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Cars burn in downtown Nashville. Police patrol Boise after massive power outages, widespread looting and near-riots. Our intrepid video correspondent, Kal, rides ...CPB inquiry, deficits: more tribulations for KMBH
A public broadcaster removed unexpectedly from the board of Catholic Church–controlled KMBH public radio and TV in Harlingen, Texas, is heading an ...The challenge for public radio: Letting go of our expected future
The fact that the public radio audience is 82 percent white is a problem when the public we aspire to serve is ...Field guide to CPB’s conflicting mandates
When Congress adopted the Public Broadcasting Act 40 years go, it put its contribution to public TV and radio into the hands ...Raising Readers initiative: Ready to Learn goes for depth instead of breadth
In 20 cities across the country, stations are organizing Super Why! reading camps, hosting book-centric sporting events and concerts and handing out Super Why! and WordWorld DVDs ...Consortium outlines vision for Latino public radio service
A newly formed consortium of Latino public broadcasters is calling for public radio to expand its service to the nation’s growing Hispanic ...APTS preps proposals for ‘American Archive,’ copyright legislation
While the Association of Public Television Stations and its member stations’ activists will be busy enough fighting off the cutback of more ...Shadows in the corridors
The scene: a small conference room of the Senate Committee on Commerce, late on a February afternoon. The players: a senior committee staffer ...‘More of the same’: Bush request for $140+ million cutback
As in years past, the administration budget released on Feb. 5 [2007] calls for substantial cuts to CPB funding and other system ...StoryCorps puts flesh on bones of history
Danny and Annie Perasa enjoyed the sort of dream marriage promised in diamond ads and sappy romantic comedies, only it all actually ...To probe Tomlinson CPB activities, reformers look to his other federal role
CPB isn’t covered by the Freedom of Information Act, so nonprofits probing Ken Tomlinson’s period as chairman continue trying to use FOIA ...The wreckage: Journal quits with parting shots at public TV
The same week former CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson resigned from the CPB Board, public TV stations received a low-key announcement that the Wall ...CPB ombuds give minor attention to balance
Inspector General Kenneth A. Konz found fault with much of former Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson’s balance crusade, but his report did validate the ...The remedies: Reform ideas from all sides
What could Congress, CPB or anyone do to prevent the conflicts, failed decisions and other embarrassments bubbling out of the Tomlinson affair? ...Citizen groups file FOIA request for CPB documents
Citing the Freedom of Information Act, three citizen watchdog groups petitioned CPB President Pat Harrison Nov. 21, 2005, to release certain documents ...
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