Tag: CPB
Citing persistent errors, CPB’s IG recommends changes to stations’ reporting of in-kind funds
CPB’s Inspector General has recommended that CPB end the crediting of in-kind donations toward stations’ nonfederal financial support after the IG’s office ...CPB funds will go toward helping pubTV execs make spectrum decisions
CPB will spend $3 million to give public television executives access to expert advice on the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction. The extremely high ...Monday roundup: WNYC revamps Schoolbook.org, CPB gives NPR $1 million for foreign coverage
Plus: American Graduate Day carriage grows, and a NewsHour segment prompts scrutiny.D.C. American Graduate event amplifies youth voices
The five winners of American Graduate’s Raise Up hip-hop and spoken-word competition performed their original poems on the stage of Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy ...Senate approves three Obama nominees for CPB Board of Directors
The Senate approved three members of the CPB Board Thursday, one returning and two new. The three were nominated by President Obama ...Former iMA director leaves Greater Public amid shift in planned services
Greater Public, the organization providing fundraising resources and support to public media stations, has opted not to renew the contract of Jeannie ...CPB eyes TV CSG rules in anticipation of spectrum auctions
CPB will review its television Community Service Grant policies to clarify how to handle station revenues from the upcoming spectrum auction. The auctions, ...CPB adds $6.2 million in American Graduate grants, reveals national broadcast plans
The initiative will support efforts at 33 stations to raise awareness of the dropout problem.CPB gives $2.5 million to Firelight Media diversity initiative
Firelight Media, the documentary filmmaking nonprofit founded by Stanley Nelson, received a $2.55 million grant from CPB Aug. 20 to expand Producers’ ...CPB bumps up two, “Blues Doctor” retires, and more comings and goings in public media
CPB has promoted two executives, Greg Schnirring and Erika Pulley-Hayes.KEET steps up membership efforts to hold on to federal funding
KEET-TV, one of the smallest PBS member stations, has grown its membership by 40 percent and raised more than $600,000 over the past ...Tuesday roundup: CPB promotes Theriault; NPR draws criticism for science-fair story
Plus: American Experience pursues crowdfunding, Mohn appears on Tell Me More and KCPW's CEO quits.CPB backs new episodes of Hinojosa’s America By The Numbers
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting awarded an $850,000 grant for eight new half-hour episodes of America By The Numbers, a series featuring journalist Maria Hinojosa ...CPB, RTL award $2.2 million for public TV school-readiness projects
CPB and Ready to Learn, a U.S. Department of Education program supporting preschool learning, will provide $2.2 million in grants to 21 ...Wednesday roundup: CPB, Ready to Learn provide grants; WKYU oversight shifts
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