“A clear sign that Armageddon is near: The ballroom, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, was easily twice as full for [WB reality ...
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January 17, 2003
Tampa’s WUSF-FM plans to convert to digital broadcasting within the next few weeks, making it one of the first public radio stations ...
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January 17, 2003
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 ...
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January 17, 2003
WLRN-FM is weighing a newsroom partnership with the Miami Herald, reports the Miami New Times.
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January 16, 2003
The Houston Chronicle reports on a Texas appeals court hearing of the Frontline jury taping case.
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January 16, 2003
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 ...
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January 15, 2003
A new CPB-backed website for producers offers guidance on enhancing education in public TV programs. It includes case studies that assess educational ...
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January 15, 2003
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 ...
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January 15, 2003
Documentary producer and director Jaime Kibben died Jan. 11 in a car accident in Tel Aviv. Kibben worked as a sound engineer ...
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January 14, 2003
NPR has renewed and expanded its contract with the Associated Press, reports Radio Ink.
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January 14, 2003
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 ...
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January 14, 2003
Hearing Voices has produced a new public radio special, “State of Union”, featuring contributions from Scott Carrier, Jay Allison and other producers.
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January 14, 2003
“Talking to PBS suits about the skanky infomercials with which the public broadcasting network’s stations pollute the PBS brand during pledge drives ...
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January 14, 2003
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.
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January 14, 2003
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 ...