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Senate OKs DTV delay
The Senate — on a voice vote — has approved moving the DTV transition date from Feb. 17 to June 12. The ...Delay may cost PBS $22 million
Putting off the DTV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12 could cost pubcasters $22 million, PBS head Paula Kerger estimates. The ...One day only! Get your wedding dress at Milwaukee Public TV
Here’s a new fundraising idea: Milwaukee Public TV is selling some 400 wedding gowns and other formal dresses at its studio and ...Denver PBS analog signal down for up to four weeks
KBDI in Denver is coping with the aftermath of 100 mph winds that knocked its analog signal off the air. Its antenna ...McCain opposes broadband stimulus
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, a lead sponsor of the 2005 Community Broadband Act, has reversed his stance. On Jan. 25’s Fox News Sunday, ...Report forecasts economy 2009-19
The Congressional Budget Office has issued its economic and budget predictions for FY2009 through FY2019 early to “aid the new Congress in ...WFYI state funding may disappear
Indiana PubTV’s WFYI is facing a total elimination of state funding under Gov. Mitch Daniels’ budget proposals. Due to reductions in private ...Please, neighbor, save Mister Rogers
A quiet move to “save” that quiet pubTV legendary show, “Mister Rogers Neighborhood,” has sprung up on the Internet. Save the Mister ...ITVS film gets Oscar nod
“Waltz with Bashir” continues its run of prizes and nominations with a nod in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the ...Congress moves on DTV date, broadband stimulus
The Senate has approved a bill that would delay the DTV transition date from Feb. 17 to June 12; it will vote ...Upcoming P.O.V. doc gets Oscar nomination
The Betrayal, a documentary that will air during P.O.V.’s 2009 season, was nominated for an Academy Award. Produced and directed by Ellen ...MacArthur grantmaker Woody Wickham dies
Woody Wickham, 66, a key grantmaker to public broadcasting at the MacArthur Foundation, died of cancer on Sunday at his Chicago home, ...Cincinnati Public Radio to operate WMUB in Oxford
Miami University of Ohio plans to turn over operations of WMUB, an NPR affiliate that has broadcast from its campus for 58 ...WNET to cuts jobs, budget
New York’s WNET-Thirteen will cut 8 percent of its upcoming budget through cost reductions and job eliminations. Also affected will be parent ...Obama selects acting FCC chair
President Barack Obama has named FCC Commissioner Michael Copps temporary head of the regulatory agency. Copps has been one of the five-member ...
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