Quick Takes

  • Boston Phoenix media critic Dan Kennedy explores WBUR’s controversial sale of two AM frequencies in Rhode Island and other allegations of management ...
  • “I’ve pretty much been around the world, but the thing about it is when I go away I’m not thinking about relaxing, ...
  • The Twin Cities’ City Pages says public radio’s Pop Vultures is “conversational to the point of free association.”
  • Supporters of public radio in Rhode Island plan to meet tomorrow with executives at Boston’s WGBH about the future of their state’s ...
  • In a feature on nonprofit journalism by Carl Sessions Stepp, American Journalism Review finds that the PBS NewsHour, Pacifica’s KPFK, NPR and several nonprofit periodicals ...
  • WTTW plans to adapt its hit restaurant review series for other major market stations, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
  • PBS will move its headquarters to Crystal City, Va., in February 2006.
  • KUVO-FM in Denver became the first radio station to broadcast a live concert in digital surround sound, reports Radio Magazine. Also in Radio: the ...
  • KCPW-FM in Salt Lake city aims to distinguish itself from competitor KUER-FM with shorter news reports and a new branding statement, reports ...
  • Last week’s “Savage Love” featured a tie-in with public radio’s The Next Big Thing.
  • Two top execs left the Public Radio Partnership in Louisville, Ky., as a result of restructuring, reports Business First of Louisville.
  • Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) praised CPB’s recent grant supporting the Center for Native American Radio, reports Radio World.
  • Bob Edwards, making the media rounds to plug the launch of his new show on XM Radio, tells the New York Times ...
  • Boston University is investigating charges of nepotism and financial mismanagement leveled anonymously against WBUR-FM, reports the Boston Herald. (More in the Boston Globe.)
  • Jim Lehrer’s performance moderating last night’s presidential debate drew widespread praise, but the conservative media watchblog NewsMax didn’t like it one bit. ...