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How public radio stations can serve deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences

By Abby Turner, Former Editorial Intern | December 16, 2022

WAMU and KQED are using web-based technologies to provide live captions of their programs.

Canada’s public broadcaster should use Mastodon to provide a social media service

Public TV’s joint master control operators in New York and Florida announce merger

NPR adds podcasts to YouTube

ATSC event showcases public TV's growing offerings in educational datacasting

Tech

Public radio engineers await fate of major antenna maker

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | January 23, 2023

The potential sale of Shively Labs, one of the country’s only major manufacturers of high-power FM broadcast antennas, is causing concern among public radio engineers who depend on the company for challenging projects. 

Tech

How pandemic evacuations created openings for pubcasters to build new studios

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | June 8, 2022

Disruption and dislocation allowed some public media stations to plan — and even finish — upgrades to their headquarters.

Tech

Engineers, GMs go the distance to keep Alaska’s remote stations on the air

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | May 24, 2022

“There are no roads to here, so the only way you get in is by airplane or ship, or if you have a snow machine,” says Pierre Lonewolf, chief engineer of KOTZ in Kotzebue, Alaska.

Tech

New tech promises better signals, more interactivity and data options for pubcasters

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | May 12, 2022

At the NAB Show, broadcast tech companies rolled out FM boosters that enable “zonecasting” and previewed the next-generation capabilities they’re developing for HD Radio.

Tech

Radio engineers’ conference returns in conjunction with spring NAB Show

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | April 21, 2022

The hybrid conference aims to draw new staffers to public radio with scholarships for more than a dozen engineers.

Tech

Public TV asks FCC for flexibility in preserving multicast channels amid ATSC 3.0 transition

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | February 18, 2022

An FCC loophole is causing problems for stations that want to join marketwide launches of the new broadcast technology.

Tech

WNET Group unveils plan to launch New York City’s first ATSC 3.0 service

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | February 14, 2022

“As viewers and set manufacturers and datacasting companies see this moving into the largest television market in the country … that’s going to make people pay more attention to the NextGen transition,” said Bob Feinberg, VP of business development.

Tech

Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can’t change the radio dial

By Casey Martin, Reporter (KUOW) | February 9, 2022

Seattle’s KUOW often hears from listeners who say that their car radio is always set to 94.9. But now some drivers don’t have a choice.

Tech

PBS and stations look to improve use of metadata in streaming-centric world

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | December 14, 2021

With help from PBS, a Los Angeles–based station upgraded the online presence of one of its shows.

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