System/Policy
Supreme Court declines to review ban on political ads on public TV
The Supreme Court rejected a request Monday from the Minority Television Project (MTVP), licensee of public TV station KMTP in San Francisco, ...GSU considers options to keep student-run WRAS programming on FM
Georgia State University announced Friday that it is searching for a new FM frequency for student-hosted music programs, which will soon be ...New Hampshire Public Radio acquiring small classical station WCNH-FM
New Hampshire Public Radio is purchasing WCNH-FM, a 250-watt classical station that has been broadcasting from the state network’s Concord studios for ...New NPR president Mohn starts job facing big expectations
The successful broadcaster and investor's to-do list includes bolstering NPR's finances and stepping up collaborations with stations.University licensee trims Arizona Public Media by $2M over five years
Arizona Public Media will lose $2 million in support from its university licensee over the next five years starting July 1. Over that ...Pacifica’s WBAI seeks new home for transmitter
With its current location atop the Empire State Building threatened, Pacifica’s WBAI-FM in New York is looking to relocate its transmitter. In an ...University of Washington files to transfer KEXP license to friends group
The move comes as KEXP conducts a $15 million capital campaign for a new headquarters.Pew grant supports new zydeco project from Philadelphia’s WXPN
Philadelphia’s WXPN-FM has received a $360,000 grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage for Zydeco Crossroads, a 15-month project that ...Washington’s WAMU aims to buy signal south of D.C.
WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C., will enter the Fredericksburg, Va., market with the pending purchase of 8,000-watt WWED 89.5-FM. WAMU has proposed to buy ...WRAS fans fighting GPB may have message for pubradio programmers
The social media campaign is easy to dismiss, but public media can't ignore the demands of this young audience.FCC staff reports fast clip for processing of LPFM apps
FCC commissioners got an update Friday on the status of low-power FM applications, six months after the closing of the most recent ...This American Life departure highlights competitive challenge for pubradio satellite system
The expanding portfolio of Public Radio Exchange, the Internet-based distribution platform, has prompted some public radio insiders to question whether NPR’s Public ...Mississippi boosts state aid to pubcasting after half-decade of cuts
MPR credits successful legislative outreach and a state revenue increase for its nine-percent aid bump.In radio appearance, ‘Citizen Koch’ filmmakers allege self-censorship in public TV
The filmmakers behind a new documentary briefly discussed their “deeply troubling” experience with public TV in an appearance on public radio’s On Point Wednesday. Tia ...WPBT and WXEL in South Florida reveal merger talks
A proposed merger of two Florida public TV stations would serve a combined market area roughly equivalent to the country’s seventh-largest Nielsen ...
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