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Spectrum giveback concerns NAB president
National Association of Broadcasters President Gordon Smith (right) said the FCC’s call for a spectrum giveback is sort of like that scene ...New contract for NPR’s broadcast techs
An NPR bargaining unit of 64 broadcast technicians ratified a new five-year contract negotiated by the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and ...CPB IG issues reports on WHYY, and KDNA-FM in Washington State
Two CPB Inspector General reports are out. There’s an examination of KDNA-FM in Granger, Wash., triggered by complaints it was shirking requirements ...Pubcasting + pubaccess = pubmedia?
Public access channels and public broadcasting need to collaborate, and soon. So writes Colin Rhinesmith, community media and tech manager for Cambridge ...Ombudsman points to another diversity challenge for NPR
NPR Ombudsman Alicia Shepard applied a different lens to recent complaints about the lack of diversity of NPR’s programming–the presence of women ...“Surround Vision” from MIT may have pubcasting participation
WGBH isn’t publicly confirming anything, but the TG Daily news site is hinting the station may be a part of the MIT ...PBS viewers have many religious views for ombudsman
The latest Mailbag of PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler is full of letters about programs or segments on Buddhism, Mormon theology and Catholicism.PubTV safe from spectrum grab, FCC chairman says at House hearing
Public television stations will be protected from involuntary reallocation of broadcast spectrum during the possible upcoming auction, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski reassured ...Towson cites economic pressures in withdrawing WTMD’s bid for new home
WTMD Radio has withdrawn its proposal to renovate, manage and occupy Baltimore’s historic Senator Theater. A top administrator at Towson University, licensee ...NPR taps another CBC investigative reporter
NPR has recruited Sandra Bartlett, a veteran CBC Radio journalist, for its new investigative reporting unit. She joins her former CBC colleague ...PBS Interactive director Morgenstern heads for Current TV
Angela Morgenstern, longtime senior director of PBS Interactive, has departed for Current TV, aka “Al Gore’s network” (Wikipedia), according to several sources. ...Guide to indie pubradio distribution stirs up PRX response
Jake Shapiro, executive director of Public Radio Exchange, responds to some criticisms of the PRX distribution system in the latest edition of ...Dingell asks FCC for broadband clarifications, including for noncoms
Broadcasting & Cable is reporting that Democratic Michigan Rep. John Dingell has sent the FCC commissioners letters asking for clarification of the ...Computer science camp for girls will use OPB materials
Oregon Public Broadcasting is a partner in a $554,000 project funded by the National Science Foundation for a three-year computer science camp ...Annenberg selects pubcasters for arts journalism institute
Three public broadcasters will head to USC Annenberg’s School of Journalism in Los Angeles next month as part of the annual National ...
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