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New investment fund launches for public radio
Public Radio Capital and two partner institutions announced today the creation of the Public Radio Fund, a first-ever investment fund to support ...Abby Caddabby, the female equivalent of Elmo?
Producers and marketing execs at Sesame Workshop hope that Abby Cadabby, the “girly-girl” Sesame Street character to be introduced to tot viewers next Monday, ...Multi-station public radio investment fund to be announced
The Ford Foundation, the Calvert Foundation and Public Radio Capital will announce Wednesday a multi-station public radio investment fund for individuals and ...Parents direct ire over host’s firing at PBS
Parents and PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler react to the decision by PBS Kids Sprout to fire Melanie Martinez as host of The Good ...Modulators exceed emissions limits
NPR tests have determined that a third of commercially available FM modulators exceed acceptable emissions limits, reports Radio World. The devices, which feed satellite ...Kentucky public radio sites blocked
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that public radio websites are among those now off-limits to state employees in Kentucky, where the government is trying to ...Photos of the Open Source team
I’m in Boston reporting an article about Open Source, the public radio show, and meeting with some other public radio people. Here are some ...Ruth Seymour on New Realities
Ruth Seymour, g.m. of KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, Calif., shares her thoughts about NPR’s Blueprint for Growth (PDF). “Choose the best option ...stephen hill : spatial relations: HD is DOA
Stephen Hill looks at the shortcomings of HD Radio as compared to other emerging technologies: “Of the major usage trends that are ...Jake Shapiro on listener support for new media
Jake Shapiro ponders the place of voluntary financial support in a new-media environment: “. . . [E]ven if the underwriting revenue does ...Salt Lake Tribune – Public radio station manager earns $179,815 as company loses money
KCPW-FM in Salt Lake City ran a $609,366 deficit in fiscal year 2005 while paying its General Manager Blair Feulner $179,815, reports ...Profile 2006
Impress your friends at parties this summer with your encyclopedic knowledge of NPR’s Profile 2006! Tell them over hors d’oeuvres what percentage ...Los Angeles Times: KCRW Radio Host Pleads No Contest to Cocaine Possession
Chris Douridas, a host on KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, Calif., pleaded no contest July 25 to a charge of cocaine possession, the Los ...Ex-WUOM salesman guilty
A former underwriting rep for Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor was convicted July 26 of conspiracy to commit embezzlement, the Ann Arbor Times reported. ...Dumb People Make Children Cry / PBS fires young, female kiddie-show host over old, naughty ...
San Francisco Gate columnist Mark Morford attacks the PBS Sprout Network’s decision to fire Melanie Martinez for her “Technical Virgin” history. “What, exactly, is ...
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