Tech
AWARN public safety group adds members, sets ‘road map’ meeting
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AWARN now includes four of the largest emergency-alert originators.
‘The Pub’ #96: How to make kids’ podcasts and why you should
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A producer of a podcast for kids says the market still has plenty of room for new shows.
People
APM retools upper ranks, WGBY gets new GM and other comings and goings
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New hires at American Public Media include an audience development SVP.
People
Longtime D.C. pubcasting law firm dissolves, two attorneys move on
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Schwartz, Woods & Miller helped many public broadcasters secure their first FCC licenses.
People
Art Ellis: Failing out of freshman engineering got me hooked on public media
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If WHYY’s Art Ellis hadn’t failed some of his core courses in college, he may not have discovered purpose and a new direction at WRUW-FM in Cleveland.
Development
PMDMC features honors for departing CEO, awards for stations and leaders
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Conference attendees bid farewell to outgoing Greater Public CEO Doug Eichten.
Programs/Content
NPR wins award to experiment with virtual-reality audio
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The NPR project is among 11 winners of the Journalism 360 Challenge awards.
System/Policy
Connecticut AM station goes off air after alleged lack of payments
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The station’s future is yet to be determined.
Programs/Content
As it upgrades NPR One, NPR will promote app on-air
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NPR also aims to improve how the app connects users to local stations.
Programs/Content
Hosts reveal the unseen forces at work on ‘Invisibilia’
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Each episode of the NPR podcast can take up to four months to complete.
Programs/Content
PRI becomes investor in public radio’s ‘Live Wire’
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The live variety show is adding episodes devoted to in-studio interviews.
People
NPR colleagues send off longtime engineer Manoli Wetherell
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A fellow engineer credits Wetherell with “creating NPR’s signature sound in thousands of mixes, often on deadline and many done live.”