People
Becky Magura named CEO of Nashville Public Television
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Magura, who will join the station in September, is leaving WCTE in Cookeville, Tenn.
Programs/Content
Study points to ways public media could build teen and tween audience — and risks of not trying
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“If we don’t engage them now, the teens and tweens of today might not as adults of tomorrow value public media.”
Programs/Content
The Producers. (Is that title taken?)
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Appreciating a longtime talk show producer who “made me a better host because it seemed unforgivable to let her excellent work go to waste.”
People
Comings and goings: John Van Hoesen to retire from VPR, C.J. Janovy rejoins KCUR …
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Van Hoesen joined the station in 2001.
Programs/Content
How the Hindsight Project built new relationships between Southern stations and BIPOC filmmakers
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“It’s BIPOC filmmakers telling stories from their own communities,” said Nick Price, series producer with Reel South. “It’s not people who are from outside the South coming in and telling what they conceive of the South.”
Tech
Washington’s WHUT to play central role in partnership launching local ATSC 3.0 signals
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WHUT’s broadcast signal will get new equipment and a power boost to serve as the ATSC 3.0 host station, carrying not only its own programming but streams from four major commercial stations.
Programs/Content
What might have happened: NPR sells off cultural programming, new network dubbed ‘NPR Music & Entertainment’
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In an alternate reality in 1983, NPR President Frank Mankiewicz, desperate for cash, unloads the network’s arts programs on a consortium of major-market stations. Where would arts programming be today?
System/Policy
PBS FY22 budget increases station dues, spending on content and marketing
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PBS CFO and Treasurer Tom Tardivo said the new dues amount to a “modest increase.”
Featured in Category
Scott Tong named ‘Here & Now’ co-host
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Tong has worked for “Marketplace” for more than 16 years.
Featured in Category
Travis Hendryx appointed GM for Smoky Hills PBS
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Hendryx previously worked for newspapers in Kansas and radio stations in Texas.
People
Comings and goings: Paul Hunton joins PBS board, Amna Nawaz promoted to ‘NewsHour’ chief correspondent …
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Hunton fills the vacancy left by Kim Johnson, who resigned from the board and PBS12 in Denver.
Programs/Content
NEA grant supports use of WTJU jazz history show in classrooms
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The community radio station in Charlottesville, Va., will turn the show “Jazz at 100” into a curriculum for high school and early college students.
Development
Answering Passport’s age-old question
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We’re not sure why, but the average age of Passport donors is changing.
Programs/Content
NPR will end ‘Ask Me Another’ in September
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The weekly hour of comedy, trivia and music airs on more than 300 stations.
Programs/Content
How to build the next generation of public radio listeners
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Stop wringing your hands over how to attract Millennial and Gen Z audiences — focus on creating programs that give them more reasons to listen.
People
David Feingold to retire as CEO of Blue Ridge Public Radio
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Feingold has led the station since 2015.
People
Comings and goings: Shereen Marisol Meraji leaving ‘Code Switch,’ Holly Edgell to lead Midwest Newsroom …
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Meraji has co-hosted the podcast since its 2016 launch.
Development
How the pandemic prepared public media to build an audience-centered culture
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By rethinking what we do for our communities and how, many organizations developed the skills needed to embrace change and improve audience service.