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Willard out, Walberg in as Market Warriors host
Current has just learned that, effective immediately, Fred Willard no longer will be involved with the Market Warriors series, according to Jeanne Hopkins, spokesperson for ...House Labor HHS proposal would slash pubcasting funding, zero it out in FY15
A Republican House Appropriations Committee funding bill heading for subcommittee mark up Wednesday (July 18) contains deep cuts in federal support for ...Top prospects for expanding pubradio revenues examined at Public Media Futures Forum
SEATTLE — When public media development consultants and station leaders gathered at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus on July 10 to ...“Inspire Nebraska” capital campaign raises $25 million
The NET Foundations for Television and Radio have exceeded a five-year, $25 million capital goal for their “Inspire Nebraska” campaign. “It was a ...PBS, six stations testing donation requests on COVE
PBS and six stations are testing approaches for soliciting donations through COVE, PBS’s local-national video platform, according to PBS. Five 15-second pre-roll ads ...Justice Dept. asks Ninth Circuit to reconsider pubcasting ad decision
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking the Ninth Circuit Court to reconsider its April decision that a federal law banning public ...SoCon drops deals with four public TV stations for game coverage
The Southern Conference has cut short a three-year deal with four public television stations to air college athletic events. SoCon, a Division ...Car Talk led the way to homogenization of noncom radio, writer says
“Car Talk is the exemplar for consolidation and homogenization on the noncommercial end of the dial,” writes Paul Riismandel, adviser to WNUR-FM at Northwestern ...Letter threatened JPR Foundation with ‘expensive’ lawsuits
Southern Oregon University’s law firm threatened the Jefferson Public Radio Foundation board with “expensive” lawsuits in a letter addressing issues of ownership ...Ahoy, NPR journos!
Public Radio at Sea, a cruise that’s “a celebration of the exceptional programming and beloved personalities of NPR,” sets sail next March. ...Kerger among winners of annual Brand Builder Awards
PBS President Paula Kerger is one of four honorees for the 10th annual Brand Builder Awards, sponsored by Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and ...“WGBH Music” kicks off on YouTube
WGBH in Boston has launched a YouTube music channel. WGBH Music will offer radio listeners a look at short videos featuring classical, ...Pubradio needs new ideas and courage to try them, MPR’s Collins says
Can public radio still take risks? That’s the headline of a thought-provoking post on Minnesota Public Radio’s News Cut blog by writer ...Academic study on thank-you gifts for donations yields unexpected results
A new study on thank-you gifts in exchange for donations has produced counterintuitive results, according to Psychology Today: Receiving a gift unconditionally, such as ...Lamberson takes interim spot at KOTO-FM in Telluride, Colo.
KOTO-FM (“Radio Almost Like the Professionals”), listener-supported community radio in Telluride, Colo., has hired Beth Lamberson as interim executive director, to bolster ...
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