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KCET drops its 45-year-old program guide
Citing a “downturn in our sources of revenue,” KCET president Al Jerome has announced the station will discontinue its printed program guide, ...Ex-GPBer indicted in theft of $21,000
A former Georgia Public Broadcasting finance department employee was indicted Monday on 46 counts of felony theft. Belinda Davis, also known as ...You Must Hear This new ATC segment
NPR Music and All Things Considered launch a new summer music series today. For “You Must Hear This,” musicians from various genres ...RIP Llewellyn’s TV
Llewellyn King of White House Chronicle, recently experienced a death in the family: The old Sony TV in the living room. But ...Renewal funding, new e.p. for “The Takeaway”
CPB awarded a $1.35 million renewal grant to The Takeaway, the morning drive-time show hosted by John Hockenberry and produced at New ...Transition returns MHz to airwaves
Here’s one service that’s thrilled with the DTV transition, which brought it back to life for its viewers. MHz Networks, owned by ...KMBH warns of “scam or fantasy” as its critics seek support for a new station
KMBH-FM, in Harlingen, Texas, is warning listeners that anyone else soliciting donations for public radio in the Rio Grande Valley “may be ...House votes to restore PTFP funding
The House voted 259 to 157 last night to pass the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill. It contains the $20 million for ...WFSU and WMFE end reading service for the sight-impaired
More victims of budget cuts: Reading programs in Florida for listeners who are blind or sight- impaired. WFSU in Tallahassee says it’s ...New York pubcaster inspires documentary
John Robinson is director of corporate support at WMHT in Troy, N.Y., where he supervises an underwriting staff of three. He’s also ...Colorado Public Radio reduces then freezes wages
A 3 percent salary cut and subsequent 12-month salary freeze begin July 1 at Colorado Public Radio, reports the Denver Business Journal. CPR President ...WHYY ends longtime show, terminates staffers, closes bureau
Philadelphia’s WHYY is ending it 46-year-old nightly news show Delaware Tonight on July 17, reports the Wilmington News-Journal. Beginning in August there’ll ...Tampa’s WEDU and WUSF “fight bitterly,” paper reports
How’s this for a scary headline? “Behind calm veneer, PBS stations fight bitterly.” It’s WEDU vs. WUSF in the Tampa Tribune‘s story. ...Dish Network entering new carriage talks, rep tells congresswoman
A representative of Dish Network told Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) yesterday that the satcaster is planning new talks with noncom TV stations ...State budget woes force WQLN cuts
Facing a loss of $800,000 in Pennsylvania state funding, or about 25 percent of its budget, WQLN Public Media is terminating staff ...
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