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Senate approves first CPB funding increase in a decade
The appropriation for the Ready To Learn grant program also increased.Nevada Public Radio looks to access endowment to pay off $1.4 million in bills
The station's board and interim CEO have discovered roughly $700,000 owed to NPR, as well as other outstanding debts.Former assistant GM will lead Detroit's WDET
Mary Zatina is returning to the station after more than 30 years.
Changes to FCC licensing standards lay groundwork for new radio filing windows
Based on staff workloads and other FCC deadlines, a window for new noncommercial educational stations could open as early as next summer.PRX podcast network will seek to 'reach young audiences where they are'
Debuting next year, the TRAX network will cater to tweens.Dan Larkin named station manager of Minneapolis' KBEM
Larkin has been director of broadcasting for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx NBA teams.
WLRN friends group accuses South Florida PBS of violating state law with appeal to members
A petition filed by Friends of WLRN also alleges the Miami school district was biased in recommending South Florida PBS to manage WLRN.How public radio can build on its hidden strengths to solve podcasting’s biggest challenges
Look to your ideals and decades of experience creating programs that listeners value.At BizLab Summit, stations share lessons from experiments with new income streams
The center for pubmedia innovation is urging participants to "fail fast" with bold efforts to find new revenue sources.Update to fee model ties NPR's income to station donor revenue
The network's board approved last week a shift from basing station fees on broadcast audience, an effort to create a more "forward-looking" approach.Comings and goings: PBS adds two VPs, Neary prepares to retire from NPR …
Neary joined NPR in 1982 as a newscaster and later became the network's first religion correspondent.NPR asks FCC to let more stations boost digital signals
The network argues that more flexibility in how the FCC grants such requests would "strengthen the existing digital radio ecosystem."‘Growing Bolder’ producers tweak self-help genre to promote healthy aging lifestyle in pledge
“Launchpad to What's Next” combines motivational talks with online tools and resources to “convert the inspiration into action,” says founder and host Marc Middleton.In FCC proceeding, APTS makes case for aiding FirstNet
“To leave public television stations … on the sidelines of the FirstNet infrastructure is to ignore a robust, reliable and ubiquitous partner whose public safety capabilities have proven effective in a variety of critical use cases,” APTS told the FCC.WETA promotes John Wilson to SVP
Wilson began supervising the station’s national productions on an interim basis in September.
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