System/Policy
Utah’s KPCW receives donation of FM signal
The donation was part of an “incentive package” from a commercial broadcaster to get KPCW to move down the dial.Chicago’s WBEZ grows audience with expansion via Kankakee station
Kankakee Community College announced plans to sell the station in June.A guide to the FCC spectrum auction
Learn how the auction will work and what it means for public TV stations and viewers.Seven Illinois stations start news collaboration
CPB will support the initiative with a $715,000 grant.Phoenix’s KJZZ to open news bureau in Mexico City
The station will use the bureau to expand its coverage of business and trade.Colorado’s KUNC expands with purchase of Fort Collins FM station
The station will divide its mix of programming into separate news and music formats.WHYY introduces cameras to classrooms as gateway for young storytellers
The pubcaster is helping Philadelphia students learn digital media skills with a three-year program.Las Vegas university delays plan to give Nevada Public Radio control of station
A vote on the proposal was postponed indefinitely.House approves education bill that would reauthorize Ready To Learn
The Senate is expected to vote on the legislation Monday.Seattle’s KCTS to become Cascade Public Media with two additional organizations
The changes are “the next step in our organization’s evolution,” President Rob Dunlop said.KPLU advisory board asks licensee to reconsider sale
The board hopes the university will consider other options, including community ownership.How two of pubmedia’s youngest station leaders got where they are
Michelle Srbinovich and Emily Martin Loya discuss the challenges they’ve faced as younger leaders and share advice for peers looking to move ...Why public radio stations should care about the TV spectrum auction
The auction’s biggest impact will be on public TV, but a consultant warns that radio could experience fallout.Simulation will predict impact of spectrum auction on pubcasters
Consultants will draw on data to estimate the likelihood that the FCC will purchase a public TV station’s spectrum and how much ...KPLU advisory board votes against sale
The board meeting gave staffers and community members a chance to voice their unhappiness about the sale.
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