System/Policy
FCC to clear translator backlog, create new LPFMs
The FCC took another step March 19 toward licensing more low-power FM stations, a move long advocated by community radio leaders. The ...San Mateo college district puts KCSM-TV up for sale
As expected, the San Mateo County (Calif.) Community College District announced Dec. 7 it is seeking a buyer for public broadcaster KCSM-TV. ...Letter threatened JPR Foundation with ‘expensive’ lawsuits
Southern Oregon University’s law firm threatened the Jefferson Public Radio Foundation board with “expensive” lawsuits in a letter addressing issues of ownership ...JPR Foundation, SOU reach ‘tentative resolution’ in standoff over leadership
It appears that Southern Oregon University and the fundraising organization for Jefferson Public Radio made progress in their mediation talks held last ...Alabama PTV appoints interim director after departure of Pizzato
Allan Pizzato, executive director of Alabama Public Television for the past 12 years, has left that position. A press release from the ...Dismissals at Alabama PTV linked to concerns over proposed broadcast of videos from religious right
See also more complete story from print edition of June 25, 2012. Two top managers at Alabama Public Television were fired from ...Fine of $50,000 settle transfer of San Francisco’s KUSF
The FCC closed its investigation of a management agreement between the University of San Francisco and the Los Angeles–based Classical Public Radio ...Ramer sees potential return on CPB’s investments
A fast-track request for CPB aid to a digital innovation project morphed into a pointed exchange over the corporation’s overall funding objectives ...Organizers prep for next wave of LPFM
The new noncommercial stations, which broadcast at 100 watts or less, will join the ranks of about 800 LPFMs already on the ...Multicasts tailored to local priorities
Bolstered by ratings data on their digital multicast channels and years of experience in managing them, public TV station programmers in many ...Needed: courage to shape digital video future
"Today I want to lay out a vision for how we can invent our future, a future where public television is serving ...Tiny audience, debt service put Tacoma signal in jeopardy
Public Radio Capital is working to keep an FM station it owns in Tacoma, Wash., on the air after June 30, when ...St. Louis Public Radio to acquire Illinois station
The University of Missouri-St. Louis will acquire WQUB-FM in Quincy, Ill., expanding the coverage of its St. Louis Public Radio north along ...GMs take up PBS plan to expand web video output
Three dozen general managers have coalesced around a proposal by PBS Interactive chief Jason Seiken to jump-start low-cost local video production at ...Questions to ask before you collaborate
For two decades, Dick McPherson has managed the McPherson Associates’ Public Media Co-op, through which 30-plus stations with more than 25 percent ...
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