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Current TV selects Shelley Lewis as e.v.p. programming
Shelley Lewis, the executive producer who just left WNET’s Need to Know, has landed as executive vice president of programming at Current TV, it ...AIR unveils Localore, its initiative backing new media experiments at stations
Association of Independents in Radio launched the beta website for its new CPB-backed initiative, Localore. Inspired by Maker’s Quest 2.0, AIR’s 2009 ...‘Reading Rainbow’ host Burton to offer RRKidz reading app
Actor and former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton has raised $3 million for his RRKidz reading app for iPad and Android users, reports Venture ...CPB gives $4.1 million for Public Insight Network expansion
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is awarding $4.1 million to help American Public Media expand its digital Public Insight Network, it announced ...Anchor and e.p. named for NJTV’s nightly news NJ Today
Mike Schneider, a familiar anchor and reporter who has worked with the four major commercial nets and major station newsrooms in the ...New Hampshire Public Television discussing collaboration with WGBH
New Hampshire Public Television is in collaboration talks with WGBH, as well as stations in Vermont and Maine, according to Foster’s Daily Democrat, which ...KCRW unveils new mode of music discovery
KCRW, the Los Angeles station whose taste-making sensibilities for new music extend from its airwaves to digital platforms, is releasing its first ...“Sloppiness” led to NewsHour transcript misunderstanding, PBS ombudsman finds
There is no evidence that PBS altered a transcript of President Obama’s recent speech to Congress to cover a “major gaffe by ...WBGO enters homestretch for signal upgrade project
WBGO launched the public phase of a $3 million capital campaign fundraising for a major signal improvement project. The jazz and NPR ...Stations’ D.C. bureau, Capitol News Connection, to close this month
After covering Congress for dozens of public radio stations for more than eight years, the nonprofit operator of Capitol News Connection will ...Rhode Island Public Radio seals deal for FM channel
Rhode Island Public Radio will move its NPR News service to WELH 88.1 FM in Providence in October. The signal transition, which was ...WJCT in Florida dropping three shows, including APHC, due to budget cuts
WJCT/89.9 FM in Jacksonville, Fla., is dropping A Prairie Home Companion along with two other shows due to the loss of state funding, according ...WHYY’s Nessa Forman dies at 68
Former WHYY executive Nessa Forman died Saturday night (Sept. 10) of complications from pancreatic cancer at Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse in Philadelphia. ...Temporary hosts rotate into Need to Know anchor chair
WNET’s Need to Know will have several temporary hosts, including an NPR veteran, reports the New York Times, in the wake of Alison Stewart’s departure. Scott ...Antenna mast section from World Trade Center heading to museum to honor engineers
A portion of the main antenna mast recovered from the rubble of the North Tower of the World Trade Center will go ...
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