Quick Takes

  • Tom Keith, sound-effects guy for A Prairie Home Companion, discusses the Zen of his craft with the Capital Times: “You can’t just stand there and make ...
  • “As the radio industry continues to consolidate, our responsibility to program challenging music and public affairs programs becomes that much greater,” says ...
  • Elections for Pacifica’s Local Station Boards are looming, and candidates for the boards of KPFK-FM in Los Angeles and WBAI-FM in New ...
  • Baltimore public radio station WYPR bought WJTM-FM in Frederick, expanding its reach toward western Maryland, Radio & Records reported. Selling the Frederick outlet for ...
  • PBS will carry the $7 million cost of Masterpiece Theatre for two years, President Pat Mitchell told TV critics during the winter press tour, ...
  • The Association of Independents in Radio Member Spotlight features sound artist and producer Aaron Ximm, Monday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. ET.
  • Elizabeth Campbell, founder of Washington’s WETA-FM/TV, died today of a respiratory ailment, Washingtonpost.com reported. She was 101. In a 1993 Current interview she ...
  • Minnesota Public Radio will stop producing The Savvy Traveler March 26, according to the network. The show was unable to sell enough underwriting to ...
  • CPB and Target Analysis Group have released the second installment of the Public Radio Quarterly Index of Fundraising Performance.
  • The Knight Foundation has given PBS $200,000 to develop a proposal for a public affairs channel, the network announced. Contrary to this ...
  • “This may be the holiday season that satellite radio began to show its promise,” says the Washington Post.
  • A jazz host on WFPK-FM in Louisville, Ky., resigned rather than stifle her public criticism of the station’s decision to reduce jazz ...
  • Alabama Public Radio averted canceling big-name national shows by raising $20,000 in an emergency fund drive, reports the Associated Press.
  • NPR presents the first public demonstration of its Tomorrow Radio project at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The digital ...
  • Milwaukee Public Schools is negotiating a contract with local group Radio for Milwaukee to run its public radio station, WYMS-FM.