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"The Pub" Podcast

‘The Pub’ #111: Stations show off humor, baking skills in Public Radio Cake Week

By Annie Russell | 23 hours ago

And an NPR utensil good Samaritan is at work helping out the forkless.

NPR considers revised ‘Morning Edition’ clock to reduce ‘cluttered’ feel

By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | April 16, 2018

A proposed update would lengthen segments and return the show to a format of two newscasts per hour instead of three.

Quick Takes

  • CPB ups federal funding request to $455M for FY21
    By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | 24 hours ago
  • Missouri public broadcasting tower collapses, killing one worker
    By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | April 19, 2018
  • Public broadcasters, nonprofit media receive grants to use Hearken and GroundSource
    By April Simpson, Associate Editor | April 12, 2018
  • SCPR challenges trademark for in-flight Wi-Fi brand
    By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | April 12, 2018

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"The Pub" Podcast

‘The Pub’ #110: How pubcasters are teaming up to take on Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis

By Annie Russell | April 5, 2018

We hear from leaders at three of the stations involved in the statewide collaboration “Battling Opioids.”

Quick Takes

Keillor looks to restart ‘Writer’s Almanac’

By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | April 5, 2018

He also expressed interest in reviving tours of “A Prairie Home Companion.”

System/Policy

Trump nominates former Wyoming PBS leader for seat on CPB board

By Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | April 5, 2018

If approved by the Senate, Ruby Calvert would serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring Jan. 31, 2022.

About Current

From the executive director: Tell Current how we can earn your support

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | April 5, 2018

We need to learn from you about how to deliver the kind of service you or your organization is willing to pay for.

People

Liwanag to replace Campbell at PBS, Vega gets host’s chair at ‘Takeaway’ and other comings and goings

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | April 4, 2018

And the new president of Vermont Public Radio is Scott Finn, executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

Quick Takes

The Current launches 24/7 Prince-themed stream

By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | April 3, 2018

The stream will highlight “the roots and fruits of the Purple Family Tree.”

System/Policy

Public Media Co., WGBH business unit to launch first pubmedia purchasing service

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | April 3, 2018

CPB is providing $250,000 for the venture.

Quick Takes

PRSS announces stations in Tornado Alley to receive test-alert funding

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | April 2, 2018

The project is backed with $419,000 in grants from CPB.

Programs/Content

‘American Experience’ harnesses Facebook to identify teen in 50-year-old footage

By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | April 2, 2018

The footage came from a march following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Obituaries

Public TV pioneer Chalmers “Chuck” Marquis dies at 91

By April Simpson, Associate Editor | March 30, 2018

Longtime friends and colleagues remember Marquis as public television’s man on Capitol Hill.

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