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CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
Current (https://current.org/current-city/pittsburgh/page/227/)
The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
“Southwest Florida in Focus,” a half-hour of TV news for Fort Myers and beyond, launched as a cost-effective model for producing local coverage.
The FCC plans to auction off Educational Broadband Service spectrum and give commercial buyers an equal shot at snapping it up.
NPR’s former VP of technology operations retired earlier this month.
Greater Public’s Major Giving Academy will launch this fall with 20 participants.
The previous requirements had tripped up at least one public TV station.
A group of bilingual radio stations founded in the late 1970s “helped distinguish Spanish-language and bilingual broadcasting as a form of advocacy.”
Dru Sefton has been a senior editor at Current for nearly 11 years.
“It’s really about exposure to other cultures, being aware of what’s happening outside of your community and hearing music in different languages.”
Arizona PBS has hired two new directors.
The foundation is giving $5.3 million to 11 local nonprofits, including public station WHYY.
Management has told the employees that it will not voluntarily recognize the union.