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Liwanag to replace Campbell at PBS, Vega gets host's chair at 'Takeaway' and other comings and goings
And the new president of Vermont Public Radio is Scott Finn, executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting.The Current launches 24/7 Prince-themed stream
The stream will highlight “the roots and fruits of the Purple Family Tree.”Public Media Co., WGBH business unit to launch first pubmedia purchasing service
CPB is providing $250,000 for the venture.
PRSS announces stations in Tornado Alley to receive test-alert funding
The project is backed with $419,000 in grants from CPB.'American Experience' harnesses Facebook to identify teen in 50-year-old footage
The footage came from a march following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Public TV pioneer Chalmers “Chuck” Marquis dies at 91
Longtime friends and colleagues remember Marquis as public television’s man on Capitol Hill.
Joint master controls look to help stations prepare for ATSC 3.0
As public TV engineering leaders navigate their stations through the post-auction channel restructuring and the looming transition to ATSC 3.0, they’ll be re-evaluating the future of their master control facilities.Fla. station takes cue from Mister Rogers in discussing traumatic events with kids
A series of interstitials will introduce emergency responders to help children better understand common procedures in emergencies.N.C. university sells jazz stations to religious broadcaster
Educational Media Foundation will receive WSHA 88.9 FM in Raleigh and two translators in Rocky Mount and Fayetteville.Mississippi legislature wants to cut funding to state public broadcaster by 2024
Mississippi Public Broadcasting's executive director says the network will seek to reverse the plan.Pubcasting orgs decline to support request for ATSC 3.0 must-carry rules
PBS, CPB and American's Public Television Stations said in an FCC filing that they recognize the commission is "not inclined" to back the must-carry requirement proposed by Public Media Co.Former PBS president Lawrence Grossman remembered for advancing network, defending journalism
Grossman, who died Friday at the age of 86, backed expansion of "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" and was involved in launching "Frontline."In Milwaukee, a station's music education program shows power of community partnerships
As one of public media’s only music-based youth programs, The Music Lab at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee shows how with long-term investments, bold marketing and strong talent, the right partnerships can make community engagement sustainable, scalable and cool.PBS countersuit against Smiley describes ‘over a dozen’ complaints of harassment
PBS said that Smiley violated the morals clause of his production contract.FY18 omnibus legislation includes funds for radio stations affected by repack
The law also provides $20 million for public broadcasting’s interconnection work.
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