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RTNDA morphs into RTDNA
The Radio-Television News Directors Association is updating its name, according to TV News Check. Now it’s the Radio Television Digital News Association. ...Sixteen projects get funding approval from Latino Public Broadcasting
Latino Public Broadcasting today announced the 16 projects chosen for funding in its 11th annual Open Call. A statement by the group ...Caroll Spinney ponders his alter ego
Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird since Sesame Street’s inception, is captured in a rare photograph in the New Yorker, wearing ...Thousands get one last “Neighborhood” visit
Around 5,000 fans of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood lined up out the door and down the street from WQED in Pittsburgh to take ...Muppets starring in Google logo
In case you’ve missed it, since Nov. 4 Google has been honoring the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street with appearances by several ...Welcome, KXT
A new pubradio station hit the airwaves at 7 a.m. today, according to the Dallas Morning News. KXT will play “an eclectic ...You say Pox, they say Fox
Sesame Workshop has responded to the recent “tempest in a trash can” over the Sesame Street “Pox News” parody sketch, in today’s ...Happy anniversary, pubcasting
Pubcasting’s anniversary week continues. First PBS and Sesame Street, celebrating 40 years. And on Nov. 7, 1967, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting ...More power means a classical option for listeners around St. Louis
Classical radio in the St. Louis area won’t go away if KRCU-FM gets the power increase and antenna upgrade it wants. The ...Emmys honor Biz Report anchor, founder; give pubcasters nine nominations
Lifetime Achievement Awards for Business and Financial Reporting will go to Paul Kangas of Nightly Business Report, and Linda O’Bryon, founder of that broadcast ...Experts at Harvard ponder potential “terrible vacuum” of news
A panel of media experts gathered at the Harvard Kennedy School this week for a discussion that “acknowledged both the despair and ...Sesame gets actual street
The street running through Kiwanis Park in Charleston, Ill., will be permanently renamed Sesame Street on Sunday, according to the Daily Eastern ...NPR and iBiquity agree to support lesser power boost for HD Radio
NPR joined with the proprietor of HD Radio technology, iBiquity Digital Corp., to propose that the FCC quadruple the permitted digital ...Mister Rogers gets a bronze tribute
A sculpture Fred Rogers was unveiled today in Pittsburgh as a tribute to the children’s television icon. He’s seated and tying his ...Blogger examines MPR/APM executive salaries; $600,000 for president
The member-supported local news site MinnPost is dissecting salary numbers of Minnesota Public Radio execs. Blogger David Brauer did “a little spreadsheet ...
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