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AIR grows its staff, Nashville's Curley sets retirement and other comings and goings in public media
AIR's new program director comes from “American Experience.”One executive to leave CPB while two get new duties
“We need strong leadership to ensure we are as effective as possible,” CPB President Pat Harrison said.San Francisco’s KMTP angles for channel-share after winning $87M in spectrum auction
KMTP will create an endowment and use the proceeds to acquire access to wireless spectrum.
Grant will fund study of driverless cars’ possible impact on public media
As the technology comes closer to adoption, a team of public media colleagues wants to ensure the system is getting ready.Survey of station equipment finds public TV lacks capital for upgrades
Costs of equipment replacement are projected to reach $256 million by 2019, as aging transmitters reach their end of life.Pubcasters praise two FCC votes affecting noncommercial stations
Pubcasters were spared from providing certain details about board members and excluded from new rules governing on-air fundraising for other nonprofits.
‘The Pub’ #93: Where will all the spectrum auction money go?
The billions that noncommercial stations won isn’t enough to transform the entire public media system, but it will absolutely transform the handful of stations lucky enough to have held valuable spectrum in crowded markets.KCSM licensee and spectrum speculator trade lawsuits over failed FCC auction bid
An error disqualified the California station from the auction.Attendees at PBS TechCon hear details of ATSC standard’s promise
The interactive components of ATSC 3.0 allow for better audience measurement and interactivity, which could include delivering customized programming exclusively to members.'Washington Week' picks Ifill successor
With “Washington Post” reporter Robert Costa on board, WETA continues its search for a “PBS NewsHour” co-host.American Archive enlists public in fixing transcripts with correction game
FIX IT asks players to correct transcripts as they compare them to the original audio.Vermont budget squeeze imperils public TV support
The House trimmed Vermont PBS’ line item to just $1.PBS leaders open busy TechCon in Vegas
PBS expanded the TechCon agenda beyond traditional engineering this year to include tracks on content and engagement, development, marketing and digital infrastructure.Citing threat to low-power FMs, advocacy group asks FCC to rein in AM translators
The Prometheus Radio Project is asking the FCC to reconsider a January ruling.Among Steve Bannon’s filmmaking oeuvre, two documentaries sought a public TV audience
Now in a White House aiming to defund public broadcasting, Bannon was an executive producer of films produced by former CPB exec Michael Pack.
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