Programs/Content
New preschool series aims to teach coding skills
|
“Mia & Codie,” a public TV show from the creator of “WordWorld,” combines computational thinking and socioemotional learning.
Current (https://current.org/current-mentioned-stations/wrkf/page/532/)
“Mia & Codie,” a public TV show from the creator of “WordWorld,” combines computational thinking and socioemotional learning.
Chandra Kavati is now SVP of business development and president of American Public Media.
The Association of Independents in Radio is preparing to roll out its next iterations of Localore, the innovation initiative that paired indie producers with local stations.
Plus: PBS is added to Amazon Fire TV, and NPR’s Bob Boilen shares concert tips.
It’s been a long journey for a show that some doubted could survive on public radio.
Sesame Workshop has hired Jeffrey D. Dunn, former CEO of the HiT Entertainment Network, as its new CEO.
Two major donors and board members of Rochester, N.Y., dual licensee WXXI died Sept. 5 after their plane crashed in the ocean off the coast of Jamaica. Both were 68. Larry and Jane Glazer, major figures in Rochester’s business community who both served on WXXI’s board and co-chaired the station’s $17 million Go Public capital campaign, were flying their single-engine plane from Rochester to Naples, Fla., when their aircraft became unresponsive. Larry, a registered pilot, was at the controls.
Plus: A former Shark Week host seeks redress from NPR, and NPR’s ombud considers an accusation of plagiarism.
After launching with one station in 2011, the social media–driven project now has 36 participating stations.
With the death of Joan Rivers, Jay Kernis, former senior v.p. for programming at NPR, shared this remembrance of Rivers on his Facebook page yesterday. It’s reproduced here with his permission. Between 2001-08, I was SVP for Programming at NPR and someone told Joan that she would be perfect to host a public radio show. I had interviewed her many years ago for NPR and I knew from producers like Amy Rosenblum just how smart Joan was. I was thrilled to be invited for lunch at her remarkable home on the East Side of NYC.
Unruly street performers have prompted the children’s TV producer to consider legal action and a city councilman to propose a new law.
At least two public television networks opted not to air this week the POV documentary After Tiller, which profiles four late-term abortion providers and prompted a campaign among anti-abortion organizations. POV’s plans to air the film’s national broadcast premiere at 10 p.m. Sept. 1 spurred an Aug. 27 online statement from Judie Brown, president of the American Life League, who called the documentary “nothing short of pure propaganda intended to demonize the entire pro-life movement and drum up support for late-term abortion.” Several other anti-abortion websites urged visitors to contact PBS headquarters or PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler to protest stations airing the film. South Carolina ETV in Columbia and Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson declined to air After Tiller.