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Alaska Public Media to expand broadcast reach through acquisition of TV station

The station, previously a CBS affiliate, reaches more than 85,000 viewers in southern Anchorage.

The CWA unit representing StoryCorps workers is challenging how management handled recent layoffs, alleging retaliation.

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.

Al Letson is channeling his talents as a slam poet and performer into a new podcast.

The union supporting NPR’s engineers and audio technicians is pushing back against new contract proposals.

WFPL-FM, part of Louisville Public Media in Kentucky, has hired Tara Anderson as arts and culture correspondent.

“For years, Gerald was the epicenter of everything creative at GPB,” said a colleague.

Our guide to the news and links you might have missed this week.

Representatives from PBS spurred discussion about promotion, distribution and scheduling of independent films on public TV.