System/Policy
Thicket of uncertainty for federal aid
Public broadcasters face multiple and serious uncertainties on Capitol Hill over the next few months. A spending bill approved by the House subcommittee ...Exclusive interview: Alabama Public Television COO Grantham resigns
Charles Grantham, chief operating officer of Alabama Public Television, has resigned, effective Aug. 31. Grantham told Current that the “additional stress and frustrations” at ...Reimagining public media outside of its ‘ever-shrinking box’
At a Media Impact Funders event, attendees considered new funding models and new ways to measure the impact of public media’s efforts.PBS discount plan a ‘no-brainer’ for WLVT
The public TV station serving eastern Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley recently decided that the best way to survive as an independent station was ...Ten stations below CPB grants criteria
At least 10 public television stations could be at risk of losing vital CPB community service grants this fiscal year and next ...Pubcasters in R.I., N.H. go independent as they lose state funding
Two New England public television stations are moving to sever their ties to state and university licensees, cutting loose to become community-based ...If CPB is defunded, 130 stations ‘at high risk’
What if Congress stopped allocating federal aid to pubcasting? The latest bleak financial analysis from CPB, released last week, adds some specifics ...Kramer exits as mediation over Oregon’s JPR goes into time-out
Attempts to mediate the months-long dispute between Southern Oregon University and the Medford-based Jefferson Public Radio network were put on hold last ...Chicago Public Media to purchase Radio Arte
Chicago Public Media is paying $450,000 to buy Radio Arte, a low-power station programmed by and for Latino youth and operated by ...WMFE-TV sells for $3.3 million to University of Central Florida
WMFE-TV in Orlando, Fla., the former PBS flagship that had been set for sale to religious broadcasters, has a new buyer. The ...Alabama firings expose rift over public TV’s mission, editorial standards
It’s not clear what objectives the political appointees of the Alabama Educational Television Commission had in mind when they came out of ...Anchorage becomes hub in Alaska’s latest public TV alliance
A new configuration of public TV stations in Alaska will begin sharing a single programming feed July 1 under the name Alaska ...If CPB is defunded, 130 stations are ‘at high risk,’ Booz report finds
What if Congress stopped allocating federal aid to pubcasting? The latest bleak financial analysis from CPB, released last week, adds some specifics ...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. ...
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