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Elwin L. Basquin, former GM of WTVP, dies at 89
Basquin led WTVP from 1987 to 1996.Study points to ways public media could build teen and tween audience — and risks of not trying
"If we don’t engage them now, the teens and tweens of today might not as adults of tomorrow value public media.”The Producers. (Is that title taken?)
Appreciating a longtime talk show producer who "made me a better host because it seemed unforgivable to let her excellent work go to waste."
One up, one down: New Jersey station receives state funding, Pennsylvania’s lose appropriation
NJ PBS received $1 million, its first appropriation in a decade, while seven Pennsylvania stations lost support.Comings and goings: John Van Hoesen to retire from VPR, C.J. Janovy rejoins KCUR …
Van Hoesen joined the station in 2001.New Hampshire Public Radio staffers form union
The staffers are seeking voluntary recognition of their union from CEO Jim Schachter.
How the Hindsight Project built new relationships between Southern stations and BIPOC filmmakers
“It's BIPOC filmmakers telling stories from their own communities,” said Nick Price, series producer with Reel South. “It's not people who are from outside the South coming in and telling what they conceive of the South."CPB board boosts CSG funds by delaying Healthy Network Initiative for second year
Board member Ruby Calvert said setting aside the initiative for another year is “the right thing to do.”Washington's WHUT to play central role in partnership launching local ATSC 3.0 signals
WHUT's broadcast signal will get new equipment and a power boost to serve as the ATSC 3.0 host station, carrying not only its own programming but streams from four major commercial stations.What might have happened: NPR sells off cultural programming, new network dubbed 'NPR Music & Entertainment'
In an alternate reality in 1983, NPR President Frank Mankiewicz, desperate for cash, unloads the network's arts programs on a consortium of major-market stations. Where would arts programming be today?PBS FY22 budget increases station dues, spending on content and marketing
PBS CFO and Treasurer Tom Tardivo said the new dues amount to a “modest increase.”Scott Tong named 'Here & Now' co-host
Tong has worked for "Marketplace" for more than 16 years.Travis Hendryx appointed GM for Smoky Hills PBS
Hendryx previously worked for newspapers in Kansas and radio stations in Texas.Comings and goings: Paul Hunton joins PBS board, Amna Nawaz promoted to ‘NewsHour’ chief correspondent …
Hunton fills the vacancy left by Kim Johnson, who resigned from the board and PBS12 in Denver.NEA grant supports use of WTJU jazz history show in classrooms
The community radio station in Charlottesville, Va., will turn the show "Jazz at 100" into a curriculum for high school and early college students.
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