Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
Quick Takes
Union shares details of NPR contract
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The two-year contract includes pay raises of 2.5 percent that take effect Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 1, 2017.
Development
Push for major gifts advances as NPR, stations work together
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The network’s Jazz Night in America and NPR One app have benefited from the effort.
Quick Takes
Vermont PBS to replace show host after sponsorship controversy
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The host of Connect is a spokesperson for Vermont’s largest electric utility — which is a corporate sponsor of the station.
Development
Research informs new PBS tactics to woo national sponsors
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PBS is ramping up efforts to attract a new generation of sponsors, with a campaign that combines paid ads and web-based marketing.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #27: NPR One’s Sara Sarasohn, live from Lost & Found in Washington, D.C.
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Seeing how listeners use the NPR app “is brand new and a little scary, but also priceless.”
Stations
Citing budget crunch, KUAC drops out of statewide Alaska radio network
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A reduction in funding prompted KUAC to leave APRN, making it the state’s only pubcaster missing from the network.
Quick Takes
South Florida TV stations announce merger
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WPBT and WXEL will become South Florida PBS.
System/Policy
Video: Growing the Latino audience at KPCC in Los Angeles
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A look behind the scenes at the station’s efforts to reach a new community of listeners.
Quick Takes
NPR reportedly withdraws from coalition seen as enemy to musicians’ cause
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Critics say the MIC Coalition is taking aim at legislation that would boost royalties to performers.
Stations
WNYC adds v.p. positions, makes other management tweaks
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The station has promoted Paula Szuchman and Emily Botein to the new position of v.p. for on-demand content.