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KTWU’s licensee urges FCC to strengthen cable carriage protections for noncommercial stations
In a complaint to the commission, Washburn University of Topeka describes a "concerted strategy" by Comcast of Missouri to undermine must-carry ...A newsroom guide to covering the coronavirus outbreak
"This story is different. ... We are all living this story and covering it."PBS cancels spring meetings due to coronavirus concerns
PBS TechCon and the PBS Annual Meeting were scheduled for April and May.NPR, stations prepare for possible impact of coronavirus: ‘This may be a marathon, not a ...
Stations are limiting travel, preparing for remote work and giving staffers their own microphone covers.Miami school board rejects challenge to selection process for manager of WLRN
The petition was filed by a friends group that had bid to run the joint licensee.Kansas, New Mexico stations will add content to pubcasting archive
Grants are supporting a digitization project involving stations in the states and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.At APTS Summit, Butler says FEMA grant program would be government’s ‘best investment’ in public ...
CPB has asked the Department of Homeland Security to set aside funds for public broadcasting emergency communications.How to fight Trump’s ‘Capitol punishment’ for public media
When racist radio host Rush Limbaugh gets a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a standing ovation in Congress, Current's executive director is ...Newest journalism hub will expand coverage in Gulf States
Four stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana will form the collaborative newsroom.Public media must open more paths to leadership training
"It’s troubling that in an industry with nearly 20,000 people, the employees who seek career-path counseling, leadership development and diversity/inclusion training aren’t ...WAMU sells Maryland station to Delaware Public Media
The sale allows WAMU to “focus its resources on the Washington, D.C., region."Minnesota university considers selling radio station to local pubcaster
A public television station would take over KUMD if the deal goes through.Trump budget again proposes zeroing out public broadcasting funds
The proposed budget also seeks to zero out Ready To Learn.They’re alive — but NPR wants to drive a stake in ‘Franken FMs’
In an FCC proceeding, the network argued that FM radio services operated by low-power TV stations are a “grossly inefficient use of ...PBS ends employee loans flagged by CPB as Communications Act violations
The broadcaster also addressed problems with open meetings and grant reporting highlighted in a CPB audit.
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