System/Policy
California pubcasters escalate tower dispute
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KVIE and CapRadio have filed countering lawsuits laying claim to a transmission tower.
Texas Public Radio employees seek to unionize amid leadership transition
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The staffers say the union would “safeguard our organization’s future success.”
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Programs/Content
American Archive enlists public in fixing transcripts with correction game
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FIX IT asks players to correct transcripts as they compare them to the original audio.
System/Policy
Vermont budget squeeze imperils public TV support
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The House trimmed Vermont PBS’ line item to just $1.
Tech
PBS leaders open busy TechCon in Vegas
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PBS expanded the TechCon agenda beyond traditional engineering this year to include tracks on content and engagement, development, marketing and digital infrastructure.
Quick Takes
Citing threat to low-power FMs, advocacy group asks FCC to rein in AM translators
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The Prometheus Radio Project is asking the FCC to reconsider a January ruling.
Programs/Content
Among Steve Bannon’s filmmaking oeuvre, two documentaries sought a public TV audience
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Now in a White House aiming to defund public broadcasting, Bannon was an executive producer of films produced by former CPB exec Michael Pack.
Tech
Speed builds audience, sloth loses them
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Just as a broadcast needs a strong transmitter signal, a website needs fast-loading pages.
Awards
Peabody Awards go to pubmedia documentary filmmakers
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Public media accounted for five of the 12 winners in the category.
People
Ernesto Aguilar: I’m a testament to public media’s transformative power
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Aguilar discovered punk rock on a community radio station and found himself coming back to listen to the news.
System/Policy
Sale of dozens of noncommercial signals in FCC spectrum auction earns minimum of $1.9 billion
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Check out our summary of how the spectrum auction appears to be playing out for public media.
System/Policy
Blue Ridge PBS will use $5.8M auction take to upgrade equipment, expand local programming
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Station President James Baum said viewers in the stations’ coverage area will not lose PBS service due to overlap from other broadcasters.