System/Policy
Video: Delaware’s first homegrown public radio station celebrates launch
WDDE-FM signed on in August 2012, becoming the first public radio station based in the state of Delaware. Governor Jack Markell cut ...Turning the tide of state funding cuts in Florida
Pubcasters and their advocates in the state capital credit the change of heart to help from sympathetic lawmakers, the governor’s willingness to ...Radio g.m.’s adapt business models for newsgathering
Public radio is adapting too slowly to the competitive challenges it faces from Internet-based media platforms, and the pace of change must ...FCC will allow low-power FMs in urban markets, accept applications in October 2013
The FCC adopted new rules today regarding low-power FM stations, paving the way to accept a wave of applications for new LPFMs ...FCC extends comment and reply deadlines for spectrum auction issues
The FCC announced on Thursday that it has extended its deadline for comments on upcoming broadcast spectrum auctions. The original deadlines, Dec. ...WBUR entering Cape Cod market with purchase of WMVY
Boston NPR news station 90.9 WBUR-FM is wading into the Cape Cod resort market and going toe-to-toe with WGBH’s network of stations ...Northeast gets several new pubradio stations
The number of pubradio stations in the northeastern U.S. has grown in recent weeks with the addition of new stations with signals ...PRC sets up fund to subsidize consulting work
Public Radio Capital and a New York–based philanthropic investment nonprofit have established a $100,000 Revolving Public Media Fund to help subsidize PRC’s ...170 Million Americans campaign to escalate efforts
Now that the 2012 general election is over, the 170 Million Americans campaign is preparing to rally support for public broadcasting by ...Sweetening the deal for partnering stations
NEW ORLEANS — CPB is considering a proposal to allocate $3 million annually over six years to support collaboration among public radio ...Unleash TV grantmakers and creativity thrives
Ron Hull, a leader in Nebraska public television since the 1950s, recommends that CPB consider reinstating the semi-autonomy of its grantmakers in TV ...Pacifica network broadcasting daylong fundraiser for WBAI
All five radio broadcasters in the nationwide Pacifica network will suspend their regular programming on Nov. 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 ...WCNY-TV is ‘stronger and moving in a better direction’
When WCNY-TV announced that its September 2007 pledge drive would be its last, skeptics predicted the new policy would be short-lived.Pubcasters battered by Superstorm Sandy
When Superstorm Sandy slammed into the most populated region of the United States Oct. 29, claiming at least 90 lives and wreaking ...CPB sets aside 10 percent
The looming political battle over federal spending — and the possibility of across-the-board budget cuts imposed through sequestration — has prompted CPB ...
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