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KCSM has $6,000 toward its Jan. 1 fundraising goal of $1 million
KCSM in San Mateo is still struggling despite some $800,000 in cuts — including dropping PBS membership. The Oakland Tribune reports the ...NPR’s Liasson asked to think twice about appearing on Fox
Politico is reporting that NPR executives recently asked political correspondent Mara Liasson to reconsider her relationship with Fox News. NPR brass is ...Car talk with Bohdan
Follow a KCET crew as program guru Bohdan Zachary tags along to the LA Auto Show. Huell Howser’s reporting will be part ...Meanwhile, across the pond …
European pubcasters will assist struggling pubTV and radio networks in Eastern and Southern Europe, the New York Times reports. “There is a ...Demise of Now baffles and annoys PBS ombudsman
The cancellation of Now on PBS is bothering PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler as well as some of his readers. Late last month, ...Center for Independent Media shows nonprofit news is a feasible concept
David S. Bennahum’s Center for Independent Media is one of the success stories in nonprofit news, reports Allan D. Mutter in his ...Bill Baker heads up new media center at Fordham University
The new Bernard L. Schwartz Center for Media, Public Policy and Education at Fordham University will research and promote the potential role ...Four decades of Christmastime chemistry
With all the pubcasting 40th anniversaries this year, we couldn’t let this one pass unnoticed. Yes, for the 40th year, Wisconsin Public ...Weekend listening for music lovers
The Sounds of American Culture, an annual radio series featuring recordings from the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, brings the story ...Tavis Smiley adds four hourlong specials to PBS lineup
Tavis Smiley will do several primetime specials in addition to his regular weekly PBS show starting in January, his production company announced ...House approves satellite reauthorization bill
The House has passed the Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act by a vote of 394 to 11, with 29 members ...Pubradio talents share interviewing tips
Virtuoso Voices, the production shop creating interview clips for classical music stations, has updated and republished its extended tip sheet on interviewing ...FCC offers 67 spare local FM frequencies for noncomm use
For a week in February (Feb. 19-26), the FCC will offer 67 local FM frequencies assigned to specific cities and towns. The ...Ramsey to pubradio: to court younger listeners, get creative, be bold
What should public radio do about the aging of its audience, as documented in the latest Walrus Research report? Given that the ...WordGirl and Clifford enter the app world
Scholastic Media, the international children’s publishing, education and media company, is introducing iPhone and iPod apps for several kid’s shows including PBS’s ...
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