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Steve Edwards leaving WBEZ for Institute of Politics
Steve Edwards is leaving WBEZ-FM in Chicago after 14 years to become deputy director, programming, at the University of Chicago’s new nonpartisan ...WNET announces arts content sharing system
WNET in New York City is offering an arts and culture content management sharing system for video and web content, mainly among ...Ifill made “big mistake” in defending fired journalist, says PBS’s ombud
In his latest column, PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler considers a recent flap involving PBS NewsHour correspondent Gwen Ifill, who on Wednesday tweeted in support ...Utah educator named director of state’s broadband network for schools
Utah Education Network, the only public TV licensee to receive a federal broadband grant and to join the national US Ignite project ...Philly’s WXPN brings less-known blues musicians to town
This month Philadelphia’s WXPN launched the Mississippi Blues Project, a concert series and website featuring eight musicians who have had limited exposure outside ...Jerry Nelson, Count von Count’s voice and early Henson collaborator, dies at 78
The man behind the voice of Sesame Street‘s Count von Count is gone. Jerry Nelson, who worked with Muppets creator Jim Henson early in ...WNYC premiering podcast-originated ‘Gabfest Radio’ this weekend
WNYC in New York will launch Gabfest Radio, a one-hour program combining edited versions of two popular podcasts led by editors of online magazine Slate, with ...Apparently, pubcasting has gone to the cats
First came WYPR’s pledgecats. Then, WBEZ’s cats posing as pubradio personalities. Now, cute kitties have invaded the KCRW studios for its latest ...University of Texas regents approve KUT signal expansion
After a delay earlier this month, KUT-FM in Austin, Texas, has purchased KXBT, a commercial station now broadcasting classic rock at 98.9 ...Reporters “need to stop coddling lawmakers,” Seabrook says
In an interview with Politico, Andrea Seabrook explains how her work on her new project, the DecodeDC website, will differ from her past ...WV pubcasting director proposes cutting nearly $200,000 in spending
West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s executive director has suggested nearly $200,000 in spending cuts and cautioned members of the Educational Broadcasting Authority board ...M. Ward debuts pubradio app for iPhones
Musician and public radio fan M. Ward has created an iPhone app that serves as a guide to noncommercial radio stations across ...Tess Vigeland leaving Marketplace Money hosting duties this fall
Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland is departing the American Public Media show at the end of November. APM said Vigeland will continue as a ...Alabama ETV Commission hires replacement for Allan Pizzato
Roy Clem, a 36-year broadcasting executive and former g.m. of the ABC affiliate in Birmingham, Ala., will join Alabama Public Television as ...Can radio save dying languages?
Loris Taylor, president of Native Public Media, leads off a story in The Atlantic on how radio is being used to resurrect dead and ...
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