Tag: CPB
Obama would maintain CPB funding, eliminate rural digital grants in 2014 budget proposal
President Obama released his fiscal 2014 federal budget proposal April 10, and recommended $445 million in two-year advance funding for CPB. This ...New talking point on Capitol Hill: PubTV’s role in education
Public television’s strongest case for preserving tax-based support for stations and CPB centers on informing political leaders about the full range of ...West Virginia’s Bob Wise receives Thought Leader Award
Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise was honored for his work supporting public media’s educational service. Wise is president of the Alliance for ...Documentary Free Angela premieres in theaters April 5
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, a documentary developed with pubcasting support, will have its theatrical release April 5, presented by BET Networks. The ...Upcoming American Graduate specials tackle lax schools, juvenile justice system
A pair of documentaries to be released for public TV broadcasts next month focus on two of the most difficult aspects of ...Rebecca Eaton and Newton Minow honored for distinguished service to public television
As the executive producer who acquired and managed co-productions of British dramas for Masterpiece and its predecessor titles for more than 26 years, ...StoryCorps launches newest project – Military Voices Initiative
For the next year StoryCorps, the public radio group collecting and presenting life stories told between family members and friends, will undertake ...Sweetening the deal for partnering stations
NEW ORLEANS — CPB is considering a proposal to allocate $3 million annually over six years to support collaboration among public radio ...Unleash TV grantmakers and creativity thrives
Ron Hull, a leader in Nebraska public television since the 1950s, recommends that CPB consider reinstating the semi-autonomy of its grantmakers in TV ...CPB gives emergency grants to WNYC and WNET in Sandy’s aftermath
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today it will immediately give $250,000 each to New York City's most prominent public media stations.Restructuring at WKYU cuts three jobs, merges radio and TV production
Three staff positions — including that of the television station manager — have been cut at WKYU at Western Kentucky University in ...Co-host pairing prompts Brand to exit KPCC
KPCC’s ambitious three-year, $10 million project to fortify its newsroom and serve more people of color has created an unintended casualty: The ...Big Bird, Jim Lehrer have viewers atwitter during and after presidential debate
Public broadcasting became a trending topic during and after Wednesday night’s presidential debate, as GOP nominee Mitt Romney repeated his pledge to ...CPB IG audit questions spending by Capitol News Connection
An audit by the CPB Inspector General’s Office of Pundit Productions, the nonprofit that operated a public radio news bureau on Capitol ...CPB report to Capitol Hill countering “continued and pervasive” opposition to federal funding
CPB’s financial analysis on alternative funding sources for public broadcasting, prepared by consultants at Booz & Co. and delivered to Congress in ...
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