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WXXI to take over local alt-weekly
Station President Norm Silverstein said the deal “helps WXXI to better serve our community."Public TV is best equipped to educate on channel repack, station GM tells lawmakers
Bohdan Zachary of Milwaukee PBS testified in Congress Tuesday on the need for consumer education following the spectrum auction.PBS Board adopts tiered pricing model for top sponsorships
The board also heard that PBS' old non–real-time satellite transponder will be turned off Jan. 2.
New NPR tool provides richer data about podcast listening
Remote Audio Data aims to help podcast creators and advertisers better understand their audiences.Creating ‘After Paradise,’ a public radio show for Northern California's fire-ravaged communities
How North State Public Radio's exhausted news staff and a veteran public radio journalist conceived, birthed and launched a half-hour daily show within 72 hours.With generous help from volunteers, overextended California station creates local show about wildfire recovery
After the regional Society of Professional Journalists put out a call for journalists to help North State Public Radio's two-person newsroom, veteran host Tess Vigeland stepped in to direct the launch of "After Paradise," a daily news show.
WGBH collaboration with NASA to yield new resources for space education
Over 50 activities allow students of all ages to learn about complicated space phenomena.'Car Talk' donation program splits from CARS/V-Dac merger
An announcement from "Car Talk" EP Doug Berman surprised competitor CARS and left some stations flummoxed.Alaska pubcasters pitch in to help Koahnic, station hit hardest by quake damage
Koahnic's KNBA may not be able to return to its studios and offices for months.Evans to leave PRPD, W.Va. pubcaster picks new leader and other comings and goings
Jody Evans, selected to lead PRPD in 2014, wants to return to working at a station.Public media must reimagine itself for a new era — or give up 'reason to exist'
"The time is right to re-examine basic assumptions about public media and to ask, anew, essential questions," writes an outgoing CPB board member.New PBS policy for overlap markets would tighten rules, give Passport to secondary stations
The proposed revisions to the Program Differentiation Plan are the first major update since 1995.Letter from the executive director: Checking your list twice
Your donation is our most rewarding source of revenue. It’s a vote of confidence, and it truly helps us close the year in a spirit of celebration.New NFCB initiative seeks sustainable models for community radio
The organization will work with 10 stations to combat problems shared by broadcasters throughout community radio.Radio leaders applaud NPR's Mohn for commitment to stations, look to successor to continue efforts
Mohn's commitment to stations at NPR "is ingrained in that organization as a strategic imperative," said one station GM.
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