System/Policy
FCC rejects AFA complaint over criteria for noncommercial FM applications
The FCC has affirmed its criteria for awarding broadcast licenses to noncommercial applicants, rejecting a complaint by a religious broadcaster that the ...DEI rebrands as Greater Public to reflect new goals for membership, collaborations
ATLANTA — DEI, the membership organization that supports development and fundraising work at public radio stations, has changed its name to Greater ...APTS, NPR retooling 170 Million Americans campaign
A grassroots initiative that encourages citizens to lobby Capitol Hill for continued funding to public media is changing its name, revamping its ...Forum will focus on philosophies of public media’s local service
The next Public Media Futures Forum, the latest in an ongoing series of events examining topics of interest to the field, will ...Major layoffs ahead for New York’s WBAI
The Pacifica Foundation will lay off 75 percent of the staff at WBAI, its station in New York, in an effort to ...Rep. Lamborn once again targets funding for NPR on Capitol Hill
Republican Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn today reintroduced legislation to kill federal funding for NPR. Its language is identical to his bill that ...CPB reduces aid to longtime grantees
CPB is reassessing its funding commitments to several grantees that provide specialized assistance and diverse programming to the public TV system.NPR, other noncoms push for laxer FCC indecency rules
NPR is advocating for the Federal Communications Commission to loosen its policies surrounding broadcast decency standards, and retreat from a “zero tolerances” ...Pacifica misses CPB deadlines, holding up funding for stations
CPB has withheld financial support for the Pacifica Foundation’s five radio stations after the organization missed deadlines for fixing errors and shortcomings ...Nominee for FCC chair pledges to stick to spectrum auction schedule
During his June 18 Senate confirmation hearing for the position of Federal Communications Commission chairman, presidential nominee Tom Wheeler said it is ...Butler cautiously optimistic about spectrum auctions’ effects on public broadcasting
As broadcasters and their representatives prepare for the FCC’s upcoming auction of television broadcast spectrum, public TV’s top lobbyist is proceeding with ...Salt Lake City’s KCPW cites program costs, duplication in canceling NPR programs
Salt Lake City pubcaster Wasatch Public Media, licensee of KCPW-FM, will drop all NPR programs June 24, a schedule change intended to ...Public media leaders debate value of internships, paid and unpaid
As public and for-profit media companies come under new scrutiny for compensation of interns, public media executives debated how decisions to pay ...The Future of Media Leadership: A Storify
Follow the conversation around the next generation of public media leaders with Current's Storify of the June 14 forum.DEI group unites public media’s young professionals
A group of young public media professionals who began meeting informally last year to network and share ideas has moved to step ...
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