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PBS programming wins 10 Creative Arts Emmys
PBS won 10 statuettes at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Saturday night (Sept. 10) in Los Angeles, including Outstanding Nonfiction Series for American Masters. ...WOSU in Columbus completes sale of AM channel
Ohio State University trustees on Friday (Sept. 9) approved the $2 million sale of WOSU Public Media’s AM frequency and transmitting equipment ...NPR weighs in on FCC proposal to clear spectrum for LPFMs
Regulatory wrangling over the FCC’s proposed rule-making for low-power FM stations is heating up. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Sept. 7 ...Doc Martin may get American version, KCET programmer learns
Bohdan Zachary, broadcasting and program development v.p. at KCET in Los Angeles, recently got the chance to visit the set of Doc Martin, the ...YouTube eyeing original journalism; in talks with Center for Investigative Reporting
YouTube is in discussions with the Center for Investigative Reporting to form a video-based reporting service, reports the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. YouTube ...WGZS, latest pubradio station, hits the airwaves on Minnesota reservation
After nine years of work, a new 50,000-watt public radio station debuted Wednesday (Sept. 7) on the Fond du Lac Reservation in ...Riverwalk Jazz archives going to Stanford University
The archives of Riverwalk Jazz, the critically acclaimed PRI show hosted by musician Jim Cullum, are heading to Stanford University. Included are 400 radio ...Montana PBS adds transmitter in state’s far northwest
The FCC bestowed a rare gift upon the northwestern Montana town of Kalispell today — a construction permit for a new public ...KPBS announces weeknight news show, further investigative collaboration
KPBS in San Diego is launching a new weeknight local news and analysis show, KPBS Evening Edition, beginning Sept. 26. “We’ve spent a lot ...Simon Marks to depart from NewsHour
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions President Simon Marks is leaving his post at the end of this month, he told Current in an email today (Sept. ...Cornish describes a new vibe for NPR’s ‘Weekend Edition Sunday’
NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday was originally conceived as the Sunday newspaper, but new host Audie Cornish wants it to be more like ...Daystar buying former PBS affiliate in Waco, Texas, for $250,000
The Daystar religious network is purchasing KDYW, the former PBS affiliate KWBU in Waco, Texas, according to a filing with the Federal ...Public broadcasting 9/11 content runs from arts to investigations
CPB is compiling an online list of 9/11-related pubcasting programming airing during the next several weeks. Spokesperson Nicole Mezlo told Current that the ...Fighting budget cuts with TALENT WAR$
WVPT in Harrisonburg, Va., is hoping an online talent contest helps them raise money to restore state cuts to their budget, reports ...Free download of Edwards memoir offered as a gift to pubradio fans
A new memoir by Bob Edwards, the NPR personality whose 2004 ouster as Morning Edition anchor roiled public radio, is being offered ...
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