Quick Takes
Media insiders debate OPB Radio purchase
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s decision to buy an AM radio station in Eugene, hometown of NPR News and music station KLCC, prompted a ...Gates Foundation backs PRI health and development reporting
Public Radio International said Wednesday that it received a three-year, $5 million grant from the ...Independent Lens online fest
Independent Lens has launched its second annual Online Shorts Festival of 11 comedy, drama and documentary films. The Grand Prize winner C. ...Details on LPFM protections just posted
The FCC released its report and order proposing new protections for low-power FM stations. Accompanying statements of commissioners are posted here.Judge sues Georgia Public Broadcasting over debate program
“A senior Superior Court judge is suing the Georgia Public Broadcasting network because it won’t air a debate the judge orchestrated and ...Gillian Anderson is first of 3 new Masterpiece hosts
Three new Masterpiece Theatre hosts, starting with former X-Files co-star Gillian Anderson, are part of the series’ previously reported makeover, and the familiar theme music ...Sesame Workshop unveils new research center
The Sesame Workshop unveiled its Joan Ganz Cooney Center today, named after Sesame Street‘s creator and aimed at literacy development. The center ...Proposals sought for Latino pubradio service
CPB is seeking proposals for development and launch of a new public radio program service for Latinos in Los Angeles. Its request ...Loan problem in the details for Peoria station
WTVP in Peoria, Ill., must restructure its capital loan by Jan. 15 or pay its $6.9 million balance, the station said, announcing ...Ex-PBS chief giving TV museum a makeover
For one thing, it doesn’t claim to be a “museum” anymore, thanks to Pat Mitchell, former PBS c.e.o. and current head of ...Most Hyundais, Fords, Chrysler cars will have satellite radios installed
Sirius Satellite Radio said today that Ford Motor Co. aims to put its receivers in 70 percent of 2009 Fords and Mercurys, ...Meet the ones who plant and herd your food
Six pubradio stations and other producing organizations will collaborate on a CPB-funded five-part doc, The Farm, headed by Executive Producer Wes Horner, ...Arbitron delays people meter roll-out
Arbitron announced late yesterday that it has postponed roll-out of its portable people meter ratings system in New York and other top ...PBS announces numbers on The War
37.8 million people tuned in to watch all or part of Ken Burns’ series The War, announced PBS in a press release ...PBS tech chief: Satellite transfer in second phase
PBS is in the middle of transitioning to server-based distribution, which is the second phase of its switch to the Next Generation ...
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