“For the conflicted soap fan longing for a simulacrum of realism,” the British import “EastEnders is an addictive slice of heaven,” says John Dougan, TV critic of the cultural webzine PopMatters.

Britain’s Prince Andrew has fallen for Cynthia Gouw, a reporter and producer for KQED’s Pacific Time, reports the San Francisco Examiner.

Whoops: Click and Clack have three million yogurt lids to unload.

Will Robedee, g.m. of Houston’s KTRU-FM, protests the new royalty rates for streaming music in Radio World.

The Boston Globe bids farewell to WGBH exec Peter McGhee, who resigns this month. The outgoing v.p. of national programming is leaving because he’s disappointed with the way things have been going at PBS, the profile reports.

Public radio’s Satellite Sisters has been pulled from orbit. You can read about it at their website.

“The best of American television can be traced to this one man,” said NovaExecutive Producer Paula Apsell, referring to her boss and the latest winner of CPB’s annual Ralph Lowell Award — Peter S. McGhee, who retires this month as v.p. of national production at WGBH, Boston. McGhee accepted the medal at the PBS Annual Meeting in June as recognition “of my work, and of your work, of all our work,” he said in acceptance remarks. He has overseen and in many cases launched some of public TV’s most ambitious documentaries as well as enduringly popular entertainments — no less than a third of the PBS schedule.He

Public radio’s This American Life and Warner Brothers have signed a first-look deal that gives the studio rights to many TAL episodes, reports the Los Angeles Times. More TAL talk: Ira Glass, disgruntled vegetarian, lunches with a Chicago Sun-Times columnist.

iBiquity Digital Corp. is now calling its IBOC (in-band, on-channel) technology HD Radio.

The live feed from an eagle nest in northern Wisconsin occupied Milwaukee PTV’s digital Channel 10-5 starting in April.

Burlington Free Press columnist Sam Hemingway writes: “Famous and not-so-famous people take note: If you’re looking for the right way to deal with a messy situation, the Moyers’ model is the one to emulate.”

Sirius Satellite Radio’s stock dropped yesterday after the company warned it might have to seek bankruptcy protection next year if it can’t raise new funds, Reuters reports. (Read the company’s latest quarterly report.) Sirius carries both NPR and PRI programming.

Bill Moyers pleaded guilty Monday to the reduced plea of negligent driving after a July 27 incident in Vermont. He’ll pay fines of at least $750 and may also perform community service as part of his sentence, the Bennington Banner reported.

Technicians at NPR ratified the latest union contract proposal today, 88 percent voting yes.

Minnesota Public Radio brings “adult beverages” to the table as part of a three-station collaboration on programming, reports the St. Paul Pioneer Press.