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Coalition of broadcasters that want to sell spectrum file comments with FCC
The Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition, a group of 39 broadcasters willing to sell spectrum rights, filed comments with the FCC on ...Localore projects secure funding for second year, with ITVS signing on
The Association of Independents in Radio is joining forces with Independent Television Service for the next round of funding for Localore, the $2 ...Foundation grant provides Colorado Public Radio with arts news bureau and site
Colorado Public Radio is adding an arts news bureau and online arts hub, using a $900,000 grant from Denver’s Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. Max ...Kansas governor proposes to cut state aid to pubcasting
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed cutting state aid to public television and radio by 42 percent in the next two fiscal ...GPB senior producer quits to protest station hiring of former state legislator
Ashlie Wilson Pendley, a senior producer at Georgia Public Broadcasting, has resigned to protest the station’s decision in December to hire a ...Check Please! host leaving WTTW to run her own restaurant
The host of WTTW’s popular restaurant review Check Please! series, which spawned several local versions across the pubcasting system, is departing after 10 years. ...Pre-bid meeting for latest proposed sale of KCSM-TV includes Independent Public Media
A list of attendees at the Jan. 15 pre-bid meeting for KCSM-TV in San Mateo, Calif., reveals only one public broadcasting-related entity ...Charles Scruggs, ‘Mr. Chuck’ on WKNO in Memphis, dies at 80
Charles Scruggs, known to Memphis children as “Mr. Chuck” on WKNO Public Television for more than a decade, died Jan. 18, reports ...Connecticut pubcaster to provide workforce training for vets with $125K grant
Newman’s Own Foundation, established by actor Paul Newman, has provided the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network with a $125,000 grant to provide workforce ...Southern California Public Radio employees vote to join SAG-AFTRA
Staffers at Southern California Public Radio in Pasadena, Calif., have voted to join Hollywood’s largest union, SAG-AFTRA, according to the station. The ...Former state senator will earn $150K in GPB job, more than governor’s salary
Former Georgia state Sen. Chip Rogers, a controversial figure recently hired by Georgia Public Broadcasting at the recommendation of Gov. Nathan Deal, ...KERA hires Glenn Fisher, formerly of TPT, as new chief operating officer
KERA in Dallas has hired Glenn Fisher as its chief operating officer. Fisher will oversee daily administration of the organization, managing the ...Newman’s Own gives WETA $100,000 for BrainLine multimedia work
WETA in Arlington, Va., has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation for its BrainLine, a national multimedia project offering ...FCC launches informational website on upcoming spectrum auctions
The FCC has just released a staff summary of the upcoming broadcast television spectrum incentive auctions. The 11-page document explains in clear ...George Rogers dies; former development director at WCET-TV
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. George H. Rogers, who worked as development and community relations director at ...
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