Quick Takes

  • “A clear sign that Armageddon is near: The ballroom, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, was easily twice as full for [WB reality ...
  • Tampa’s WUSF-FM plans to convert to digital broadcasting within the next few weeks, making it one of the first public radio stations ...
  • Listeners may have booed NPR’s recent comedy miniseries on Morning Edition, but On the Media‘s extended parody of pubradio drew an “overwhelmingly positive” reaction, at least ...
  • WLRN-FM is weighing a newsroom partnership with the Miami Herald, reports the Miami New Times.
  • The Houston Chronicle reports on a Texas appeals court hearing of the Frontline jury taping case.
  • Media reporter and critic Mark Jurkowitz slams public radio in today’s Boston Globe, accusing NPR President Kevin Klose and WBUR General Manager Jane Christo ...
  • A new CPB-backed website for producers offers guidance on enhancing education in public TV programs. It includes case studies that assess educational ...
  • Joanne Kaufman writes in The New York Times of her 11-year-old son’s love for radio, which includes public radio. Writes Kaufman, “If I were ...
  • Documentary producer and director Jaime Kibben died Jan. 11 in a car accident in Tel Aviv. Kibben worked as a sound engineer ...
  • NPR has renewed and expanded its contract with the Associated Press, reports Radio Ink.
  • When PBS took over the Television Critics Association press tour, the Toronto Globe and Mail‘s Andrew Ryan found the change startling: “Gone are the ...
  • Hearing Voices has produced a new public radio special, “State of Union”, featuring contributions from Scott Carrier, Jay Allison and other producers.
  • “Talking to PBS suits about the skanky infomercials with which the public broadcasting network’s stations pollute the PBS brand during pledge drives ...
  • A line of furniture based on pieces seen on Antiques Road Show will be in retail stores this summer, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
  • The New York Times published two reviews of the PBS series Freedom: The Story of US. Alessandra Stanley described it as a “didactic, worthy and irritatingly ...