“Although the new Forsyte Saga cannot recreate the story’s historic role in television, its revitalized characters offer a delightful escape,” writes Caryn James in ...
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October 4, 2002
The FCC has released the findings of 12 studies it commissioned to examine the effects of existing media ownership rules. The agency ...
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October 2, 2002
BBC re-tooled its nightly world news program more closely to American interests, and last week began producing the show live from studios ...
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October 2, 2002
Sixty couples have met at NPR and married, thus landing on Susan Stamberg’s list tracking the phenomenon, reports USA Today.
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October 2, 2002
The Public Telecommunications Facilities Program awarded $36 million in digital conversion grants to 97 public TV stations Sept. 30. An additional $6 ...
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October 1, 2002
The board of education in Columbus, Ohio, is likely to keep control of public radio station WCBE, reports This Week. An advisory ...
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October 1, 2002
Viewers ignored the rebroadcast of Ken Burns’ Civil War in favor of the Emmys and network shows such as CSI: Miami ...
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October 1, 2002
Pacifica plans to launch a daily hourlong digest covering the push for war against Iraq, and will also offer live coverage of ...
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October 1, 2002
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, debuting tonight on PBS, “does not shout, nor does it exult. It pays homage to sacrifice and ...
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October 1, 2002
Pacifica voted to return to its old home of Berkeley after its executive director said the move would save money, reports the ...
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September 27, 2002
The increasingly busy Nic Harcourt, host of KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, tells the L.A. Times he’s “totally overworked.” He just supervised the ...
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September 27, 2002
PBS launched a major new website for parents. It features an activity search tool that correlates games, booklists, stories and fun projects ...
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September 26, 2002
“Luckily I hadn’t had anything to eat or drink; if I’d had a cup of coffee I might have actually been sweating ...
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September 26, 2002
Talks with NPR’s Ben Roe and the BBC’s John Evans from the PRPD are now online at the website of the Association ...
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September 25, 2002
“If PBS only had a sense of humor and encouraged more independent creativity and originality, its programs would serve audiences far better,” ...