Tech
Aid from Apple would deliver ‘critical mass’ for NPR’s podcast analytics tool
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The company has not signed on with Remote Audio Data, which can give podcast producers expanded analytics tracking their listeners’ habits.
FCC
FCC gives green light to revising rules governing LPFMs, other noncoms
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“We’re aiming to provide greater clarity to broadcast applicants and thus make the process easier for them, deliver more new services to the listening public, and reduce appeals of our comparative licensing decisions,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
Programs/Content
New MPR-backed site hopes to be ‘one-stop shop for all things immigrant’
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Support from Minnesota Public Radio is enabling a website covering the state’s immigrant communities to expand into a full-time venture for its founder.
A DJ looks back on 50 years on jazz radio in the nation’s capital
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Rusty Hassan has seen shows and stations come and go during his long career on Washington, D.C., airwaves, and he’s still at it.
NPR
NPR White House reporter Scott Horsley moves to business desk
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Scott Horsley replaces John Ydstie, who retired in November.
Programs/Content
WNYC hires Vox VP as chief content officer
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Golis will lead editorial strategy, program development and the integration of radio and digital for WNYC News, WNYC Radio and WNYC Studios.
Programs/Content
NPR refreshes ‘Morning Edition’ music to update sound, appeal to new listeners
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Coming to the air in May, the new suite of music will “better reflect what ‘Morning Edition’ is today,” said NPR CEO Jarl Mohn.
Programs/Content
Ohio’s WYSO to become independently owned
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The station will be owned by a nonprofit run by GM Neenah Ellis.
Programs/Content
Colorado Public Radio builds investigative unit to match its growing news ambitions
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With a multiyear gift from an anonymous donor, the Denver network is hiring an editor for its new investigations team.
Programs/Content
WFIU show aims to expand environmental reporting on Indiana and beyond
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The new radio show and podcast will prepare listeners for addressing the “grand challenge” of environmental change.
System/Policy
Illinois stations consider management agreement to preserve Peoria’s WCBU
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WGLT approached Bradley University, WCBU’s licensee, after plans to tear down the station’s building were announced.
Quick Takes
Oversight board suggests privatizing Puerto Rico pubcaster
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The board said the transfer could help “provide increased growth opportunities, enhance the programming offering provided to the people of Puerto Rico, and save the Government money.”
System/Policy
Union accuses KUOW of unfair labor practice
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The claim alleges that KUOW management’s decision to eliminate seven positions “interfered with, restrained, and/or coerced public employees” in their rights to collectively bargain.
Programs/Content
To diversify its audience, Nevada’s KUNR goes bilingual
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The Reno station has sharpened its focus on serving a Latino audience by posting some news coverage in both English and Spanish.
Quick Takes
BizLab picks six stations to experiment with revenue strategies
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The stations will work with the WBUR innovation lab for six months.
Programs/Content
With two hosts at helm, ‘The Takeaway’ aims for depth and urgency in covering race and politics
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Tanzina Vega and Amy Walter tackle topics in ways that feel “like a much more open conversation.”
System/Policy
KUT hires Austin newspaper editor as GM
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Debbie Hiott, a 26-year veteran of the Austin American-Statesman, signs on with the station Jan. 14.
Quick Takes
SAG-AFTRA membership expands at New York Public Radio
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Gothamist reporters are now part of a bargaining unit of station staff.
Quick Takes
New York’s WMHT expands Triple A service to new FM signal
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WMHT acquired an FM station in September that will now simulcast its WEXT signal.
Programs/Content
For his WBEZ podcast, a storyteller shares the spotlight to profile people ‘in a big ole mess’
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“I’ve done plenty of talking about my own troubles,” Shannon Cason said on the debut episode of “The Trouble.” “But I want to talk to other people about theirs.”