Engagement
Why live events could be key to classical radio’s survival
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Growing classical audiences is about exposure and engagement. The best live events may attract both current and potential members.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on PBS and NPR CEOs to testify
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The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency is concerned about “blatantly ideological and partisan coverage,” Greene wrote in letters to PBS’ Paula Kerger and NPR’s Katherine Maher.
Programs/Content
WETA to take control of ‘NewsHour Weekend’ with Geoff Bennett as host
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The weekday “NewsHour” and its weekend offshoot, which launched in 2013, will be consolidated under WETA in Washington, D.C., by next year.
Programs/Content
Extraterrestrial radio dramas are taking off at Nevada Public Radio
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The genre has become an annual offering from Nevada Public Radio after the station tried it out during the pandemic.
Diversity
How to sustain source diversity tracking in your organization
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You’ve started tracking the diversity of your sources. Hooray! Now, there are a few things you and your newsroom can do to make sure that source diversity tracking becomes a lasting habit.
People
Central Vermont Community Radio hires station manager
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CVCR’s WGDR/WGDH gained independence earlier this year.
People
How Cokie Roberts landed at NPR: ‘They wanted her included because they loved her’
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In an excerpt from his new book, “Cokie: A Life Well Lived,” Steve Roberts recounts how Cokie Roberts overcame obstacles in her path to working at NPR with some help from “the old girls’ network.”
Programs/Content
‘Criminal’ will leave Radiotopia to join Vox Media
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The move will allow Criminal Productions to expand its staff and namesake podcast.
People
Comings and goings: Maribel Lopez leads PBS Digital Studios, Melissa Wright to leave TPT …
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Lopez most recently worked for TPT in St. Paul, Minn.
Programs/Content
Pipeline 2022: Our annual survey of shows coming to public TV
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This year’s Pipeline list includes 121 series and specials in the works for January 2022 and beyond.
Obituaries
NPR editor Petra Mayer dies at 46
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“She was ferociously intelligent, sardonically funny and made your day better by merely existing.”
System/Policy
New Orleans Public Radio expands classical network
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A format change will bring the broadcaster’s all-classical service to the Houma-Thibodaux region.