Tag: Religion
With down-to-earth discussions, GBH’s ‘All Rev’d Up’ highlights issues of faith and Black experience
“The faith that we have is like blood in our bodies. ... We can talk about real life, and you'll see the ...Alabama firings expose rift over public TV’s mission, editorial standards
It’s not clear what objectives the political appointees of the Alabama Educational Television Commission had in mind when they came out of ...Alabama PTV appoints interim director after departure of Pizzato
Allan Pizzato, executive director of Alabama Public Television for the past 12 years, has left that position. A press release from the ...Dismissals at Alabama PTV linked to concerns over proposed broadcast of videos from religious right
See also more complete story from print edition of June 25, 2012. Two top managers at Alabama Public Television were fired from ...Alabama commission revises APTV’s mission statement, 2012
See also Current coverage. Alabama network’s mission statement before the Alabama Educational Television Commission revised it June 12, 2012 Alabama Public Television Mission, ...PBS grandfathers sectarian shows
In a compromise with the few pubTV stations that carry religious programming, the PBS Board voted June 16 to allow them to ...Abortion issue heats dispute over WDUQ underwriting
Pittsburgh jazz/news station WDUQ finds itself in the middle of an abortion-politics hardball contest between its licensee, Catholic-run Duquesne ...‘Hasty mistake’ at WFDD prompts talk of ideals
For the faculty of Wake Forest University, the hush order given to reporters at the ...Wake Forest University faculty committee report on WFDD conflict, 2000
Five months after the conflict developed between Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and its public radio station, WFDD, the faculty’s Senate Ad ...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 ...PTFP policy review prompted by station with Sunday mass
The public radio station at a Catholic university has applied for a Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) grant after being told the ...What does it cost to air a Sunday Mass?
At WFUV-FM, a public radio station licensed to Fordham University in the Bronx, the 25-year-old studio soundboard needs to be replaced, and ...
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