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How a radio reporter let go of his gear envy and guerrilla electronic hacks
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Reflections on a career that started with a “poor man’s Nagra” and a nutcracker.
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Public Media Venture Group receives $1 million from Knight Foundation to boost NextGen TV
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PMVG will use the Knight grant to further adoption of ATSC 3.0 among public media stations and to explore how it might generate income.
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Facing closure, antenna maker Shively finds a buyer
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A major supplier of FM antennas and transmission equipment to public radio stations will remain in business under new ownership.
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Datacasting, ATSC 3.0 create new questions for pubcasters
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In a Q&A, lawyers Melodie Virtue and Brad Deutsch discuss what’s next for pubcasters experimenting with ATSC 3.0 and what questions are still too new to even have answers yet.
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PRSS begins assessing needs for next technology upgrade
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The Public Radio Satellite System is seeking a contractor to research future connectivity needs of stations large and small.
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Cross-border partnership brings NextGen TV to Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky market
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An agreement between KET and Public Media Connect is the first in which separately owned public broadcasting networks are cooperating on an ATSC 3.0 launch.
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Public radio engineers await fate of major antenna maker
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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.
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How public radio stations can serve deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences
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WAMU and KQED are using web-based technologies to provide live captions of their programs.
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Canada’s public broadcaster should use Mastodon to provide a social media service
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“As internet communications scholars, we propose that Canada’s public broadcaster, the CBC, should build a Mastodon server on the global network.”
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Public TV’s joint master control operators in New York and Florida announce merger
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Centralcast and Digital Convergence Alliance will combine their operations in Syracuse, N.Y., next year.
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NPR adds podcasts to YouTube
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“Following the global success of our Tiny Desk Concerts, we are excited for our podcasts to reach new audiences on YouTube,” said NPR’s Anya Grundmann.
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ATSC event showcases public TV’s growing offerings in educational datacasting
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Stations are continuing to reinforce their datacasting efforts as the initial urgency of the pandemic has given way to longer-term planning.
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How pandemic evacuations created openings for pubcasters to build new studios
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Disruption and dislocation allowed some public media stations to plan — and even finish — upgrades to their headquarters.
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Engineers, GMs go the distance to keep Alaska’s remote stations on the air
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“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.
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New tech promises better signals, more interactivity and data options for pubcasters
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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.
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Radio engineers’ conference returns in conjunction with spring NAB Show
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The hybrid conference aims to draw new staffers to public radio with scholarships for more than a dozen engineers.
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Public TV asks FCC for flexibility in preserving multicast channels amid ATSC 3.0 transition
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An FCC loophole is causing problems for stations that want to join marketwide launches of the new broadcast technology.
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WNET Group unveils plan to launch New York City’s first ATSC 3.0 service
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“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.
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Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can’t change the radio dial
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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.
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PBS and stations look to improve use of metadata in streaming-centric world
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With help from PBS, a Los Angeles–based station upgraded the online presence of one of its shows.