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Colorado Public Radio partners with college to operate KRCC
CPR will take over operation of the Colorado Springs station.WKAR debuts platform that offers 'stepping stone' to ATSC 3.0
The Apollo PublicTV Platform, which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this month, aims to help broadcasters experiment with the broadcast standard even before fully transitioning to the technology.Comings and goings: PBS names Bugg programming VP, de la Torre joins New England collaborative …
Bugg was director of programming at PBS from 2012 to 2014 before leaving for CPB.
Michigan's WMUK switches from mixed-format programming
The station will focus its strongest signal on news and entertainment.CPB awards nearly $950,000 to four stations for educational media
The grants expand on CPB’s American Graduate initiative.Corey Lewis to leave WBUR
Lewis said "it is time for me to lead another institution."
PBS extends thematic programming strategy with summer focus on pioneering women
At the Television Critics Association press tour, chief programming executive Perry Simon said the themed shows can help PBS "best stand out from this crowded content marketplace and make a real impact with our audiences and our communities.”PBS greenlights ‘Donkey Hodie,’ new children’s series from Fred Rogers Productions
The puppet show, debuting next year, features one of the characters from the original "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood."PBS Utah and KUER will share leader as James Morgese retires
KUER GM Maria O’Mara will become executive director of both PBS Utah and KUER.NPR winds down active posting to The Salt food blog
NPR has seen “little uptake in audience recognition of most of our blog brands,” according to its chief science editor.Twin Cities PBS taps Sylvia Strobel as next CEO
Strobel, who worked for Twin Cities PBS in the ’90s, will become the station’s sixth leader.Bobbi English, Sesame Workshop TV executive, dies at 57
In her dream job, English managed Sesame Workshop’s relationships with public television for 19 years.Bob Culkeen named CEO of WTCI in Chattanooga
Culkeen replaces former CEO Paul Grove, who left the station to become president of WEDU in Tampa, Fla.WGBH to open Worcester bureau
The bureau will open in the spring with a full-time reporter.Comings and goings: Longtime jazz host retires in St. Louis, WBEZ adds morning anchor …
Owsley spent 36 years with St. Louis Public Radio as the city’s leading voice in jazz radio.
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