Quick Takes
Forecast for public media funding is improving, according to APTS
This year 13 states increased funding for public TV and radio, 10 kept funding steady and seven made cuts, according to a ...After filing for bankruptcy, KUSP seeks buyer for license
At least one noncommercial entity is reportedly looking to bid for KUSP’s license.MPR and Mayo Clinic team up to offer classical soundtrack
MPR will curate a playlist of classical compositions for patients at Mayo Clinic hospitals.WETA finds Passport members skew younger
Passport donors who made their first gift to the station online were 47 years old on average.New APM podcast revisits unsolved case of child abduction
The podcast debuts Sept. 13.Tennessee station switches to Americana format
WMOT partners with Music City Roots for the new format.Pittsburgh Public Media asks supporters to back jazz station
The station needs to raise $150,000 by the end of the year to broadcast on a new FM signal.Greater Public donations help pubcasters after Louisiana floods
More than $11,000 has been distributed to 12 station employees and their families.‘Prairie Home’ host announces new house band
Two members are in Thile’s band Punch Brothers.Podcast audiences look increasingly like America
The ethnic diversity of podcast listeners has grown in the last five years.WGBH, WNET Writers Guild members agree to new contract
The deal provides a 3 percent increase in minimum salaries effective July 1, 2016.Wyoming Public Radio expands Triple A music
The new music programming will air on three FM signals.Pubmedia win several awards at AAJA convention
Pubmedia producers won awards in several categories at the Asian-American Journalists Association’s national convention this month in Las Vegas.APM, Washington Post seek submissions for new podcast on black history
Submissions will be considered for “Historically Black,” an eight-episode weekly podcast set to launch Sept. 19.StoryCorps announces 2017 destinations for mobile recording studio
The Airstream trailer turned recording studio will visit 10 cities.