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New PRPD president looks to visit stations, expand year-round projects
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Abby Goldstein leaves Pittsburgh’s WYEP to take the position starting in June.
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Abby Goldstein leaves Pittsburgh’s WYEP to take the position starting in June.
“It’s not that they devalue national or international news from NPR or PRI, but the difference-maker for them is local,” said a researcher.
The president of the Public Radio Program Directors Association challenged those who say public radio doesn’t have to cater to the 76.6 million Americans between the ages of 16 to 34.
PRPD will partner with Jacobs Media on the research next year.
Our second Question of the Day video from the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Pittsburgh.
Former NPR programming exec Eric Nuzum, now at Audible, had candid advice for his audience at the PRPD conference.
Evans will step into the position Jan. 1.
NPR will postpone implementing new clocks for its flagship newsmagazines until at least November after hearing concerns that an earlier transition could interfere with stations’ fund drives and coverage of midterm elections. The network initially proposed starting the new schedules for Morning Edition and All Things Considered Sept. 22. But stations and the board of the Public Radio Program Directors Association asked for more time. When setting the initial date for implementation, NPR “did a good job of trying to find a time not in the middle of fundraising,” said PRPD President Arthur Cohen.
Public radio leaders are discussing how and whether NPR can give stations more freedom to reuse its newsmagazine segments and more opportunities to insert local news into All Things Considered.