NPR’s decision to reassign Bob Edwards followed sound corporate strategy–and that’s a good thing, writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. “If you don’t ...
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May 5, 2004
Last week’s Frontline doc on President Bush’s born-again faith “appears to be a balanced look at the impact of faith on politics,” cautiously ...
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May 4, 2004
Louis Rukeyser, longtime host of Wall Street programs on public TV, has taken leave from TV for health reasons, the Baltimore Sun reported. Doctors ...
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May 4, 2004
Philadelphia’s WRTI-FM will use digital radio technology to offer two channels–full-time jazz and classical streams–on its one frequency. (PDF of a Philadelphia Inquirer article.)
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May 3, 2004
More on Bob Edwards and his last day as host of Morning Edition, via Google News.
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May 3, 2004
NPR has created a tribute page to Bob Edwards, who leaves Morning Edition today.
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April 30, 2004
The Agriculture Department has named a second round of rural public TV stations awarded DTV conversion aid. Eighteen stations received $14 million, ...
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April 29, 2004
In a Star Tribune op-ed, chairs of Minnesota Public Radio’s corporate boards explain and defend the network’s unorthodox use of funds from for-profit sister ...
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April 29, 2004
In its early days, KQED was “boiling with ideas,” says an old timer in the San Francisco Chronicle‘s series marking the station’s 50th anniversary ...
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April 29, 2004
It’s Bob Edwards’ final week on Morning Edition, and articles in Newsday and the Washington Post highlight the impending change. NPR Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin addresses the persisting ...
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April 29, 2004
In case you can’t remember what cicadas sound like, the University of Michigan offers audio files along with close-up photos and detailed ...
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April 27, 2004
Not waiting until Morning Edition‘s 25th anniversary to reassign host Bob Edwards made NPR executives looked as if “we didn’t care about Bob,” says ...
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April 27, 2004
A Japanese company will sponsor a British knight’s series on American innovators. WGBH says Olympus backed Sir Harold Evans’ They Made America, on PBS ...
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April 27, 2004
Tom Silva of This Old House explains why America is losing its home-repair mojo in Boston Globe Magazine.
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April 26, 2004
Some NPR listeners thought Don Gonyea, the network’s White House reporter, was rude to the President last week. Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin says ...