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Sid’s flu shot brings letters to PBS ombudsman
An episode of Sid the Science Kid explaining flu shots prompted letters to the PBS ombudsman this week. Michael Getler shares them ...Nothing scarier than nonmembers
KCET head programmer Bohdan Zachary shares his colleagues’ Halloween decoration of this very, very lapsed station member in his latest blog entry. ...Explorer concept inspires UNC-TV channel
UNC-TV used PBS’s Explorer branding identity (Current, June 23, 2009) to create its own new Explorer Channel, offering travel, culture, science, nature, ...KCTS renovations will be green
KCTS 9 in Seattle just received a $100,000 award from the Kresge Foundation’s Green Building Initiative to renovate its 23-year-old facility to ...You don’t need a credit card for StoryCorps’ Day of Listening
StoryCorps is gearing up for its second annual National Day of Listening, to be celebrated Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving. The ...CPB hires Sanchez for education post
Debra Tica Sanchez is moving from the Association of Public Television Stations to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to CPB. As ...Seattle PBS, NPR stations partner with newspaper for debates
PBS affiliate KCTS in Seattle has been busy this month, hosting two live debates between candidates for county executive and mayor. Station ...FCC taps Waldman to recommend policies promoting “vibrant media”
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced an agency-wide initiative examining how the commission should revise its policies to ensure a “vibrant media landscape.” ...“Superharp” blows the blues at WGBH
Blues great James Cotton stopped in to the WGBH studios Wednesday for an interview with Greater Boston‘s Jared Bowen, and showed off ...NABJ to Schiller: “Actions speak much louder than words”
The National Association of Black Journalists questions NPR commitment to diversity in this letter to Vivian Schiller, network president. The Oct. 16 ...NPR objects when its news report is excerpted in Maine political ad
Is it fair use for opponents of Maine’s same-sex marriage law to excerpt an NPR news story in a political ad? NPR ...Storyplay connects children and far-away family for literacy play
A new research report says combining a traditional book with video conference technology and video segments bolsters “family literacy over distances,” according ...Webinar to introduce economics coverage tools for stations
Learn how to use audio and video tools, blogs, widgets, maps and apps to improve your station’s economic coverage in today’s Webinar ...NTIA delays announcement of winning broadband stimulus bids
Larry Strickling, head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, told a congressional subcommittee that the announcement of winning bids for the ...Smiley name is on one school, off another
Pubradio talker Tavis Smiley’s name is being dropped from one institution, but added to another. The Indiana University School of Public and ...
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