Tag: CPB
Senate confirms three appointments to CPB board
The confirmed members are Elizabeth Sembler, Tom Rothman and Laura Gore Ross.New funding expands reach of public radio’s hip-hop/R&B format
Stations in Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Jackson, Miss., will join the CPB-supported Urban Alternative format with the goal of reaching new listeners.Stations step up education efforts around COVID vaccine with help from CPB grants
Funds are enabling stations in current and potential COVID-19 hotspots to design projects that address their communities' specific needs.CPB gives $275,000 to 14 stations for COVID PSAs, community outreach
Each station will receive up to $20,000.PBS announces initiatives to increase programming diversity
During the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, PBS announced funding for Firelight Media, updates to its producer requirements and a new ...President Biden nominates three directors for CPB board
If confirmed, the nominees would fill three of four vacant board of director seats.House Appropriations Committee recommends $565M for CPB
The measure approved for consideration by the full House proposes an increase of nearly 27% from CPB’s current funding levels and recommends ...CPB board boosts CSG funds by delaying Healthy Network Initiative for second year
Board member Ruby Calvert said setting aside the initiative for another year is “the right thing to do.”CPB analysis finds steep declines in station underwriting, foundation funding
While income from individual giving grew 5% last fiscal year, stations were hit by losses in all other revenue categories.President Biden’s proposed budget includes $475M for CPB
APTS President Pat Butler called the proposal “a good first step.”The missing middle: Reimagining a future for tweens, teens and public media
Researchers from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center report on how public media can create media that's relevant to the lives of the ...CPB has ‘no immediate plans’ to recruit new ombudsman
CPB has had an ombudsman — and sometimes two — since 2005.CPB requests $300M in federal support for pubmedia infrastructure
The funding pool would be similar to the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, which was eliminated in 2011.Public Media for All analysis highlights persistent gaps in pubmedia diversity
Comparing recently released CPB data to U.S. Census demographics shows that public media is only keeping pace with or lagging behind national ...GM who broke ceilings and took heat urges public radio to confront ‘rapidly changing environment’
"The ways we embrace change and respond to the unknown will define us," writes Patricia "Patty" Cahill, former CPB director and retired ...
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