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NPR names Shepard new Ombudsman
NPR announced today that Alicia C. Shepard has been named the new NPR Ombudsman. In a memo sent to Jim Romenesko, NPR ...College nixes sale of station sought by APM
The trustees of a small Seventh-Day Adventist college just outside Washington, D.C., took its noncommercial FM station off the market yesterday, giving ...PBS viewers angry about exclusion of Kucinich and Gravel
In today’s PBS ombudsman’s column, Michael Getler posts letters from viewers who are angry about Iowa Public Television and AARP’s exclusion of ...Kucinich criticizes Iowa PubTV for excluding him
Dennis Kucinich chastized AARP and Iowa Public Television in a recent release for excluding him from tonight’s Democratic Presidential Forum, which will ...Ken Burns’ companion book already a best-seller
The companion book to Ken Burns’ The War, co-authored with Geoffrey C. Ward, “was released last week and makes its debut today ...Top GOP candidates won’t be at Smiley’s forum
“The leading contenders for the Republican nomination have indicated they will not attend the All American Presidential Forum organized by black talk ...Latinos plan protests of The War
“Four protests of [Ken] Burns’ documentary at local PBS stations are planned Sunday in California; a Capitol rally is to be held ...City Attorney posts documents from KPBS
San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre, who requested public records from KPBS after it cancelled the public affairs show Full Focus, explained ...Talent Questers unveil their demos
Online voting is underway on five-minute demos created by the five remaining contestants in the Public Radio Talent Quest.Lehrer was soft on Petraeus and Crocker
Like many viewers, PBS ombudsman Michael Getler wasn’t too impressed with Jim Lehrer’s questioning of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker ...Also off-limits, South Side: Cokie Roberts
The suburban Chicago Daily Herald points to a broadcast segment about a bar fight between spunky two women to characterize :Vocalo, Chicago Public ...City Attorney request documents from KPBS
San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has requested documents from KPBS related to cancellation of its local program Full Focus, reports the ...Brown is the New Green aptly investigates Latino experience
“I’ve long thought that someone should make a documentary on the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of the Latino experience in the United States,” ...Underwriting sales agency bought by NPR, WGBH
The largest producing organizations in public radio and TV, NPR and WGBH, said in a release today that they’re buying what is ...PBS parrot star dies at age 31
Alex, the super-smart parrot featured on PBS’s Scientific American Frontiers and the Nature episode “Parrots: Look Who’s Talking,” died last week at ...
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