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Judge allows Christian broadcasters to bid on KDHX license and tower
The auction is scheduled for May 30.I ran a station in West Virginia. What’s happening now feels familiar
Understand the new rules, but don't accept them.TPT furloughs staff working on 'Skillsville,' a Ready To Learn–funded program
The furloughs came after the Department of Education announced cuts to Ready To Learn.
IndiJ Public Media, PBS lose NSF grants
IndiJ’s grant supported Indigenous climate reporting, and PBS’ funded STEM videos.New York increases public radio support amid CPB funding threat
The state's fiscal year 2026 budget includes an additional $4 million for public radio stations.Empathy machines: 'This American Life' and the public radio structure of feeling
The concept of the “empathy machine” is a useful way to think about the very particular relationship to talking about feelings pioneered by "This American Life" and carried into many of the most popular, celebrated and impactful podcasts of the 2010s and beyond.
WQED suspends youth media academy, lays off staff
The station made the decision as it navigates “unprecedented threats to federal funding for the arts, education, and public broadcasting.”Comings and goings: MPT hires VP of technology, NPR announces changes to Business Desk …
Maryland Public Television hired Ling Ling Sun as VP of technology.LAist lays off eight staffers citing federal funding uncertainty
The organization's SAG-AFTRA union said job cuts are “severely curtailing our ability to deliver on our mission.”Canceling NEA grants won’t stop artists from holding to their truths
Only a dictator would imagine that he could control artists and stifle free expression, writes independent public radio producer Jay Allison.‘Free for All’ documentary tells story of public libraries’ critical roles throughout history and today
“We really saw this as an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between public media and public libraries, which are two cornerstone institutions that are focused on learning and the education of our communities," said ITVS' Beatriz Castillo.Experts say Trump’s CPB order ‘should have no legal effect’
“Whether it will have a practical effect or a political effect, I suppose, is a different question,” said James B. Speta, a professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.CPB tells stations to stop Ready To Learn work following termination by Department of Education
The termination of the grant affects PBS and 44 stations, according to CPB.North Dakota lawmakers approve Prairie Public funding, but reduced amount
North Dakota lawmakers set state funding for public broadcasting at $400,000 early Saturday, providing money for tower improvements after threatening to cut off Prairie Public funding completely earlier in the session.ITVS study explores the complex relationships at the heart of documentaries
The ITVS team was most surprised to learn that 89% of documentary participants indicated that they would participate in a documentary again to, as one respondent put it, “educate, inspire, and motivate others to take action.”
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