Quick Takes
Illinois station, others, still getting calls over channel position switch
Springfield, Ill., PBS affiliate WSEC is receiving about 20 calls a day since its channel was recently shifted from its usual spot ...Paper supplying programs to pubcaster
Here’s an interesting arrangement: In Brevard County, Fla., the Florida Today newspaper will be providing regular weekday TV programs for PBS affiliate WBCC, owned ...Estate from “Roadshow” appraiser coming up for auction
The estate of Antiques Roadshow appraiser Richard Wright, who died March 1, will go up for auction in October, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers has ...On tonight’s fight card: PBS vs. “American Idol”
Conservative website CNSNews (Motto: “The Right News. Right Now”) polled various members of Congress on this pressing question: Which better reflects American ...Classical host cut in Colorado
Colorado Public Radio has laid off Stephanie Wendt, a classical-music host based in Minnesota. A memo to the staff said the change ...Weekly underwriting now encouraged
The Sponsorship Group for Public Television, a sales organization for producers, is now pitching to underwriters on kid’s shows including Arthur ...The next Bob Ross?
The late “happy trees” pubpainter Bob Ross is a very tough act to follow. But Anne Mimi Sammis is picking up the ...President’s proposed FY10 budget axes rural pubcasting grants
President Obama’s fiscal 2010 budget, delivered to Congress today, has targeted rural public broadcasting grants of $5 million for elimination. In a ...Kangas leaving Nightly Business Report
After a 30-year run, Nightly Business Report co-anchor Paul Kangas is stepping down. WPBT, the PBS station in Miami that produces “Nightly ...CBC repackages “Outfront” for PRX offer
Public Radio Exchange and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation are offering hour-long versions of Outfront, an award-winning CBC Radio series of personal essays ...Eight projects backed in final round of Makers Quest
Makers Quest 2.0 has unveiled the eight audio-centric new media projects that received backing to complete production by August. The Association of ...Former PBS chair testifies at Cap Hill media hearing
Alberto Ibarguen, former PBS chairman and now president of the Knight Foundation, testified on Capitol Hill today. The hearing, on the future ...“We Shall Remain” sparks charity drive
The American Experience series “We Shall Remain” on Native American history has inspired a drive in Massachusetts to help residents of the ...Juilliard student creates new music for WNET, WLIW
PubTV stations Channel 13 and WLIW21 in New York are debuting new identification spots featuring music created by a Juilliard student. Have ...Super Why! research shows increase in literacy skills
Two new studies examining the PBS Kids series Super WHY! provide proof of the show’s effectiveness on literacy skills, according to ...
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