Tag: PTFP
Madison Hodges, longtime station manager and pubradio advocate, dies at 66
Madison Hodges, a longtime manager of public radio stations and advocate for the system who worked to increase the community impact of ...Walter Sheppard, former grant officer for PTFP, dies at 82
Walter Sheppard, a veteran public radio general manager who worked for the federal government’s Public Telecommunications Facilities Program for more than two ...WPR rolls back service expansion to northeast Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents has returned a construction permit for a new Wisconsin Public Radio station in Niagara that ...Radio Vieques activates in demilitarized zone
Activists on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques have renewed hope for launching a community radio station after getting a fundraising boost ...Nine GOP House members express support for federal aid to CPB, PTFP
In the past week, members of Congress have sent two bipartisan letters in support of public broadcasting initiatives to subcommittee chairs in ...Mikulski, friend of pubcasters, will chair Senate Appropriations Committee
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is replacing the recently deceased Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, where she will ...PTFP’s last round of grants, fiscal year 2010
PTFP’s last annual grant round came toward the end of fiscal year 2010, and the agency later began soliciting applications for FY ...Ariz. man accused of stealing PTFP funds pleads not guilty
The Arizona man indicted on charges of embezzling federal funds that were given to start a Native radio station pleaded not guilty ...Feds arrest Arizona man for stealing Native group’s PTFP money
An Arizona man with a background in Native radio faces federal civil and criminal charges for using a federal grant for personal ...Capital: With federal aid gone, tech fundraising starts from scratch
The evaporation of the Commerce Department’s Public Telecommunications Facilities Program and the dwindling of other funding sources have created a critical situation ...CPB survives, but not the facilities program
This year, St. Patrick’s Day was the deadline for pubcasters to ask Uncle Sam for help replacing their ancient, failing transmitters, or ...Federal agency will help station build new tower despite broadcasts of Mass on Sundays
With its new transmission tower half built, WFUV-FM in New York City now has some more money to pay for it, after ...Feds reconsider PTFP grant policy questioned by Sen. Helms
After questioning by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has begun an internal review of its refusal of ...Court backs NTIA in Fordham case
When the new administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration drew a “bright line” against equipment grants to a station that ...Fordham station sues for PTFP grant eligibility
Reportedly denied eligibility for a federal equipment grant because it carries one church service a week, Fordham University’s WFUV-FM has sued the ...
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