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Current has tracked more than 400 jobs lost to layoffs or buyouts since March 2023, including at operations as different as NPR, Chicago Public Media, GBH in Boston and WBHM in Birmingham, Ala.
The board chair of the WVPB Foundation said he believes that publicly naming a funder during a meeting cost the station the chance to apply for a three-year grant.
“It’s never easy to say goodbye to colleagues and friends, but we feel confident that this will position us well for the future,” said PBS President Paula Kerger in a staff memo.
WEPP, which will begin broadcasting Thursday on 90.7 FM in Rice Lake, Wis., gets its call letters from Purcell’s given name, Eugene Patrick Purcell.
SAG-AFTRA claims CPM has “failed and refused to provide information demanded” by the union.
If approved, it would be the third large infusion of funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency–backed program.
The latest State of the System report was shared during the Public Media Business Association’s annual conference.
The station is facing a budget deficit of more than $750,000.
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NPM is engaging with freelance writers who have covered arts and culture in the Omaha area to resume publishing online content later this summer, according to CCO Nancy Finken.
The station is also ending its podcast “Rightnowish.”
GBH is also suspending the shows “Greater Boston,” “Talking Politics” and “Basic Black” but plans to “reinvent” them as digital-first programs, said CEO Susan Goldberg.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced May 6 she had appointed Maria Sullivan to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission.
More filing requirements would strain already limited resources, the broadcasters said in comments to the commission.
With NPR in the news, questions circulated about what the network wanted to do and what would be helpful, said Editor in Chief Edith Chapin.
The Capital Public Radio Endowment Board argues that the best future for CapRadio would be a merger with the TV station.
The layoffs will be part of a “range of cuts” at the station.
The Nielsen Local Dashboards are expected to be available to member stations beginning in late May and will show them “local market linear television audience data,” a news release said.
Cruz had written to CPB’s CEO to “express deep concern” about what he called NPR’s “departure from its stated mission.”
The organization is “facing a significant budget shortfall over the next two years in the range of $4-$5 million.”