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Grow the Audience updates reveal how much education matters
The latest analyses from public radio’s Grow the Audience project examine the performance of public radio news stations, revealing two top predictors ...WYES breaks ground for its $7 million new building
WYES in New Orleans finally broke ground for a new headquarters Wednesday (June 22), nearly 20 years after General Manager Randy Feldman ...AJR heralds “reemergence” of Vivian Schiller
The former NPR chief reflects on her two years at the helm of public radio’s top news organization, including the stormy final ...Knight announces 2011 News Challenge winners; won’t be the last year, it says
The 2011 class of Knight News Challenge winners were announced today (June 22) — the last recipients of the initial five-year ...CPB salutes Lehrer for career of “straight-forward, honest reporting”
Retiring PBS newsman Jim Lehrer received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the CPB Board of Directors during its meeting today in Austin, ...Students protest freeform radio silence in Nashville
Vanderbilt University students organized a silent protest of WLPN’s pending purchase of Nashville’s WRVU, the latest college radio station to be converted ...Penn State pubcasting loses employees in university cutbacks
The equivalent of nine full-time positions at Penn State Public Broadcasting are being eliminated in a realignment due to larger university cutbacks. ...Two New Jersey legislators want to kill NJN/WNET deal
Two New Jersey lawmakers have have introduced resolutions to void WNET’s deal to manage the New Jersey Network, the Star-Ledger reported Tuesday (June ...New executive director at BAVC: Mark Vogl
Marc Vogl begins July 11 as the new executive director of the Bay Area Video Coalition, a leading video access and training ...White paper suggests another run at Public Square channel
In a new white paper, the American Enterprise Institute is recommending resurrecting the idea for PBS’s Public Square channel (Current, Jan. 19, 2004) ...FCC report author says contributions a “more effective way” of bankrolling nonprofit media
Steve Waldman, who spearheaded work on the FCC’s recent 365-page report, “The Information Needs of Communities,” sat down with Columbia Journalism Review ...APTS, CPB, PBS urge FCC to consider Native spectrum choices carefully
As the Federal Communications Commission seeks comments on maximizing spectrum usage to Native American lands, “it is critical the commission does not ...KCET moving from Los Angeles to Burbank
Big changes continue at KCET in Los Angeles, which went independent from PBS on Jan. 1. Station execs told staff on Monday ...Congressman Dingell wants answers on spectrum auctions
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (PDF) requesting clarification on several points of upcoming spectrum ...Al Jazeera English gaining viewers on KCET in Los Angeles
Indie pubcaster KCET-TV in Los Angeles is having success with Al Jazeera English on its main channel, according to the New York Times. The ...
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