System/Policy
Fix to pubradio’s loudness problem rolls out to stations
Sssshhh . . . the sound of public radio is about to get a little quieter. But if all goes according to ...Colorado Public Radio acquires FM signal for OpenAir
The pubcaster is issuing a $5.75 million bond to buy the commercial FM signal and try to grow its Open Air audience.FCC suggests exempting public radio from new online public file requirements
The FCC is considering giving public radio stations at least two additional years — and maybe even a complete exemption — from ...The most noteworthy pubmedia news of 2014
We asked our reporters to reflect on a year's worth of trends, events and change in public media. Here's what stuck with ...Spending bill in Congress keeps CPB funding intact
CPB is set to receive its full requested appropriation in the spending bill nearing passage in Congress, which will fund the government ...FCC requests comments on details of spectrum auction rules
After hearing statements of dissent from its two Republican commissioners, the FCC approved on a party-line vote Wednesday the release of a ...Pubcasters object to U.S. Forest Service proposal for wilderness filming permits
Six public broadcasting organizations filed joint comments Wednesday with the U.S. Forest Service protesting proposed special-use permits and fees for still photography and ...Database for public media looks to standardize, simplify station metrics
The Public Media Company is looking to drum up support to pilot the Public Media Database, an all-in-one dashboard to help stations track ...NPR’s Mohn bolsters Morning Edition promotion challenge with prize
LAS VEGAS — Addressing station executives here Wednesday, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn offered a free year of Morning Edition as the grand prize for ...McDonald, Holt to leave WAMU
Longtime Programming Director Mark McDonald and Engineering Director John Holt will be leaving WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C., according to the station. McDonald will ...FCC reps tell CPB board of growing interest in spectrum auction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An increasing number of public broadcasters have been contacting the FCC in recent weeks for information about participating in ...Citing persistent errors, CPB’s IG recommends changes to stations’ reporting of in-kind funds
CPB’s Inspector General has recommended that CPB end the crediting of in-kind donations toward stations’ nonfederal financial support after the IG’s office ...Auction delay allows time to think hard about selling spectrum
Selling or keeping spectrum is perhaps the most consequential decision that the current generation of public television station executives and their boards ...Incoming Republican chairs include ‘powerful friends’ of public broadcasting, says APTS president
SAN DIEGO — Patrick Butler, public television’s chief advocate on Capitol Hill, wants to reassure broadcasters who are nervous about the incoming ...Indiana pubTV finance manager pleads guilty to stealing station funds
The former finance manager of WFWA-TV in Fort Wayne, Ind., has pleaded guilty to embezzling money from the PBS member station. In a ...
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