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Rocky Mountain PBS to merge with pubradio jazz station and investigative network
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Rocky Mountain PBS is merging with local jazz pubradio station KUVO-FM and ...Hate spoilers? Full Downton Season 3 coming on iTunes Jan. 29
Apple announced Monday that fans of Downton Abbey from Masterpiece Classic can get early access to all Season 3 episodes — including those yet to air ...PBS and Mister Rogers’ production company team up again, for Peg + Cat
PBS Kids is premiering a new animated show for preschoolers this fall, Peg + Cat. Partnering is the Fred Rogers Co., which also helped ...Newtown followups, unique documentary on Stephen Hawking coming from PBS
PBS unveiled upcoming feature programming today at the annual Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Highlights include a week ...Library of Congress requests interview footage of Bataan veterans from KNME
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. The Library of Congress has asked New Mexico PBS to contribute unedited ...Science Friday settles tradmark lawsuit over creationist Real Science Friday
The production company behind NPR’s popular Science Friday has reached a settlement in its trademark infringement lawsuit filed against Colorado preacher Bob Enyart and ...KTSU volunteer stole personal info from hundreds of donors, investigators say
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. A former volunteer at Houston’s jazz format NPR affiliate KTSU has been ...2013 Golden Globes: Maggie Smith wins PBS’s only statuette
PBS was nominated in four categories at the 70th Golden Globe Awards Jan. 13, but only Dame Maggie Smith of Downton Abbey earned a win ...Finn will replace Adkins as exec director of West Virginia pubcasting
The State Educational Broadcasting Authority of West Virginia voted Jan. 10 to hire Scott Finn as the new executive director of West ...Pubcasting supporter Sen. Jay Rockefeller to retire in 2014
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), today announced that he will not seek re-election in 2014. Joining him for his appearance in Charleston was ...FM tuners in smartphones may be coming soon
FM tuners on smartphones could soon be a reality. On Tuesday, at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, representatives of Sprint ...Community-funded Homicide Watch partners with Sun-Times to launch Chicago website
Homicide Watch, a crowdfunded community reporting site that tracks city murder victims, will launch its third site in Chicago by the end ...Experts leery of FCC meeting 2014 spectrum auction deadline
Will the FCC meet its self-imposed deadline of 2014 for completion of broadcast spectrum auctions? That’s still to hard to say, according ...Harvard and Stanford business schools among partners on NBR-U
Nightly Business Report has entered a content partnership with several top business schools for its new NBR-U initiative. The Miami-based weeknight financial program is ...Sesame Workshop examines possible unlicensed North Korean knock-off toys
Sesame Workshop voiced concern Wednesday after a North Korean government-owned trade publication highlighting a toy company’s apparent offerings came to light that ...
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