System/Policy
CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
“Southwest Florida in Focus,” a half-hour of TV news for Fort Myers and beyond, launched as a cost-effective model for producing local coverage.
LPM had offered $3.5 million in cash and $1.5 million in other services.
NPR’s audio archive is not a history book, but history is “etched in the voices that gave these decades their vitality.”
Votes are expected before the end of the week.
The research also found that 37 percent “strongly disagree” with President Trump’s desire to stop funding entities including CPB.
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. will invest the $182 million in expanded community service and a foundation to “promote public media.”
The weekly show airs on 40 stations.
Stations can save money on equipment and power bills, but some over-the-air viewers may need to change their antennas.
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network is holding on to its stations in Bridgeport and Hartford-New Haven.
The school board–owned station may not see much of a bump to its annual budget.
An AIR report argues that live events are important to public media to raise awareness and support and find crucial voices that may be missing from reporting.