System/Policy
Three Localore projects receive additional funding
The Association of Independents in Radio announced that three projects from the first round of its Localore initiative will receive additional funding ...PRPD names Jody Evans president
Evans will step into the position Jan. 1.Regents extend funding for Iowa Public Radio
The Iowa Board of Regents agreed Oct. 23 to continue funding Iowa Public Radio at current levels through the end of fiscal ...FCC dismissal of indecency complaints clears way for renewal of pubcasters’ licenses
Pubcasters Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Twin Cities Public Television and KCOS-TV in El Paso, Texas, were among the almost 700 broadcasters whose licenses ...Downton popularity, Sprout sale contribute to $30.7 million budget surplus for PBS
PBS is once again enjoying a budget surplus, thanks in part to the continuing success of Masterpiece’s hit British costume drama Downton Abbey. PBS Chief ...FCC delays spectrum auctions by several months, until early 2016
The FCC has postponed its auction of television broadcast spectrum to early 2016, according to a blog post on the commission website ...In marketing for new listeners, Philadelphia’s WXPN emphasizes human touch in music curation
A new marketing campaign mounted by Philadelphia’s WXPN-FM takes aim not at other local radio stations but targets the threat of online ...Pubcasters can follow example of Texas Tribune, says editor-in-chief
ADDISON, Texas — More than one-third of the roughly 300 attendees at the annual National Educational Telecommunications Association’s professional development conference this week ...KET debate proceeds without Libertarian candidate who challenged exclusion
When Kentucky Tonight host Bill Goodman introduced U.S. Senate candidates on the air the evening of Oct. 13, one was missing: Libertarian David Patterson, whose ...Judge denies Libertarian candidate’s request to appear on KET program
A federal judge has rejected an argument that Kentucky Educational Television violated a Libertarian candidate’s First Amendment rights by denying his request ...Wilson in farewell to NPR: “Thank you for the best six years of my life”
Kinsey Wilson, NPR’s outgoing chief content officer, sent this farewell email to NPR staff Friday. When I arrived at NPR six years ago, my wife ...Public radio organizations weigh in on FCC public file proposal
A proposal to require noncommercial radio stations to disclose program funders and share other public file records online has prompted widely varying ...CPB funds will go toward helping pubTV execs make spectrum decisions
CPB will spend $3 million to give public television executives access to expert advice on the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction. The extremely high ...New multicast channel gives Blue Ridge PBS room for afternoon kids’ shows
Blue Ridge PBS in Roanoke, Va., launched a multicast channel Monday that returns children’s programming to its afternoon schedule. President James Baum said ...KET loses bid to dismiss Libertarian candidate’s lawsuit over debate
A U.S. District Court judge in Kentucky has denied a public television station’s request to dismiss a lawsuit from a Libertarian candidate ...
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