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Bill Thrash, veteran OETA manager and programmer, dies at 73
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Bill Thrash, the longtime station manager and program director for Oklahoma’s statewide pubTV network OETA, died July 15 after a long battle with cancer. He was 73.
Programs/Content
Unscathed by tornado, Oklahoma pubcasters band together to report, assist with relief
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Oklahoma has a small but tight-knit pubcasting community, so covering the massive May 20 tornado and its aftermath required everyone on the team to cover for each other.
Idaho Public Television
Phase-out of state aid proposed in R.I., Oklahoma
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Pubcasting networks continue to deal with the uncertainties of state funding in economically and politically precarious times, closing offices, facing possible cuts and bracing for the consequences. Rhode Island: Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s latest budget, unveiled Jan. 31, proposes eliminating state funding to Rhode Island PBS by fiscal year 2014. Support would fall from around $933,000, about a third of the station’s budget, to $425,000 next fiscal year, then zero out. “He’s basically given us until Dec.