System/Policy
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Comic recreation of a gripping behind-the-scenes drama playing itself out at the Federal Communications Commission, animated using Xtranormal technology.A proposal to abate viewer confusion
PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler wrote recently in his online column about what he views as a problem: that public television viewers are confused about ...Going to news has been done, but going up against WBUR …
Boston’s public radio landscape shifted Dec. 1 when WGBH moved all of its classical music programming to WCRB 99.5 FM and adopted ...Disconnect between board and WHQR manager leads to departure
Stations struggling with mounting deficits often cut jobs, but the shears rarely lop off the highest rank as they did at WHQR ...University accepts WLIU fans’ bid for station
Long Island University last week agreed to sell WLIU-FM to a nonprofit set up to maintain the main public radio station on ...‘Sloppiness,’ not wrongdoing, led to probe, says WNET chair
The leadership of WNET said a federal investigation into the station’s use of federal grants totaling almost $13 million is wrapping up, ...‘Sloppiness,’ not wrongdoing, led to probe, says WNET chair
The leadership of WNET said a federal investigation into the station’s use of federal grants totaling almost $13 million is wrapping up, ...Los Angeles: Radio Bilingüe has target but no channel
With backing from CPB, Radio Bilingüe is beginning to develop and test programming for a new multiplatform public media outlet to launch ...Florida dean pushes to cut expenses, gets pushback about blurred roles
Dean Wright has asked his outside advisors to cut costs by consolidating management of its two commercial and three public stations—creating a ...What’s the best use, if any, for KXOT in Seattle/Tacoma?
Seattle news/talk station KUOW is reevaluating its plans for an FM signal it’s been leasing in Tacoma, Wash., after a feasibility study ...Fiscal year-end layoffs include 10% of PBS staff
Swamped by the recession tsunami as they prepared for the new fiscal year, public broadcasters at PBS headquarters; WQLN in Erie, Pa.; ...PBS grandfathers sectarian shows
In a compromise with the few pubTV stations that carry religious programming, the PBS Board voted June 16 to allow them to ...Flint, Mich., to lose WFUM as locally run public TV station
Last fiscal year, station operations cost $4.2 million, but revenues covered just two-thirds of that, falling short by $1.48 million.Diversity: More than good intentions?
Several minority advocates who received the report said they appreciated PBS’s effort, but they found it wanting.NPR cuts deeper as forecast darkens
In a new round of budget-cutting, NPR has reduced salaries and benefits for its officers and is proposing that union employees accept ...
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