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Rhode Island PBS president dies
Robert Fish, president of Rhode Island PBS, died July 9 at his home in Snug Harbor, Rhode Island. He was 65. He was ...CPB selects NFCB affiliate as its liaison with black pubradio
CPB is backing the National Federation of Community Broadcasters as its service provider for African American public radio stations. The decision, ...Was George Schultz doc funding too closely linked to former Secretary of State?
The funding of a documentary on former Secretary of State George Schultz is coming under scrutiny by The New York Times as ...Maryland candidate protests MPT online interview vs. broadcast
When Maryland Public Television invited candidates to do interviews for its website, one literally replied, “Go to hell” — because he feels ...Indiana pubcaster’s new home more than triples its space
WNIT staffers are no doubt pretty thrilled about their new digs in South Bend, Ind.,considering their old offices were in “a cluster ...Catholic multichannel programming plan falls through in Texas
KMBH, owned by the Catholic archdiocese in Harlingen, Texas, won’t get permanent all-Catholic programming on one of its digital channels after all ...Writer’s Guild suggests big-media funding for pubTV public affairs programs
The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) has put forth an interesting idea: If the FCC allows more big media company mergers, ...WAMU starts up broadcast as WRAU in Ocean City, Md.
WAMU, 88.5 FM in Washington, D.C., last week began broadcasting in Ocean City, Md., as WRAU 88.3 FM, Ocean City Today reported ...APTS interim CEO meets with FCC officials to discuss spectrum
The board chairman and the interim head of the Association of Public Television Stations met with the FCC Wednesday (July 7) to ...NPR’s Nina Totenberg wins this year’s Murrow Award
NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg is the recipient of this year’s prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award, CPB announced today (July 8). ...UNC-TV turns over subpoenaed footage, data and records to state Senate
About a dozen North Carolina Senators on Tuesday (July 6) watched unaired news footage that the state’s public TV network had been ...PRX/WBUR local station app now on iTunes
The local pubcasting station iPhone app, announced in January, has been okayed by Apple and is now available in its iTunes store, ...PBS earns 32 Primetime Emmy Award nominations; “Cranford” scores seven
Primetime Emmy nods are out and PBS was the fifth most-honored network with 32. Topping the list was HBO with 101, then ...National Public Radio is no more
Well, it’s official. National Public Radio is now just NPR, reports the Washington Post. “Much like the corporate names KFC or AT&T, ...City of Green Bay mulls paying costs for LZ Lambeau pubTV outreach
The Green Bay (Wisc.) City Council continues its debate on assisting Wisconsin Public Television with its $350,000 deficit left over from the ...
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