System/Policy
KPLU clears $7 million hurdle to independence
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The campaign received donations from over 17,000 contributors.
Quick Takes
Emails give peek into behind-the-scenes discussions of KPLU sale
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The Seattle Times shared details of how university and station officials sought to manage public reaction.
Stations
Email shows KUOW saw ‘no sound business vision’ for Jazz24
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KUOW was considering the fate of Jazz24 even before its purchase of KPLU was announced.
Programs/Content
Future of KPLU’s popular jazz stream hinges on fundraising campaign
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The stream would continue for 90 days if acquired by KUOW, but plans are unclear beyond that date.
System/Policy
Community group cites value of reduced staff costs in bid for KPLU
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The proposal would lower the amount Friends of 88.5 FM needs to raise by June 30.
Quick Takes
KUOW plans new jazz service in advance of possible KPLU purchase
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KUOW will unveil a preview of Planet Jazz next week.
System/Policy
As KPLU seeks survival, KUOW makes plans for acquisition
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KUOW shared intentions for KPLU if the Tacoma station can’t raise $7 million in six months.
System/Policy
KPLU launches $7 million campaign to survive as independent station
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The station has only six months to raise the funds.
KPLU
Universities agree to consider community bid for KPLU’s license
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The sale of KPLU in Tacoma, Washington has a new wrinkle as the buyer and seller have agreed to let a community group try and raise enough money to buy the station and make it a community licensee.
Quick Takes
Students, supporters protest KPLU sale
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A Friends of KPLU group has also formed with ambitions of purchasing the station.
Stations
KPLU advisory board asks licensee to reconsider sale
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The board hopes the university will consider other options, including community ownership.
Stations
KPLU advisory board votes against sale
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The board meeting gave staffers and community members a chance to voice their unhappiness about the sale.
Stations
Deal in Washington expands KUOW’s reach, leaves KPLU staff in limbo
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The deal was a long time coming, but when it finally arrived, it still took the staff of KPLU by surprise.
Stations
KUOW licensee plans to buy rival KPLU
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KPLU will change to an all-music format and get new call letters.
Programs/Content
Drop in younger listeners makes dent in NPR news audience
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The trend could affect revenue for NPR and its member stations.
Development
KUOW, InvestigateWest experiment with micropayments
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They’re among 10 Seattle news organizations looking to make it easier and faster for readers to pay for stories online.
Programs/Content
Invisibilia launches, makes public radio history
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NPR says the new show is public radio’s biggest program launch ever.
People
Pubcasters win four UNITY Awards for commitment to cultural diversity
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Over half of this year’s RTDNA/UNITY Awards went to pubcasters, including a public TV station. WKAR-TV in East Lansing, Mich., won the award for small-market television for a documentary about racial tensions surrounding the 1975 trials of two Filipina Veterans Administration Hospital nurses. In the radio division, Seattle’s KUOW won among large-market entries with its report “Black in Seattle,” while Alabama Public Radio won the award for small-market stations with the story “Remembering 1963,” produced as part of a civil rights radio project. Public Radio International picked up the award for network radio for its series Global Nation: Stories of a Changing America. The UNITY awards are sponsored by UNITY: Journalists for Diversity, a coalition comprising the Asian American Journalism Association, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association and the Native American Journalists Association. Awardees are recognized for demonstrating an ongoing commitment to covering cultural diversity in their communities.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: WSJ profiles dapper Nippers; PBS unveils fall schedule
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Plus: A PBS Kids app helps parents track screen time, and a KUOW story keeps it clean when discussing cow parts.
Programs/Content
WNYC, Takeaway encourage stations to take it apart
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Public radio’s The Takeaway has more than doubled its carriage since cancellation of NPR’s Talk of the Nation, and the show’s producers are working to add even more outlets by building news collaborations with station-based reporters and programmers.