System/Policy
What visiting 13 radio stations taught me about serving our communities
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How do we earn people’s trust? We do it by serving their genuine human needs.
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How do we earn people’s trust? We do it by serving their genuine human needs.
It’s time to get over the Beetlejuice effect — we need to drag the monster out from under the bed, look it in the eyes and call it by name.
In the 1930s, dramatized documentaries produced by the U.S. Office of Education went beyond factual content to foster a desire for civic engagement among listeners.
Challenge your wits with our latest public media–themed crossword.
WCAI in Woods Hole, Mass., has teamed up with a community radio station in Cornwall, England, on the project “Falmouth to Falmouth.”
North Carolina’s largest public radio station has banked $20 million in cash with strong broadcast numbers and listener support, but it has also left gaps. Now WUNC is seeking a new president and a vision for moving forward in a shifting universe of local news and media.
Our webinar featured Whitney Maddox, NPR’s DEI manager, and Kim Salvaggio, chief DEI officer at Rocky Mountain Public Media.
While some stations are welcoming the show, other programmers are wary of furthering public radio’s relationship with for-profit producers.
Josh King most recently worked as VP of corporate sponsorships for National Geographic.
After an early career in British television, Eaton reinvented himself as a prolific producer of documentary films for PBS.
“We believe that bringing production and distribution under the same roof will provide a more streamlined process for our station partners and be a seamless experience for our listeners,” said an APMG executive.
“People really felt the value of the station to a greater degree during the pandemic and wanted to make certain that the station had the funding it needed to not just survive but thrive,” said Brenda Barnes, CEO of KING FM in Seattle.