Quick Takes

  • The Public Radio Exchange has handed out $45,000 to six public radio stations to support “showcase shows” that highlight documentaries and work ...
  • More pix on Flickr from the Third Coast Festival.
  • A weakening focus on core broadcast programming is to blame for public radio’s recent audience losses, writes consultant John Sutton. “Much of ...
  • Romenesko asks: “Has NPR’s Libby Lewis done any reports yet on Lewis Libby?”
  • Steve Fentriss, a 19-year-old drummer and composer from Ann Arbor, Mich., has recorded a little ditty called “I Love Public Radio.” You ...
  • Ray Suarez will host public radio’s America Abroad and continue as a correspondent for public TV’s NewsHour. Public Radio International distributes America Abroad to more than 100 ...
  • See pictures from the Third Coast International Audio Festival on the Public Radio Exchange’s Flickr page.
  • “Public radio forces too much money out of its on-air fund drives,” writes consultant John Sutton on his blog. “And the problem ...
  • The Seattle Post-Intelligencer profiles Seattle’s KEXP-FM. “They’re keeping this hopeful notion of what music is supposed to be about alive,” says a record label ...
  • WTTW plans to make big changes to its signature news magazine in January when former news anchor and CBS News correspondent Carol ...
  • Transom has a team of four blogging this year’s Third Coast International Audio Festival.
  • Mark Handley, the retiring g.m. of New Hampshire Public Radio, reminisces in the New Hampshire Union Leader about his time at the network. Handley ...
  • In a world of new media options for kids and their parents, PBS’s preeminence as the service with high-quality educational preschool fare ...
  • Cuts to CPB funding proposed by House Republicans would force tough decisions at Nebraska ETV. “We would probably have to eliminate our ...
  • If you’re wondering what industry could become NPR’s big competitor in serious news coverage, the New York Times had a hint on ...