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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Tech
Public Media Venture Group explores ATSC 3.0 project
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Single-frequency networks will be an important part of the company’s work on the transition to the ATSC 3.0 digital TV system.
Public Media Co. spins off PMVG, sees change in leadership
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PMC will establish a public benefit corporation as part of the changes.
Programs/Content
WHYY acquires local news site Billy Penn
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The Philadelphia broadcaster becomes the latest pubmedia outlet to buy a local news site.
System/Policy
On NPR Board, small-market stations aren’t getting a fair shake
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The GM of a small-market station asks why such stations make up two-thirds of NPR members but have only one board representative.
Quick Takes
St. Louis Public Radio report reveals new details about former host’s offensive remarks
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Don Marsh left the station last month after 13 years of hosting “St. Louis on the Air.”
Programs/Content
PBS program chief shares strategies for ‘building bridge’ to younger, more diverse audiences
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“This is one of the biggest challenges I’m facing with my colleagues at PBS,” Perry Simon told TechCon attendees, “but we’re committed to it.”
System/Policy
Oklahoma nonprofit to dissolve in settlement of OETA court battle
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The OETA Foundation will turn over more than $40 million to the new Friends of OETA by May 15.
System/Policy
New England Public Radio and WGBY to combine operations
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The two stations will operate as New England Public Media, a new nonprofit organization.
People
Center for Public Integrity chooses CEO, Durlin to head KZYX, and other comings and goings
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Susan Smith Richardson, a past publisher of The Chicago Reporter, will join CPI in May.
People
Bill Siemering: ‘We are living in the new age of audio’
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Upon receiving a Polk Award for career achievements in journalism, the public radio pioneer describes how his aspirations for NPR have been “made real by the ranks of dedicated producers and reporters.”