Development
October CDP Index: Radio results remain sluggish while TV waits for next blockbuster
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A declining rate of growth among Passport users is exposing cracks in new donor programs at TV and joint licensees.
California pubcasters escalate tower dispute
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KVIE and CapRadio have filed countering lawsuits laying claim to a transmission tower.
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Quick Takes
NPR and Triple A stations partner to promote up-and-coming musicians
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Stations from all across the country will work together on the initiative.
Quick Takes
CPB director’s second op-ed against federal funds draws public rebuke from board leaders
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Howard Husock’s latest essay appeared Thursday in “The Hill.”
Quick Takes
MPR’s The Current expands coverage in Duluth
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The Triple A service will have three signals in the city.
Programs/Content
WYEP joins effort to build Pittsburgh’s music scene
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The Triple A station is working with a coalition that plans to redress the noise ordinances and curfews that limit venues for local performances.
People
WGBH’s Godley adds business services title, NETA announces top board posts and other comings and goings
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Godley has been with the Boston station for nine years.
System/Policy
CPB director Husock takes more specific swipe at pubcasting funding
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“I’ve continued to think about what a post-subsidy system would be like, as a practical matter,” Howard Husock told Current.
Quick Takes
Latest Radiotopia podcast takes listeners inside San Quentin
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The podcast, incubated through PRX’s Podquest contest, debuts June 14.
System/Policy
IG audits question Rogers Co. accounting on three PBS Kids shows
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Each series is produced with Canadian partners to take advantage of funding incentives north of the border.
System/Policy
NPR and stations team up again to recruit minority journalists
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The Public Media Village concept tested last year will be adapted for several conferences this summer, including next month’s AAJA event in Philadelphia.