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Houston PBS still waiting for Hurricane Ike funds
University of Houston’s KUHT is still recovering from Hurricane Ike, which slammed into HoustonPBS in September 2008. Insurance claims for nearly ...Kids can go on Sesame treasure hunts
Sesame Workshop has signed a new licensing agreement that brings personalized letters to small fans of Sesame Street, according to a statement. ...Strickling okayed for NTIA post
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved Larry Strickling as head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, according to Broadcasting & Cable. ...Arizona pubradio creating its own programs for “National Parks”
A lone radio station is joining the massive pubTV outreach surrounding Ken Burns’ National Parks: America’s Best Idea. KNAU, Arizona Public Radio ...WNYC, ETV Radio and WDAV, showcase music festivals on-air and online
Pubradio outlets in New York and the Carolinas are kicking off special musical performance series for local and worldwide audiences, beginning tonight ...Albright to introduce Muslim doc at June premiere
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will introduce the doc Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think, at its premiere June 3 in ...Copps envisions broadband project partnership
Acting FCC Chair Michael Copps sees building a national broadband network as similar to past work on rural electrification, universal phone service ...Post-merger, Sirius XM is losing subscribers
The Wall Street Journal reports that 1.7 million Sirius XM subscribers dropped the satellite radio service in the first quarter of 2009. ...Sprout TV to get all Wiggly
The Wiggles, the Aussie musical quartet that’s a megahit with the preschool set, are coming to Sprout TV this summer. The bouncy ...Pubradio comes to the Little Apple of Kansas
Receiving public radio around Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., got a lot easier today, thanks to another big university. Kansas Public ...Arizona station benefits from new endowment
KAET at Arizona State University in Phoenix will receive about $25,000 annually through a planned giving donation from a longtime fan. The ...WNET trimming more jobs
An as-yet unannounced number of staffers will be losing their jobs during the next month from WNET-Thirteen, PBS’ flagship station in New ...PBS ombudsman examines “We Shall Remain” response
In his latest column, PBS ombudsman Michael Getler (right) focuses on controversies surrounding the recent American Experience miniseries on Native Americans, “We ...Learn about StorySharing via webinar
Don’t forget to register for the National Parks: America’s Best Idea StorySharing webinar tomorrow. Join the National Center for Media Engagement (formerly ...“Sesame” theme listed in music used on detainees
The theme from Sesame Street is one of the tunes used to psychologically pressure detainees in U.S. custody. The revelation emerged in ...
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