System/Policy
Alaska Public Media to expand broadcast reach through acquisition of TV station
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The station, previously a CBS affiliate, reaches more than 85,000 viewers in southern Anchorage.
StoryCorps’ union rallies for reversal of layoffs
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The CWA unit representing StoryCorps workers is challenging how management handled recent layoffs, alleging retaliation.
Programs/Content
‘Growing Bolder’ producers tweak self-help genre to promote healthy aging lifestyle in pledge
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“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.
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In FCC proceeding, APTS makes case for aiding FirstNet
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“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.
People
WETA promotes John Wilson to SVP
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Wilson began supervising the station’s national productions on an interim basis in September.
People
‘Radiolab’ co-host Robert Krulwich will retire in January
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Krulwich said his decision to retire was not because “anything bad has happened, more like the opposite.”
System/Policy
Miami school board postpones vote on management of WLRN
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A bid from South Florida PBS was challenged by fundraising group Friends of WLRN.
System/Policy
University of Memphis approves transfer of WUMR license
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The new owner is a collaboration between two local organizations.
Programs/Content
For a new variety show coming to public radio, a prairie farther south is home
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With support from CPB, “Live From Cain’s” will bring music and interviews to listeners from an iconic music venue in Oklahoma.
System/Policy
Current Crossword: ‘Giving Up’
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Pledge to finish our latest crossword as soon as possible.
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Comings and goings: AmDoc expands team, Kopp quits in Aspen …
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The producer of public TV’s “POV” added two managers to POV Engage and hired a producer for its series of short films.
People
A quest for public radio bumper stickers: ‘My Corolla is less a car now than a mobile museum’
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After his Honda was totaled, a public radio journalist set out to cover his new Corolla “with a ridiculous amount of bumper stickers.”