A blanket waiver approved by the FCC today allows public TV stations to raise money on-air for hurricane relief, according to America’s ...

CPB is giving $500,000 to stations affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Director Robert Altman is bringing his trademark improvisational style to the Prairie Home Companion-inspired film, Time reports. “When I go home at ...

NPR Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin questions whether Jonah Goldberg, a conservative commentator, was a suitable fill-in for Daniel Schorr on a recent Weekend Edition Saturday.

Here it is: public radio’s new mega-directory of podcasts, at NPR’s site. It should soon appear on other station and network sites.

“Journalism can teach you a lot about narrative and detail to carry a story. But a novel has to take on its ...

Listeners have been complaining that NPR is airing a glut of stories about religion, and Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin says the network should ...

WLVT-TV in Bethlehem, Pa., is still looking to expand into radio, reports the Express-Times. An earlier effort to merge with nearby WDIY-FM failed ...

Mary Anne Alhadeff, chief executive of Maine Public Broadcasting for three years, has been hired as the next president of KERA in ...

Seattle’s KEXP-FM reportedly plans to start broadcasting to cell phones and handheld organizers later this month, according to FMQB. (Via Technology360.)

Staff and fans of Cincinnati’s WVXU-FM are mourning the station’s switch to an all-news format under its new owner, WGUC-FM. “This is ...

CPB is looking for an African-American market-research company to help develop public radio programming for black audiences. Proposals are due Sept. 13.

Garrison Keillor has quietly begun Literary Friendships, a series of recorded conversations in which American writers discuss their friendships with one another. Guests have ...

Chicago’s WTTW and CPB will join PBS in leading pubTV’s Ready to Learn grant projects. For the first year, they received a ...

After fining broadcasters $8 million for indecency in 2004, the FCC has slacked off in recent months, but Mediaweek reporter Todd Shields ...