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CPB to require anti-harassment training for stations to get funding
Starting March 31, CPB will require annual harassment prevention training for employees of all stations receiving a Community Service Grant.PBS initiative will encourage intergenerational reading, determine America’s 'Best-Loved' book
The series will feature authors, celebrities, athletes and other public figures sharing their favorite fiction books and interest in literacy.Toledo’s Timonere, early champion of children’s television, dies at 83
Her work led to a Fred Rogers Award in 2003 from CPB for excellence in children’s television.
NPR brings in planned giving director, Cleveland station adds first CCO and other comings and goings
Also, actor Benicio del Toro signs on as EP of a CPB/Latino Public Broadcasting documentary.The survival of public broadcasting’s legacy has long been part of its mission
The National Public Broadcasting Archives at the University of Maryland reflect an inherent dedication to preservation.Public TV urges FCC to exempt stations from ATSC 3.0 simulcasting rules
TV broadcasters want the FCC to allow them to use vacant channels for the simulcasts required during ATSC 3.0 rollout.
Preservation effort will digitize historic recordings in WRVR's archive
The station run by New York City's Riverside Church aired interviews with Malcolm X and sermons by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'Made Possible By...' #16: Producer and station leader Marita Rivero
"We like to talk about what the Ferguson police look like, but we don't like so much turning around and seeing what our own boards look like."APTS' Butler says pubcasting has 'strong case to make for higher appropriation'
America's Public Television Stations opened its annual Public Media Summit Monday.Dan Miller, former executive director of Iowa Public Television, dies at 66
Miller is credited for guiding the nine-station network through the digital television transition to increased viewership.New KQED podcast takes cue from NYT’s 'The Daily'
The morning podcast also relies on interviews with reporters for analysis of the day's news.'Nova Wonders' aims to hook next generation of scientists
The new series focuses on the scientific process, with less emphasis on actual discoveries.Wisconsin public stations see shift in university oversight
The pubcasters are now under the University of Wisconsin Colleges Extension unit, which will be eliminated in a reorganization.Three public radio stations acquire Gothamist sites
The stations say the acquisition will "support their shared missions to reflect and serve their listeners and the public."San Francisco's KMTP pursues channel-share agreement to stay on air
The Minority Television Project is in talks with Poquito Mas Communications LLC.
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