Programs/Content
Southern California Public Radio creates podcast studio
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The studio will develop and produce original podcasts with a Los Angeles focus.
Looking back on the lesser-known histories of ‘Chicano Public Radio’
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A group of bilingual radio stations founded in the late 1970s “helped distinguish Spanish-language and bilingual broadcasting as a form of advocacy.”
System/Policy
In EBS vote, FCC denies special treatment for public broadcasters
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The FCC plans to auction off Educational Broadband Service spectrum and give commercial buyers an equal shot at snapping it up.
Development
CPB aids Greater Public initiative to help stations step up major-gift game
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Greater Public’s Major Giving Academy will launch this fall with 20 participants.
System/Policy
FCC vote will ease satellite-carriage requests for TV stations
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The previous requirements had tripped up at least one public TV station.
People
Current’s Sefton leaves for position at Mother Jones
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Dru Sefton has been a senior editor at Current for nearly 11 years.
Programs/Content
New All Classical Portland stream provides ‘creative playground’ for young listeners
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“It’s really about exposure to other cultures, being aware of what’s happening outside of your community and hearing music in different languages.”
People
Comings and goings: Hires at Arizona PBS, WTTW shifts program duties …
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Arizona PBS has hired two new directors.
System/Policy
Former licensee of Philadelphia’s WYBE announces first round of grant recipients
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The foundation is giving $5.3 million to 11 local nonprofits, including public station WHYY.
System/Policy
Employees at Seattle’s Cascade Public Media seek union representation
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Management has told the employees that it will not voluntarily recognize the union.
Programs/Content
Investigative nonprofit merges with WGBH News
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The New England Center for Investigative Reporting has been housed within WGBH’s newsroom since the two organizations partnered in 2013.
Local That Works
Current opens its 2019 Local That Works contest
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Tell Current what your station is doing to become more engaging, relevant, sustainable and local, and you could win fame and fortune.