Record label honchos salivate over PBS’s upcoming musical extravaganza, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues, in a Billboard wire story. “If the films convey the excitement ...

The FCC has released its notice of proposed rule making for the digital conversion of low-power TV stations, translators and booster stations. ...

The performing rights organization SESAC will use a new “digital fingerprinting technology” to keep tabs on which of its artists are being ...

Bill Moyers discusses the Bush administration’s environmental record in the online mag Grist: “You have to go all the way back to the ...

Isothermal Community College in Spindale, N.C., will hold on to noncommercial station WNCW-FM, reports The Greenville News.

Members of the Association of Independents in Radio recently discussed the Public Radio Exchange at length with PRX‘s executive director, Jake Shapiro.

KQED in San Francisco has produced i5, its first web-only documentary.

The Pacifica Foundation adopted new bylaws Aug. 23, allowing for the election of a new national board and Local Advisory Boards.

Washington Week‘s Gwen Ifill shares her favorite foods, books, music and so forth with the Washingtonian. (Second item.)

The folks at Public Radio Weekend have posted a new pilot episode of their show. This time they’re going for more substance ...

New Hampshire Public Radio is sharing its classical music library with a new low-power FM station in Concord devoted to classical, reports ...

FCC Chairman Michael Powell says he’ll soon open a low-power FM settlement window as part of a new “Localism in Broadcasting” initiative. ...

San Francisco Chronicle critic Jon Carroll calls NPR’s new Day to Day “regrettable” and says KQED’s TV lineup needs a boost. [Current coverage of Day to Day.]

Tavis Smiley will host a late-night talk show on PBS, starting Jan. 5. [Earlier Current coverage of Smiley’s NPR show.]

NPR and the International Association of Audio Information Services have asked the FCC for more time to reply to a study of ...