System/Policy
NPR extends dues relief to stations
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No member stations will see increases in fees in the next fiscal year.
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No member stations will see increases in fees in the next fiscal year.
The emergency funds provide extra assistance to small and rural public stations.
“We are experiencing the biggest financial test in our 53-year history,” American Public Media Group CEO Jon McTaggart told staff.
Without our conferences, what holds public media together? How do you gain insight about our industry? How do we share best practices and learn from one another?
WUMR was already planning to go off the air for a time as it transitioned to a new location and ownership.
The Las Vegas station is working to pull out of a financial crisis.
“At this time, when stations are stretching themselves so far, can we reach beyond our known audiences and come a step closer to the promise of serving the broadest public?”
The station cited the COVID-19 outbreak and a focus on producing related health content.
The bill specifies that CPB spend the funds to maintain programming and services and to preserve small and rural stations.
A veteran of remote work shares advice on how to quickly set up a dislocated team.
Public radio managers are implementing measure as they face the possibility of extended disruption to operations.
The legislation would provide funds to stations for workforce development through the Department of Education.
In a complaint to the commission, Washburn University of Topeka describes a “concerted strategy” by Comcast of Missouri to undermine must-carry protections for KTWU.
“This story is different. … We are all living this story and covering it.”
PBS TechCon and the PBS Annual Meeting were scheduled for April and May.
Stations are limiting travel, preparing for remote work and giving staffers their own microphone covers.
The petition was filed by a friends group that had bid to run the joint licensee.
Grants are supporting a digitization project involving stations in the states and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
CPB has asked the Department of Homeland Security to set aside funds for public broadcasting emergency communications.