System/Policy
CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
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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.
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Host Jeremy Hobson returns to his roots to highlight America’s geographic, political and ideological middle.
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Ferro succeeds Jeff Sine in the role.
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Public radio “might not have been if the Public Radio Study had not been done.”
Only the percentage of Native American staffers at stations declined since 2022, according to new CPB data on CSG grantees.