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RRC President Joanne Church dies at 75
With her late husband Tom, Joanne Church "introduced audience research to public radio" by founding RRC in 1981.Boston’s GBH lays off 31 staff due to $7M budget gap
GBH is also suspending the shows "Greater Boston," "Talking Politics" and "Basic Black" but plans to “reinvent” them as digital-first programs, said CEO Susan Goldberg.Larry Bensky, correspondent and anchor for KPFA and Pacifica, dies at 87
“Larry's brand of journalism — personality along with in-depth reporting — was a model for countless reporters and hosts coming up in the early days of community radio,” says Youth Radio founder Ellin O’Leary.
Wife of lawmaker critical of Arkansas PBS joins network's governing board
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced May 6 she had appointed Maria Sullivan to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission.NPR, stations object to proposed FCC rules on reporting outages
More filing requirements would strain already limited resources, the broadcasters said in comments to the commission.Public eye on NPR spurred editorial additions, says Chapin
With NPR in the news, questions circulated about what the network wanted to do and what would be helpful, said Editor in Chief Edith Chapin.
Comings and goings: GBH News GM Pam Johnston to step down, Radio Bilingüe announces staff changes …
Pam Johnston has worked as GBH’s GM of news since 2020 after years of working for “Frontline.”New MPR initiative aims to 'make news more approachable' for younger audiences
With Reverb, "we want to reach as many people as possible and explain it in a way that is easy to understand and that’s not intimidating to our audience,” says reporter Nicole Ki.It’s time for public radio to fix problems in its foundation
Like homeowners who delayed plumbing repairs to their mid-century modern house, public radio needs to act now to renovate its broadcast-centered revenue model.Four more public media stations receive Next Generation Warning System funding
Two of the stations serve Indigenous audiences.April CDP Index: High-dollar giving boosts revenue in early 2024
Along with high-dollar giving, a stable sustainer population for radio stations and a growing sustainer pool for TV stations and joint licensees are driving revenue growth.NPR will add 11 staff to 'strengthen' editorial team
“We need new structures that enable us to see across the entirety of our journalism and think about our overall coverage strategically,” said Edith Chapin, CCO, SVP and editor in chief.KPBS will boost coverage of elections and democracy with $3 million gift
The new initiative will feature special coverage of democratic processes for San Diegans and Californians for the next three years.CapRadio, endowment at odds over proposed PBS KVIE merger
The Capital Public Radio Endowment Board argues that the best future for CapRadio would be a merger with the TV station.KQED to lay off 18 to 25 staff
The layoffs will be part of a “range of cuts'' at the station.
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