Programs/Content
More than just ‘the song and dance app’: Public media stations leverage new audiences on TikTok
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Stations are using TikTok to connect with local audiences and expand their reach to younger viewers.
System/Policy
KVCR receives $4M investment from California state legislature
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The funds will help KVCR pay for PBS and NPR programming, which it had previously proposed cutting to offset budget deficits.
Programs/Content
Station town halls on racial justice go virtual amid coronavirus concerns
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With social distancing making in-person conversations difficult, stations are turning to online platforms to engage with audiences around issues of race and policing.
Development
Membership fundraising held its own in first weeks of coronavirus lockdown
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CDP’s analysis of early 2020 fundraising shows sustainers are living up to their name.
System/Policy
Kansas, New Mexico stations will add content to pubcasting archive
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Grants are supporting a digitization project involving stations in the states and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
System/Policy
At APTS Summit, Butler says FEMA grant program would be government’s ‘best investment’ in public safety
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CPB has asked the Department of Homeland Security to set aside funds for public broadcasting emergency communications.
System/Policy
Trump budget again proposes zeroing out public broadcasting funds
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The proposed budget also seeks to zero out Ready To Learn.
System/Policy
Senate approves first CPB funding increase in a decade
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The appropriation for the Ready To Learn grant program also increased.
System/Policy
WLRN friends group accuses South Florida PBS of violating state law with appeal to members
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A petition filed by Friends of WLRN also alleges the Miami school district was biased in recommending South Florida PBS to manage WLRN.