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Center for Social Media eyes pubmedia agenda
The Center for Social Media has made suggestions to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team for advancing the “public media 2.0” agenda. In ...Coalition protesting DTV patent license fees
CUTFATT, the Coalition United to Terminate Financial Abuses of the Television Transition, is petitioning the FCC to change rules on digital TV ...CPB partnering in Patchwork Nation
Support from new partner CPB is enabling the Patchwork Nation project to continue in 2009, past its original focus of the election ...Idaho needs DTV translators
IdahoPTV says it needs six new digital translators to maintain coverage during and after the digital transition in February, reports Boise Weekly. ...Audience growth begins at home
Pubradio marketing and programming consultants Deborah Blakeley and Israel Smith propose a 12-month audience growth goal for public radio stations and outline ...Harrisonburg stations make urgent fundraising appeal
“We are among the smaller stations in the public radio system,” writes Tom DuVal, g.m. of WMRA and WEMC in Harrisonburg, Va., ...FCC head anticipates DTV challenges
Outgoing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin concedes in a Q&A with Broadcasting & Cable that challenges remain as the February DTV transition nears. ...Year-end fundraising special raises $130k
Best of Public Radio 2008, a year-end fundraising special that aired on 70-plus stations on Saturday, generated contributions totaling more than $130,000 ...Levine’s search for ‘moxie’ turns inward
The idea behind “American Moxie,” an NPR series by Ketzel Levine, was to examine how ordinary Americans adjust when times get tough. ...FCC reports viewership changes due to conversion
The FCC has released two reports (PDF) outlining changes in TV coverage areas from analog to digital for all 1,749 full-power TV ...NTIA , FCC foresee digital conversion problems
The National Telecommunications & Information Association (NTIA) is anticipating problems in the lead-up to digital conversion in February, according to Broadcasting & ...Sesame Street book getting press
Michael Davis’ new book, “Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street,” is getting attention in the press. The New York Times ...PubTV station nears all-Catholic channel deal
RGV Educational Broadcasting Inc., owner of KMBH-TV in Harlingen, Texas, hopes to have a deal inked by Jan. 19 with recording company ...Its structure cripples pubmedia, new report contends
A report on pubcasting is one of a series of new research papers from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at ...At North Carolina station, layoffs start at the top
The board of WHQR in Wilmington, N.C., has laid off three of its top managers, including General Manager John Milligan, the Wilmington ...
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