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Nine pubcasters receive $100,000 Press Forward grants
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
The June through August 2024 period was, at best, sluggish for station fundraising across several key performance indicators compared to the same period in 2023.
“During drive time, if you can communicate that you are live and doing things locally, you will stand out,” Jeff Rowe told attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference.
Colleagues recalled him as a “meticulous mastering engineer” with a “mellifluous announcing voice.”
The Public Radio Tech Survey also found strong growth in public radio listening among millennials.
Contributing artists to a new compilation album include Dolly Parton, Devendra Banhart, They Might Be Giants and Kash Doll.
And former PBS and CPB executive Jennifer Lawson is the new vice chair of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting council.
A Lakeshore PBS executive said the mishaps have amounted to a “perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances.”
As part of the reorganization of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting, WCVE President Curtis Monk will leave his position Sept. 14.
The station will lose about half its annual operating budget, according to GM Jonathan Ahl.
At what point would public media speak out about threats to press freedom?
“This is like a health public utility,” said South Florida PBS EVP Bill Scott.