System/Policy
Seattle’s KEXP receives state funds for new headquarters
The new studios are expected to open next spring.NPR’s vision for collaborative news coverage holds promise, but challenges remain
As NPR and stations develop a new model, a former station-based editor offers a few suggestions.APMG plans organizational changes, no more ‘business as usual’
An internal memo announced structural changes and cuts to staff and programs as part of an effort to focus resources.How KPCC worked to grow its Latino audience in Los Angeles
It took getting through a difficult period of culture change at the station.While NPR employees negotiate, staffers at two stations approve first union contracts
NPR staffers are taking to Twitter to call attention to union negotiations.News directors’ conference focuses on diversity in hiring and reporting
The Public Radio News Directors conference featured a pair of sessions on the subject.Florida legislature cuts funding for PBS LearningMedia
The funds would have supported adapting the PBS materials to state standards.Illinois radio station faces uncertain future after college announces shutdown
Kankakee Community College announced last week that WKCC-FM will go dark in December.House and Senate spending bills propose level support for CPB, but no interconnect funds
The bills include level funding of $445 million for CPB.House Appropriations Committee approves $445M for CPB
But PBS’s interconnection project lacks support so far.Stations moving to VHF should receive equal treatment in auction, pubcasters tell FCC officials
Public broadcasters met with FCC Chair Tom Wheeler and other commission officials Monday.FCC declines to protect public TV in 2016 spectrum auction
In a ruling issued Friday, the FCC also denied a petition to protect TV translators, which many rural stations use.U.S. pubcasters visit Kiev to advise on creating public media network
Representatives from CPB, Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Association of Independents in Radio are in Ukraine's capital.WBGU-TV may auction spectrum; could leave part of Ohio without PBS
The board of trustees for Bowling Green State University approved an administration request to explore participation in the FCC’s spectrum auction.FCC to provide spectrum bids to stations by September, CPB Board hears
Stations have 60 days from receiving bids to declare whether they will participate in the auction, set for mid-2016.
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