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The commission didn’t give public broadcasters everything they wanted, but a Jan. 19 decision paves the way for implementing distributed transmission systems that will aid ATSC 3 rollouts.
The workforce of broadcast engineers is reaching retirement age, and far fewer skilled young people are waiting in the wings to take on their roles.
Retiring this week after 33 years at the network, Cole tested journalists’ patience but stood out as a devoted advocate for their work.
The FCC has signaled its intent to make broadcasters consistently identify when programs have received financial support from a foreign government.
Elizabeth Allen, a former chief legal officer for Gannett, has experience “leading and guiding the kinds of strategic business decision making we need to do as we move NPR forward,” CEO John Lansing said.
The San Francisco station plans to transition some contract workers to full-time.
“This effort is the result of more than 200 people in public media coming together to identify the primary obstacles to anti-racist public media and create a vision for transformation.”
During a storied career, Kobin helped launch seminal programs for NET and led KCET to “comeback story” status.
Clendenin has held several roles at OPB’s stations.
Calçada worked in public broadcasting in Spain before moving to the U.S.
The plan to sell Pocket Casts is in “early stages of development,” according to an NPR spokesperson.
A video of the former employee includes “hateful rhetoric” that violates PBS’ values, the network said.