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As spectrum auction winds down, some public TV stations must plan moves to new channels
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State networks in Maryland and Mississippi are among those facing big engineering projects.
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State networks in Maryland and Mississippi are among those facing big engineering projects.
The San Bernardino Community College District announced Monday that the FCC accepted its bid to move to a VHF channel.
NPR will focus on greater collaboration with its member stations over the term of the three-year pricing plan.
As the spectrum auction winds down, the FCC plans to open another opportunity for stations to negotiate channel-sharing deals.
University president Wayne A. I. Frederick said the school “voluntarily withdrew from the auction when it became apparent that the relatively low yield would not justify relinquishing the university’s rights to broadcast WHUT.”
John Sepulvado was subpoenaed to testify in federal court next week.
The station plans to invest the proceeds in programming.
The Bible Broadcasting Corp. will pay $1.9 million for the station.
KRCB’s location was “considered prime real estate by mobile providers,” the station COO said.
The station will receive $25.9 million in auction proceeds.
WITF will share a channel, and WQED will move to a lower frequency.
Tampa’s secondary PBS station will go dark later this year.
WCMZ will go dark in about three months.
Judith Waller, an educational director for NBC radio, urged her colleagues to look to commercial broadcasters for ideas and collaborations.
Public broadcasters and their advocates aren’t waiting for President Trump’s initial budget to mobilize support for CPB funding.
If the White House is serious about reducing the deficit, its budget will target larger programs, Rep. Cole says.
“From Airwaves to Earbuds: Lessons From Knight Investments in Digital Audio and Podcasting,” finds that the public radio system is “not yet well positioned for audience-first, digital delivery.”
The PBS flagship for greater Los Angeles is nurturing ambitions to bring more ideas from Hollywood’s creative community to public television.
The incoming president’s team is using the conservative Heritage Foundation’s budget blueprint as a template for spending cuts.
With the purchase of an AM station and FM translator, the Denver-based pubcaster nears its goal of providing a statewide news service.