System/Policy
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
After the hurricane wiped out infrastructure across western North Carolina, BPR focused on basic information, such as road outages and where to get drinking water.
Johnny Simmons has retired after working for 35 years at KUSP Santa Cruz, Calif.
For the first time since state funding was cut in 2009, Pennsylvania’s eight public television stations could see funding restored as Gov. Tom Wolf included $4 million in his proposed budget.
The new deal means increased reporting for some stations.
A Republican CPB board member suggests that public media shift more resources toward local news.
U.S. House of Representatives pass budget resolution calling for zeroing out of CPB funding.
The new contract drops several proposals opposed by the union.
Parlocha hosted Jazz With Bob Parlocha, syndicated by the WFMT Radio Network in Chicago.
Maintaining online public files would be too big a burden for some radio stations, pubcasters argue.
If approved, the proposed assessment increase will go toward general audience programming.
KQED joined up with Square when the mobile payment processor expanded its Square Cash app to include nonprofits and businesses.