System/Policy
CPB fines WJFF $15,000 for open-meeting violations
The Jeffersonville, N.Y. community radio station came under heavy scrutiny after a former g.m. cancelled programs in closed meetings.Pubmedia symposium examines how to define, quantify impact
“Impact” is a feel-good media buzzword of the moment, increasingly required by the funders of many projects and invoked by some PTV ...Vermont Public Radio urges Montreal listeners to oppose college station’s repeater
A request by a Canadian college radio station to mount a 100-watt repeater in Montreal has triggered stiff opposition from Vermont Public ...Vermont PTV should be sanctioned for closed meetings, CPB IG finds
CPB’s Inspector General has recommended that the corporation sanction Vermont Public Television in response to 22 open-meeting violations by VPT’s board dating ...GPB coming to Atlanta airwaves with WRAS-FM deal
In a channel-sharing agreement announced Tuesday, Georgia Public Broadcasting will expand its public radio service into the Atlanta market starting June 1 ...PBS proposes video-on-demand service in FY15 budget
PBS’s fiscal year 2015 draft budget includes the launch of a Membership Video on Demand service that will generate revenue by drawing ...Public Radio Capital rebrands, launches new projects
Pubmedia consulting company Public Radio Capital has rebranded as Public Media Company and announced a pair of upcoming projects that reflect its ...CPB urges FCC to preserve public TV coverage in spectrum auction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CPB’s Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution Thursday urging the FCC to avoid allowing “white areas” that would lack ...Funding boost from universities helps Iowa Public Radio after difficult year
Iowa’s Board of Regents voted to increase funding for Iowa Public Radio Thursday after hearing details of the pubcaster’s financial struggles in the ...Public Media Futures Forum explores impact measurement and analysis
“Understanding Impact,” a two-day symposium, will explore how public media organizations can measure and analyze the impact of their work. Convened by ...Deep cuts at CBC spare shows airing on U.S. public radio
Canada's public broadcasting network is eliminating 657 jobs after suffering cuts in federal funding and the loss of a broadcast license for ...Some see decentralization as salve to Pacifica’s fiscal, leadership woes
As Pacifica Radio marked its 65th anniversary of broadcasting, foundation and station leaders are talking publicly about governance reforms that involve “decentralizing” ...Warring Pacifica factions take up court battle as financial woes mount
The ongoing standoff over Pacifica’s leadership reached the California courts last week, opening what could become a protracted legal battle over the ...Futures Forum to showcase practices for assessing pubmedia impact
The Public Media Futures Forum, in collaboration with the Center for Investigative Reporting, will host “Understanding Impact,” a two-day discussion in Washington, ...CPB plans meetings to inform public TV execs about spectrum auction
CPB will convene two meetings about spectrum over the next two months, working to craft guidelines for public TV stations to use ...
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