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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People
APTS seats board leaders, ‘World Cafe’ reveals new host, and other comings and goings in public media
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Ronnie Agnew, executive director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting, now chairs the board.
Programs/Content
Funding woes prompt PBS to kill off ‘Mercy Street’
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The program set in a Civil War hospital was PBS’s first original drama since 2004.
State funding
Facing loss of state funding, West Virginia Public Broadcasting plans for layoffs
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WVPB estimates it will need to lay off 15 full-time staffers by the end of the month.
System/Policy
Miami school district drops push to manage WLRN newsroom
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A controversial proposal to restructure the station is reportedly off the table.
Programs/Content
New PBS films revisit war histories with present-day perspective
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With examinations of Vietnam and the Great War, the documentarians are focusing on stories to help younger viewers understand today’s conflicts.
Tech
60dB’s founder on why short can win the battle for earbuds
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Former NPR tech reporter Steve Henn explains how his new audio app aims to get listeners out of their bubbles with short-form content from a wide range of sources.
Programs/Content
Why the podcast boom has yet to hit Mexico — and why it needs to
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“We have to keep on telling very Mexican stories. … We have to tell our stories.”
Programs/Content
How questioning journalism’s role post-Trump got Lewis Wallace fired
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“I made a decision that was very personal, very based on my own instincts about what was right and necessary in this kind of scary political moment.”
Programs/Content
Story time at the Azteca Boxing Club: Daniel Alarcón on the origins of ‘Radio Ambulante’
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In an excerpt from a new book, the executive producer of the Spanish-language show and podcast recalls the convoluted journey from a boxing gym to a moving story.
spectrum auction
WPBO in Ohio goes for $8.8M in spectrum auction
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Licensee Ohio State University is giving all proceeds to its WOSU in Columbus.