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David Sedaris is guest-hosting Selected Shorts all month
Public radio favorite David Sedaris, a frequent contributor to This American Life and other programs, is hosting weekly episodes of Selected Shorts this month. The first show of ...Was resignation of billionaire Koch from WNET Board related to controversial doc?
On May 16, David Koch, billionaire and powerful backer of conservative causes, resigned from the board of WNET in New York City. ...California’s KCLU expands reach with new signals
KCLU-FM in Thousand Oaks, Calif., will extend its range to the northwest next month when it begins broadcasting on a new full-power ...NPR, AIR unveil resource site for freelancers
NPR and the Association of Independents in Radio have launched the Freelance and Station Contributor Resource Site, an online repository of information ...Three NPR journalists will embark on fellowships
Three NPR journalists will start academic fellowships starting this fall, with Dina Temple-Raston and Alison MacAdam joining the Nieman program at Harvard, ...Burns to produce cancer doc for public TV
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is adapting a book about cancer into a six-hour series for public TV, reports the New York Times. The project ...Aereo reveals plan to add Atlanta as third market
Aereo, the over-the-air TV streaming service that broadcasters have gone to federal court to block, plans to expand into Atlanta, its third ...KCSM owner leaning toward selling station to spectrum speculator
San Mateo County Community College District Chancellor is recommending that the district’s pubTV station, KCSM, be sold to a spectrum speculator owned ...WBUR announces newsroom changes
Boston NPR station WBUR announced May 10 two leadership changes in its newsroom. Richard Chacón will fill the newly created position of executive director ...Iowa Public Radio reaches $197K settlement with former CEO
Ousted Iowa Public Radio C.E.O. Mary Grace Herrington on Thursday reached a six-figure settlement with her former employers that staves off future ...Latest members of Texas Public Radio? Dogs, cats and a sloth
At Texas Public Radio, “basic pet memberships cost $60, the same as basic human memberships,” according to the San Antonio Express-News. And so far, ...PBS announces fall lineup, no sign of early Downton Abbey release
It’s official, Downton Abbey fans will have to wait until winter 2014 for their next Edwardian drama fix. PBS announced its fall lineup today, ...PBS orders pilot script for Latino period drama
Variety is reporting that PBS has ordered a pilot script for a drama series, Alta California, from Dennis Leoni, e.p. and writer of Resurrection Blvd., which ran ...Oh, those NPR names
The “particularly mellifluous” names of NPR correspondents have inspired songs as well as namesakes including a turtle, chihuahua, goat, cow — even ...Blog by FCC nominee suggests Wheeler may favor wireless over broadcast
Is Tom Wheeler, President Obama’s nominee to head the FCC, “a wireless guy” who looks down on over-the-air broadcasting? TVNewsCheck perused Wheeler’s ...
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