Development
KEXP debit card gives fans an eye-catching way to support station
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The card stemmed from a long-running partnership between KEXP and the Boeing Employees’ Credit Union.
Why a classical station should reconsider dropping The Met’s contemporary operas
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“To read a justification of your decision to broadcast performances of music by nine different white men of European descent while finding excuses to reject the works of every nonwhite artist on the Met’s season was personally galling.”
System/Policy
Owner of KCPW seeks to sell station
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The Salt Lake City station has faced financial challenges since it became independent in 2008.
System/Policy
Four men indicted for alleged vandalism targeting New Hampshire Public Radio journalists
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The indictment links the incidents to the subject of an NHPR investigation.
People
Comings and goings: APTS promotes staffers, PBS Reno adds two hires …
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Kenneth Blunt, Jennifer Kieley and Stacey Karp were promoted to senior director positions at America’s Public Television Stations.
System/Policy
Former St. Louis Public Radio GM Tim Eby sues university for defamation
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Tim Eby is suing the station’s licensee over articles published by STLPR.
People
White House renominates Miriam Hellreich to CPB board
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Hellreich has served on CPB’s since March 2019, and her term expires in 2024.
Programs/Content
How a WAER collaboration with young musicians spawned original content and a ‘haunting’ tune
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The station’s “Salt City Mashup” brought together Syracuse talent for a recording project that other stations can replicate in their communities.
System/Policy
NPR plans conservative budget following down year in revenue
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NPR is “budgeting conservatively as we get past some of the economic uncertainty that’s happening right now,” said CFO Daphne Kwon.
People
NPR CEO John Lansing to retire
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“John has faced the highs and lows with grace and equanimity,” said NPR Board Chair Jeff Sine.
System/Policy
All-digital PBS Appalachia Virginia taps into regional pride for programs and funding
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The startup delivering PBS and local programs to southwestern Virginia aims to build a new model for public media in rural areas.
System/Policy
CapRadio cuts staff, citing financial challenges
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The station said work on three projects over the past five years coincided with “economic uncertainty.”