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Ex-salesman sentenced in radio fraud
A former advertising rep for Michigan Public Media was sentenced to 18 months of probation last week for embezzlement charges, the Detroit Free Press ...PubTV stations axe bio of Marie Antoinette
Fearing FCC fines from risque moments in David Grubin’s historical biography of Marie Antoinette, Rocky Mountain PBS pulled the program from last ...Las Vegas station to auction former ITFS channels
Sprint, NextWave, Clearwire and other wireless companies may bid on 72 MHz of microwave bandwidth worth an estimated $9 million to be ...“Maya and Miguel” introduces sign language
A new episode of Maya and Miguel debuting today introduces Marco, a character who speaks American Sign Language. The New York ...They got Google’s attention
Vanderbilt University’s 38-year archive of TV news broadcasts doubled its exposure on the Web, and nearly doubled its videotape rental income by ...Contesting conclusions of “Warhol” and “Now”
Viewers complain to PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler about the “stupid promo” that disrupted the conclusion of Ric Burns’s American Masters bio of ...FCC to decide soon on multicasting
The FCC will act soon on authorizing multicasting for digital radio, said Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein at the National Association of Broadcasters conference ...Diefenbach will be CPB TV production grantmaker
Greg Diefenbach, a longtime executive producer at a major supplier of PBS programs, Devillier Donegan Enterprises, is CPB’s new senior v.p. for ...Stern is named NPR’s c.e.o.
NPR’s Kevin Klose will cede his role as c.e.o. of the network Oct. 1 to Ken Stern, now executive v.p. Klose will ...Warren Bell: candidate for “This I Believe” essay?
Warren Bell is undoubtedly a vocal conservative, but does he support federal funding of public broadcasting? Conflicting accounts of the CPB Board ...Senate committee drops Warren Bell nomination
Television comedy writer Warren Bell will not appear at tomorrow’s Senate confirmation hearing for CPB Board nominees, according to an news release ...Where did NPR’s burger money go? – The Boston Globe
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam asks what Joan Kroc’s gift has done for public radio. “Two hundred twenty-five million dollars later, public radio certainly ...Andy Warhol looks a scream
Filmmaker Ric Burns explains to the New York Times why “Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film,” debuting tonight on PBS’s American Masters, is ...APTS may join fight against CPB Board nominee
The APTS Board will decide later this week whether to oppose Senate confirmation of CPB Board nominee Warren Bell. “We have not ...Senate may help CPB Board break deadlock
The CPB Board yesterday voted to reelect Cheryl Halpern as chair, but was unable to break a deadlock over nominees for vice-chair, ...
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