Quick Takes
PBS needs to run American-made fiction programming, writer says
Where’s the quality American dramas and comedies on PBS? That’s what writer David Pierotti is wondering in the latest Independent online mag ...President announces STEM Video Game Challenge, co-sponsored by Cooney Center
A competition co-sponsored by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop was announced by President Obama today (Sept. 16) at ...Lost in space? Check out pubcasting network’s online geospatial project
Penn State Public Broadcasting’s interesting online series, “The Geospatial Revolution Project,” went online Wednesday (Sept. 15) to explore how geospatial information transforms ...Public Media Corps uses Cool Spots as hot spots for Wi-Fi and data
Public Media Corps (PMC), the New Media Institute’s initiative to extend broadband adoption into underserved communities, has been plugging along since its ...HistoryMakers heading back to school for its 10th anniversary
The HistoryMakers, the largest archive of African-American recorded interviews in the world — many airing as PBS specials — is celebrating its ...Brand’s new show from L.A. bows on Monday
A new morning newsmagazine will debut on Pasadena’s KPCC on Monday (Sept. 20) —The Madeleine Brand Show, airing weekdays at 9 a.m. ...Phoenix pubTV debate clip gets nearly 2 million hits on YouTube
The opening of a KAET gubernatorial debate earlier this month — in which current Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer repeatedly stumbles over her ...NewsHour helps amputee to dance again
A PBS NewsHour producer has helped a Haitian amputee receive a prosthesis, says the TV Newser, a blog in the MediaBistro network. ...Tower problems delay launch of new classical station
Launch of Tampa’s new all-classical station WSMR has been delayed due to technical problems at its tower site, according to the Bradenton ...Pew paper explores how app-happy cell phone users are (hint: well, sorta)
A new Pew research report reveals that while 35 percent of U.S. adults have apps on their cell phones, only 24 percent ...Revamp continues at KIXE in Redding, Calif.
Big changes are under way at KIXE in Redding, Calif. Philip Smith, who came on as g.m. in July, is restructuring the ...FCC brings online its database of licensees
The Federal Communications Commission is now offering a searchable online license database, the commission announced today (Sept. 15). FCC License View lets ...ITVS film event on Capitol Hill draws attention to violence against women
The Independent Television Service is bringing the PBS film “Pushing the Elephant” to Capitol Hill Thursday (Sept. 16) to raise awareness of ...Ex-NFCB president to receive Parker Award
Carol Pierson, former president of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, will receive the Everett C. Parker Award at the United ...Future of NJN now up for debate
The first of three hearings to decide the fate of the New Jersey Network are under way today at the statehouse, reports ...
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