Quick Takes

  • Chicago broadcasters led by Steve Robinson, manager of WTTW’s sister WFMT-FM, jointly raised $2 million for tsunami relief last week, the Sun-Times reported. ...
  • CPB has issued an RFP for its Public Radio Program Fund ($6.4 million in FY 2005). One priority: funding “projects that have ...
  • Radio researcher Mark Ramsey offers “Four Things Public Radio Can Teach Commercial Stations.”
  • WFCI-FM, licensed to Franklin College near Indianapolis, will begin simulcasting programming from WFYI-FM, reports the Indianapolis Star.
  • The board of the Public Radio Partnership in Louisville, Ky., has decided to keep Gerry Weston as president of the broadcaster, reports ...
  • Tom Lix, founder of Public Interactive, is seeking investors for his latest venture, Bulldozer Camp. Billed as the “ultimate ‘big toy’ experience,” ...
  • Jeffrey Dvorkin calls NPR’s tsunami coverage the day after the disaster “curiously distant and even callous.” Dvorkin also addresses a controversy about ...
  • The board of directors of the Public Radio Partnership in Louisville, Ky., is considering replacing president Gerry Weston, according to the (Louisville, ...
  • Tucker Carlson gets his own primetime series on MSNBC, and Crossfire, his expiring CNN gig, gets snuffed.
  • The Washington Times talks with David Brancaccio in advance of his Friday debut as the solo host of PBS’s Now. Though the ...
  • KERA in Dallas announced Monday that president and CEO Gary Ferrell had unexpectedly resigned for personal reasons. Station spokeswoman Sharon Philippart told ...
  • Public radio consultant John Sutton has started a weblog featuring his thoughts on the field and asking for comments from others.
  • Public TV’s Frontline/World invited journalism schools to recommend young journalists for reporting fellowships on its website. Selected students and recent graduates of the ...
  • The websites of The World and Afropop Worldwide listed charities assisting in tsunami relief and Afropop producer Sean Barlow urged public radio ...
  • The Heinz Endowments gave a second million dollars to build a Fred M. Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at ...