Quick Takes
FCC approves WGBH purchase of WCRB
The FCC yesterday okayed WGBH’s purchase of classical WCRB 99.5 FM from from Nassau Broadcasting Partners, the Boston Globe reports today. WGBH revealed in ...Center for Social Media prof suggests Congress revamp Broadcasting Act
Ellen Goodman, a Rutgers law professor and Fellow at the Center for Social Media, submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission on ...Another nonprof news web site up and running
The Texas Tribune, an online nonprof news site based in Austin, launched Nov. 3 to cover “public policy, politics, government and other ...Attention, Northwest pubcasters…
Journalism That Matters, an organization of “media innovators and stakeholders” that nurtures discussions on the emerging modern ecosystem of public media, is ...PubTV and radio in Chicago lose longtime pubaffairs project
The longest running multimedia public-affairs series in the nation, “Chicago Matters,” is ending after 19 years, according to Chicago Tribune media reporter ...Leaked plan in Chicago takes frank look at Vocalo
A new strategic plan worked up at Chicago Public Radio unexpectedly went public earlier this week when it was leaked to the Chicago Reader. ...DTV converter box program ends
As of Monday the fed’s DTV converter box coupon program is over, with nearly half the 64 million coupons unredeemed, reports Broadcasting ...PBS is into New TeeVee
Jason Seiken, PBS senior vice president, interactive, is one of a slew of speakers at the New TeeVee Live ’09, Television Reinvented ...It’s a wonderful life, full of sounds
Fred Newman, sound effects man extraordinaire on American Public Media’s Prairie Home Companion, gave a demonstration of his craft Wednesday afternoon in ...A new pubTV offering: National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
For the first time, pubTV stations may broadcast the 60-minute National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington, D.C. According to partners WETA, ...APT Fall Marketplace gets under way
The crowds are arriving for APT’s Fall Marketplace, today through Saturday in Fort Myers, Fla. Lots of events, including a professional development ...KQED, CIR pair up for statewide investigative reporting
California Watch, a division of the Berkeley-based Center for Investigative Reporting, and KQED Radio officially unveiled their editorial collaboration to bring more ...Can’t you poke fun at Democrats too?
In an online chat with WashingtonPost.com readers, Vivian Schiller gives herself a B+ for her first 10 months as NPR president. “I’ve ...FCC adviser to tackle journalism woes
Steve Waldman, incoming special adviser to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski, said confronting the myriad troubles in the news industry will be a ...Festivities that would make even Oscar smile
Sesame Street creator Joan Ganz Cooney was on hand at Sesame Workshop yesterday as the New York City mayor’s office proclaimed Nov. ...
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