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Back in the day when young writers were pitching magazines to publish their work, there used to be a common complaint by ...In Illinois, WTVP takes over TV broadcast operations for WQPT
The broadcast signal for WQPT-TV in Moline, Ill., is now originating from WTVP-TV in Peoria, about 90 miles to the southeast. WQPT previously outsourced ...Buffalo’s WNED changes management responsibilities, prompting layoff
WNED in Buffalo, N.Y., is tweaking its management of programming, resulting in one layoff. Gabe DiMaio, who programmed classical WNED-FM, confirmed to Current Thursday ...Eight station candidates seek election to NPR Board
The election to fill four member-director positions on NPR’s board is underway, with nine candidates vying for the seats. Voting for the seats ...Former intern sues NPR, alleging employment discrimination
A deaf college student has filed a lawsuit against NPR for employment discrimination, claiming that the network misrepresented the terms of the ...In spectrum auction, FCC should protect public TV’s coverage
The FCC recently released the entire text of its Report and Order detailing rules for the upcoming broadcast spectrum auctions, making it ...As newsrooms expand, employees at several stations push to unionize
Public media employees have increasingly sought to organize unions during the past two years, spurred by expanding newsrooms, shifting management priorities and ...Incentive auction threatens over-the-air public TV service, says CPB report
Though the FCC’s incentive auction next year might give a short-term financial boost to a handful of public TV stations, it could ...GPB Radio to operate Atlanta’s WRAS without tax-based funding
Georgia Public Broadcasting will fund its new daytime public radio news service on Atlanta’s WRAS through private revenues, not state subsidies, according ...Hill panel critiques FCC proposal to introduce tiered speeds on Internet
The end of the so-called net neutrality era poses risks to every organization that relies on the Internet, including pubmedia, according to ...Salt Lake City’s KCPW hits fundraising goal to keep programming
With a day to spare, Salt Lake City’s KCPW-FM hit its goal of raising $42,000 to pay off delinquent programming fees and ...WHYY prototypes dashboard to measure audience engagement
An attempt by Philadelphia’s WHYY to measure the impact of its news website has its execs asking bigger questions about the best ...There once was a public radio station from Nantucket…
A public radio station in Nantucket, Mass., that previously aired a simulcast of Boston’s WGBH has recast itself as a full-fledged service ...WCNY in Syracuse, N.Y., cuts seven from staff
WCNY in Syracuse, N.Y., has laid off seven employees in a staff restructuring. “We are being prudent as we grow,” station President ...NJTV will move production studios from Montclair State U.
The station has produced its nightly newscast from studios at the university since 2011.
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