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How President Johnson set the stage for passage of the Public Broadcasting Act
Only eight months after LBJ called on lawmakers to support his bill creating CPB, the measure passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.‘The Pub’ #94: What the #$%^ does ‘narrative’ even mean?
“Only A Game” senior producer Karen Given tries to define the often misunderstood approach to reporting.Tom Karlo: We need public media now more than ever
Karlo began his career at KPBS in San Diego 44 years ago.
NPR sports commentator Frank Deford signs off
Deford has delivered commentaries on NPR since 1980.University rejects Louisville Public Media bid for WNKU simulcaster
LPM had offered $3.5 million in cash and $1.5 million in other services.How NPR’s Research, Archives & Data Strategy team is saving sounds of the past for the future
NPR’s audio archive is not a history book, but history is “etched in the voices that gave these decades their vitality.”
Omnibus bill bumps up FY17 funds for Ready To Learn and arts endowments
Votes are expected before the end of the week.Survey finds strong opposition to cuts in arts, pubmedia funding
The research also found that 37 percent “strongly disagree” with President Trump’s desire to stop funding entities including CPB.At town hall meeting, Va. pubcaster shares plans for spectrum auction millions
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. will invest the $182 million in expanded community service and a foundation to “promote public media.”Lack of funds ends ‘Free Speech Radio News’ after 17 years
The weekly show airs on 40 stations.Prompted by auction sales, moves to low VHF bring both challenges and advantages
Stations can save money on equipment and power bills, but some over-the-air viewers may need to change their antennas.Channel-share agreements bring Connecticut station $32.6M in spectrum auction
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network is holding on to its stations in Bridgeport and Hartford-New Haven.For Los Angeles’ KLCS, spectrum auction proceeds will relieve licensee of financial burden
The school board–owned station may not see much of a bump to its annual budget.Producers find Localore events help bridge divides
An AIR report argues that live events are important to public media to raise awareness and support and find crucial voices that may be missing from reporting.APM, NPR among winners for radio, podcast and web Peabody Awards
Other winners include “This American Life” and ProPublica.
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