), the ...Alvarado, Jackson, Taylor named to FCC Diversity Committee
Three public broadcasters have been named to the Federal Communication Commission’s Diversity Committee (PDF). Joaquin Alvarado, senior vice president for digital innovation ...Labor HHS proposal would block NPR funds, asks CPB to wean radio money by 2014
The draft for the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services bill, introduced Thursday (Sept. 29) by the subcommittee ...Cops nab WNET MetroFocus journalist at Wall Street protests
A Web editor with WNET’s new MetroFocus local news and culture site was arrested while reporting on citizen journalism at this week’s ...DeAnne Hamilton to lead WESA in Pittsburgh
DeAnne Hamilton becomes president of WESA-90.5 FM in Pittsburgh on Oct. 17, Essential Public Radio announced today (Sept. 28). She previously was ...New PBS primary in Orlando raises $60,000 in first pledge drive
WUCF-TV, the new PBS primary station in Orlando, Fla., has raised $60,000 in its first pledge drive, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Grant Heston, assistant ...Documents reveal financial struggles for Michigan State’s WKAR
In recent years, Michigan State University has provided an average annual subsidy of $3.5 million for WKAR-TV and radio — about one-third ...Rep. Yarmuth introduces bill to reauthorize Ready To Learn
Congressman John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) has introduced the Ready To Compete Act, H.R. 3036, which would reauthorize public television’s longtime education program, Ready ...Two pubcasters honored as Powerful and Influential Latinos
Sandie Pedlow, executive director of Latino Public Broadcasting, and Joseph Tovares, CPB’s senior v.p. for diversity and innovation, are on this year’s ...At long last, public radio has its very own style maven
Jesse Thorn, host and creator of The Sound of Young America, has his hands in many creative projects but recently he’s taken ...“Teaching Channel Presents” to highlight innovative classroom methods
Teaching Channel Presents, a one-hour weekly magazine showcasing teachers and their methods nationwide, premieres Oct. 2 on public TV stations. It’s produced by the ...Six News and Documentary Emmys go to shows on PBS
PBS won six News and Documentary Emmy Awards at ceremonies Monday (Sept. 26) in New York City. P.O.V. claimed four statuettes, and Independent Lens and Frontline each ...WAMU’s Fred Fiske, 91, to retire this week
Fred Fiske, senior commentator at WAMU 88.5 in Washington, D.C., is retiring at age 91 on Tuesday (Sept. 27), which marks his ...
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