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UNC-TV intended to fight doc request, e-mails show; reporter no longer on staff
WUNC-FM reporter Laura Leslie in Chapel Hill, N.C., continues to doggedly pursue the perpetually breaking news story on UNC-TV’s Alcoa coverage controversy ...Stevens funeral streaming live today
The funeral for former Sen. Ted Stevens, a strong champion for pubcasting on Capitol Hill, will be streamed live today (Aug. 18) ...A new home for NPR’s Local News Initiative
Public Radio Program Directors will take over the NPR-backed Local News Initiative (LNI) and Morning Edition Grad School (MEGS) projects, a four-year ...APTS selects Spencer Stuart to conduct search for president
The Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) announced today (Aug. 18) that it has hired executive search firm Spencer Stuart to find ...Fundraiser aims to save “Style Wars” film, a 1984 graffiti doc on PBS
The Brooklyn Academy of Music is hosting a Sept. 9 restoration fundraiser for a historic graffiti/hip-hop documentary that aired on PBS in ...StoryCorps animated shorts debut on POV tonight
A new animated series debuts on PBS this evening–short adaptations of audio recordings collected by StoryCorps, the oral history project and NPR ...Get your Wookie on in Alaska
Got plans for Aug. 28? You might drop by Juneau, Alaska, for KXLL’s “Star Wars” party. It’s the latest event sponsored by ...Houston’s KUHF pursuing dual-service strategy with purchase of KTRU
Houston’s KUHF-FM plans to buy KTRU 91.7 FM, a 50,000-watt student radio station owned by Rice University, and convert it to a ...PBS chef opening two O’Hare Airport restaurants
Rick Bayless, star of Mexico: One Plate at a Time on PBS, will open two restaurants in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, Crain’s Chicago ...KET programs could suffer under furlough plan, station spokesman says
Proposed furloughs of state employees could adversely affect Kentucky Educational Television programming, station spokesman Tim Bischoff said Monday (Aug. 16). According to ...Station staffers eligible for ONA grants
Are you a PBS affiliate pubcaster who’d like to attend the Online News Association conference Oct. 28-30 in Washington, D.C.? You might ...Job training is focus of online project at Vegas PBS
Vegas PBS is now providing viewers with job assistance through its Vegas Virtual Workforce, reports the Las Vegas Business Press. There’ll ...Nonprofs continue to struggle, GuideStar report says
The recession is still adversely affecting public charities and private foundations, according to new research from GuideStar, a nonprofit information clearinghouse. Around ...Live this week: News forum from Aspen Institute
The Forum on Communications and Society at the Aspen Institute is live from around 8 a.m. to noon Mountain Standard Time today ...Kling to FCC: protect public service on the Internet
Google and Verizon’s proposal to regulate the Internet “could force many users of the information superhighway onto a dusty back road,” including ...
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