System/Policy
PubTV in L.A. not yet a case of win-win-win-win
When KCET announced in October 2010 that it would quit PBS after four decades as its primary Los Angeles affiliate, the task ...Albany gets a lot of Chartock, but how much is too much?
When Alan Chartock, president of Northeast Public Radio in Albany, N.Y., was on a wife-imposed Mexican vacation, despite her objections he still ...Ancient human remains found under Alaska station
KCAW/Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska, may not have a skeleton in its closet, but it has one in its basement. Contractors working ...Fairbanks station quits shared feed as Anchorage arrives
Cooperation among Alaska’s public TV stations took a backwards step last week after a modest gain in September. A major result of three ...NPR rooted in stations that still require federal dollars
When Gary Knell officially started work this month as NPR’s president, he probably found no shortage of ideas about what he should ...Colorado net assigns idle AM to Triple A duty in Denver
Colorado Public Radio has found a new use for the spare AM frequency that it couldn’t sell. OpenAir 1340 took to the ...State aid down $85 million in four years
In four years that include the deepening recession, fiscal 2008 through 2012, public broadcasting stations in 24 states have lost a total ...Western stations ask for new election to fill McTaggart’s seat on NPR Board
When a candidate wins re-election but withdraws from service before taking office, does the electorate get another chance to vote? Given the irregular ...Moyers calls for a convention to remake system
Bill Moyers, in a speech to public TV program execs in Memphis Nov. 10 [2011], compared today’s public broadcasting system to the ...APTS operating without dues from 1/4 of stations
A drop in dues-paying members over the last three years has diminished the resources of the Association of Public Television Stations at ...News leaders draw hard line on employees’ public comments
Update, Nov. 10: The NPR Board postponed considering the ethics policy scheduled for its Nov. 10-11 meeting. Spokesperson Dana Rehm said work ...Party backs GOP nomination debate at OPB in March
Oregon Public Broadcasting will produce and provide to NPR and PBS stations exclusive coverage of a Republican presidential debate from its Portland ...Mission: aid at-risk stations to prevent loss of spectrum
“There are only so many channels for noncommercial television in the United States. If those are lost, they will never come back.”Knell: familiar with dynamics
NPR’s next president already knows how a strong production house can continue to work with pubcasting stations — and also expand its ...With microwave proceeds, Schwartz nonprofits offer to buy and revive pubTV channels
Should preserving noncommercial television licenses be the top priority for public broadcasters, or should financially unstable public TV stations be sold, become ...
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