Tag: CPB
Meetings in Washington give KEET leader cause for ‘cautious optimism’
The station is at risk of losing its Community Service Grant from CPB.With AmGrad expansion, PBS Charlotte helps students visualize their dreams
“I believed that the more we served this community, the more successful we would be,” said PBS Charlotte's GM.KEET leader says CPB is pressuring California station into merger
David Gordon said KEET will work with CPB, PBS and members of Congress to save the station.Public media must reimagine itself for a new era — or give up ‘reason to ...
"The time is right to re-examine basic assumptions about public media and to ask, anew, essential questions," writes an outgoing CPB board ...After CPB support ends, Arkansas journalism collaboration scales back efforts
Unable to raise enough money to sustain operations, KUAR in Little Rock laid off three Arkansas Public Media staffers.New Ready To Learn grants will center on ‘community collaboratives’
Fourteen public television stations will each get $175,000.Pubmedia to launch universal sign-on platform by early next year
Backed by CPB, the platform aims to help stations and networks better understand their audiences.Trump makes choices for several nominees to CPB Board
If confirmed by the Senate, they will serve terms to expire Jan. 31, 2022.Arizona’s Cronkite School will manage CPB’s editorial leadership training
The two-year project will train 100 editors to “strengthen their ability to lead public media’s growing newsrooms,” CPB said.WBUR’s BizLab will work with public radio stations on revenue experiments
A CPB grant will support six-month projects with six stations.NPR urges FCC to provide ‘full reimbursement’ for radio stations affected by repack
Local stations "have limited financial and operational resources to absorb the impact of the TV repack," NPR said in FCC comments.Format spotlighting hip-hop, R&B will get tryout on three stations
The stations will receive CPB grants to implement the new "Urban Alternative" format.CPB extends funding for PRX, WNYC podcast projects
The $1.7 million backs efforts to help under-represented producers of podcasts network and incubate ideas.Under new leadership, struggling Iowa station looks to reinvent itself to survive
KBBG aims to strengthen community support by refreshing its music mix and beefing up local reporting.Senate panel proposes level FY21 funding for CPB, $20M for interconnection
The final legislation is expected to come before the full Appropriations panel for a vote Thursday.
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