System/Policy
FCC draft plan for repack aid turns down PBS request, favors assistance to TV stations
The commission declined to reimburse wireless provider T-Mobile and left reimbursing radio stations a lower priority.6 tips for holding a public media listening tour
"Don’t try to tack listening onto a performance or 'normal' event — make listening the entire point."NPR and member stations team up on incubation lab to tackle system challenges
Staffers at NPR and member stations will work full-time in four-month stints to address digital engagement, network collaboration and on-demand audio.Owner of Miami’s WLRN narrows options for future governance
One outcome discussed at a meeting Wednesday would maintain the Miami-Dade school district's ownership of WLRN, while the other looks toward independence.Targeted-ad tax could revitalize U.S. journalism, Free Press says
The media-reform advocate has proposed a tax on targeted digital ad revenues to create a multibillion-dollar Public Interest Media Endowment Fund.Next CPB funding request will grow by $50 million, Butler tells APTS Summit
APTS President Pat Butler also said that the organization is exploring several spectrum revenue partnerships, including with Netflix.How long should a pubmedia executive serve?
As leaders retire, 2019 is a golden chance for the system to take giant steps in the right direction.Alaska governor’s draft budget zeros out pubmedia funding
“Since there are so many cuts proposed, it’s a bigger challenge to make our case than ever before,” said Alaska Public Broadcasting's ...FCC gives green light to revising rules governing LPFMs, other noncoms
“We're aiming to provide greater clarity to broadcast applicants and thus make the process easier for them, deliver more new services to ...WBUR employees set to vote on joining union
“We appreciate management working with us and can’t wait to get started making WBUR an even better place to work," a producer ...Rhode Island PBS sticks with host after blackface photo emerges
A 1986 photo depicted talk show host Jim Hummel dressed as Tubbs from "Miami Vice" for a Halloween party.Illinois stations consider management agreement to preserve Peoria’s WCBU
WGLT approached Bradley University, WCBU's licensee, after plans to tear down the station's building were announced.In Miami, stakeholders weigh future of WLRN’s relationship with school-board licensee
Station leaders, fundraisers and school district officials are considering whether a separate nonprofit should take over WLRN's licenses.PBS will move headquarters to smaller space nearby
PBS signed a 15-year lease on the property, located about a half-mile to the north of its current offices.OETA Foundation remains in network building despite eviction notice
The president of the Oklahoma Educational Television Foundation said it has no reason to leave.
Current is an editorially independent, nonprofit service of the American University School of Communication. We're funded by your subscriptions, your donations, advertising, and a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation.