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"The Pub" Podcast

‘The Pub’ #111: Stations show off humor, baking skills in Public Radio Cake Week

By Annie Russell | 1 hour ago

And an NPR utensil good Samaritan is at work helping out the forkless.

NPR considers revised ‘Morning Edition’ clock to reduce ‘cluttered’ feel

By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | April 16, 2018

A proposed update would lengthen segments and return the show to a format of two newscasts per hour instead of three.

Quick Takes

  • CPB ups federal funding request to $455M for FY21
    By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | 2 hours ago
  • Missouri public broadcasting tower collapses, killing one worker
    By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | 4 hours ago
  • Public broadcasters, nonprofit media receive grants to use Hearken and GroundSource
    By April Simpson, Associate Editor | April 12, 2018
  • SCPR challenges trademark for in-flight Wi-Fi brand
    By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | April 12, 2018

More Quick Takes

People

Ott sets GPB departure, WFAE hires journalists in Charlotte and other comings and goings

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | 7 hours ago

Also, WGBH honors host Eric Jackson’s 40th anniversary as the “Dean of Boston Jazz Radio.”

Tech

Arizona PBS becomes first pubcaster to test ATSC 3.0

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | April 18, 2018

Engineers are examining signal performance, testing interactive functionalities and checking cable integration.

Programs/Content

Wisconsin Public Radio draws on station talent to spice up weekend sound

By Ivy Kaplan, Editorial Intern | April 18, 2018

The new show Beta is the first production spawned by WPR Next, an initiative to generate new programming ideas.

Obituaries

Carl Kasell, former NPR newscaster and ‘Wait Wait’ judge, dies at 84

By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | April 17, 2018

“He remains in my mind an exemplar of what it means to be both a broadcaster, and a person,” said Wait Wait host Peter Sagal.

Programs/Content

At pubmedia summit, filmmakers cite promise of VR production for ‘seeding black voices’

By Jill Goldsmith | April 17, 2018

Attendees at the Black Public Media event this month said virtual reality offers a chance to stamp the emerging medium with black stories and sensibilities.

Currently Curious

Why hasn’t pubmedia held one big pledge drive?

By April Simpson, Associate Editor | April 17, 2018

A public TV programmer sees an opportunity for public media to raise awareness about its uniquely noncommercial mission.

Development

Seattle music station KEXP receives its largest gift ever

By April Simpson, Associate Editor | April 16, 2018

Building relationships with donors through a capital campaign led KEXP to a $10 million bequest.

System/Policy

CPB IG recommends WLRN return $784,000 in grant overpayments

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | April 13, 2018

A draft audit found that the Miami station overstated nonfederal financial support in fiscal years 2013–15 by more than $7.3 million.

Programs/Content

Collaboration among Pennsylvania pubmedia documents opioid crisis: ‘The worst is yet to come’

By Annie Russell | April 13, 2018

Broadcasters are joining together to address a problem that “crosses all demographics and socioeconomic status.”

Tech

Planners of universal sign-in for pubmedia platforms see benefits in understanding audience

By Karen Everhart, Managing Editor | April 12, 2018

A working group convened by CPB has endorsed a systemwide approach to user management, with the goal of enabling products and services to build loyalty and boost financial support.

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