Tag: CPB
Dorothy Peterson, CPB program officer, dies at 79
Peterson worked on several projects for CPB and the National Endowment for the Humanities and mentored younger CPB staffers.Winslow of NewsHour sees need for greater investment in public TV’s news programming
The final installment of our interview with Linda Winslow, outgoing executive producer of the PBS NewsHour.With CPB support, public radio Triple A stations team up to showcase music videos
A new website and mobile app backed by CPB will showcase videos of new and emerging bands.CPB fines WJFF $15,000 for open-meeting violations
The Jeffersonville, N.Y. community radio station came under heavy scrutiny after a former g.m. cancelled programs in closed meetings.Kenneth Tomlinson, CPB chair at center of scandal, dies at 69
Tomlinson, a former Reader’s Digest editor and CPB Board chair who mounted a behind-the-scenes campaign to balance what he saw as a liberal bias ...CPB ombud criticizes KUNM’s handling of plagiarism charges
The handling of plagiarism charges at New Mexico’s KUNM-FM drew criticism from CPB Ombudsman Joel Kaplan, who weighed in on the issue ...CPB urges FCC to preserve public TV coverage in spectrum auction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CPB’s Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution Thursday urging the FCC to avoid allowing “white areas” that would lack ...Thursday roundup: Utah station threatened by CPB grant rules; Public Radio Capital rebrands
Plus: PBS virtually recreates D-Day, and the latest on the fight over podcasting patents.House passes GOP budget zeroing CPB funding
The spending plan, the House GOP's blueprint for balancing the federal budget by 2024, now goes to the Democratic-controlled Senate, which is ...CPB plans meetings to inform public TV execs about spectrum auction
CPB will convene two meetings about spectrum over the next two months, working to craft guidelines for public TV stations to use ...Faction of Pacifica board sues to reinstate fired director
Nine members of the Pacifica Foundation’s board of directors opposing last month’s firing of executive director Summer Reese filed a lawsuit Thursday ...Republicans’ proposed budget would zero out CPB funding
Though its chances of advancing in Congress are considered slim, the proposed budget put forth this week by House Budget Committee chairman ...Wednesday roundup: NPR ads respond to voices; Knight backs development efforts
• NPR introduced voice recognition–enabled ads this week on its smartphone app in an attempt to connect its nearly one million mobile ...Obama requests level CPB funding but would slash rural grants, consolidate Ready to Learn
President Obama has maintained level CPB funding in his fiscal 2015 federal budget request, but recommends eliminating the Rural Digital program and ...This Capitol Hill Day, pubmedia “not in the crosshairs”
With pubcasting no longer a political football, station reps meeting with lawmakers started off on better footing this year.
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