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
Travel ban complicates VPR’s special coverage of refugee resettlement
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Plans for the State Department to facilitate interviews fell apart while reporter Nina Keck was on the ground in Jordan.
Awards
NPR’s Andrea de Leon to receive PRNDI’s Leo C. Lee Award, and other awards in public media
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Also, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb will receive a Writers Guild award for his contributions to a “Frontline” documentary.
System/Policy
Licensee sells Kentucky’s WNKU to religious broadcaster
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The Bible Broadcasting Corp. will pay $1.9 million for the station.
System/Policy
California station reaps $72M in spectrum auction proceeds
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KRCB’s location was “considered prime real estate by mobile providers,” the station COO said.
People
Love trumps competition for married couple reporting for Fox News, NPR
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With Myre’s move to a new position at NPR, he and his wife Jennifer Griffin are again competing on a beat.
Quick Takes
WGBH allegedly dismisses reporter after discovering views on vaccines
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The Boston Globe says WGBH released the reporter after learning of “past statements linking vaccines and autism.”
System/Policy
Pennsylvania’s WVIA announces channel-sharing agreement
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The station will receive $25.9 million in auction proceeds.
People
Lam steps to head of ‘Table’, Buckner leads Public Broadcasting Atlanta, and other comings and goings
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Also, American Public Media hires a chief of on-demand and cultural programming.
System/Policy
Spectrum auction nets nearly $35M for two Pennsylvania stations
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WITF will share a channel, and WQED will move to a lower frequency.
Quick Takes
W.Va. governor proposes zeroing out of pubcasting funding
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An elimination of funding could result in a severe downsizing at the network.