Stations
Maine tower engineer leads rescue for hopelessly tangled moose
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Jeffrey Mahaney knew what he had to do. He drove two hours to the far-flung site and snowshoed off-road to the tower.
Development
Outdated lighting equipment leads to $2M WXXI donation
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The donation tops off a five-year capital campaign that surpassed a $17 million goal.
Stations
Texas station turns Pokémon Go gamers into PBS visitors
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Free PBS water bottles and PBS PokeStop pins went to the first five people to show up.
System/Policy
Reduction in funding for Oklahoma network ‘cuts right through the bone’
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Public media in the state is taking a blow from a dire funding crisis.
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.
Stations
Wisconsin station trumps St. Louis with claim to first weather forecast
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Competing claims surfaced after we raised the subject.
Quick Takes
Washington’s WAMU restructures newsroom
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The station will structure coverage around five beats.
Stations
Florida stations file lawsuit over nonpayment for underwriting spots
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Commonground/MGS owes member stations $508,237, the suit alleges.
Quick Takes
Jazz broadcaster expands reach to Pittsburgh with new FM signal
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Pittsburgh Public Media bought the 101.1 FM signal from State University of New York.
Stations
Religious broadcaster buys Houston classical station
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KSBJ Educational Foundation paid $10 million for the station.
Stations
How New Hampshire Public TV bounced back from a loss of state funding
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A collaboration with WGBH and outsourcing some functions have helped the station stay sustainable.
System/Policy
With focus on local service, PBS Charlotte digs out of $1M hole
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The station turned a profit last year, two years ahead of schedule.
Stations
Utah’s KPCW receives donation of FM signal
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The donation was part of an “incentive package” from a commercial broadcaster to get KPCW to move down the dial.
Stations
Chicago’s WBEZ grows audience with expansion via Kankakee station
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Kankakee Community College announced plans to sell the station in June.
Stations
Phoenix’s KJZZ to open news bureau in Mexico City
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The station will use the bureau to expand its coverage of business and trade.
Quick Takes
‘Chicago Tonight’ producers at WTTW to vote to join SAG-AFTRA
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The proposed unit would comprise 11 full-time and regular part-time producers who work on the program.
System/Policy
Colorado’s KUNC expands with purchase of Fort Collins FM station
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The station will divide its mix of programming into separate news and music formats.
System/Policy
WHYY introduces cameras to classrooms as gateway for young storytellers
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The pubcaster is helping Philadelphia students learn digital media skills with a three-year program.
Stations
Las Vegas university delays plan to give Nevada Public Radio control of station
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A vote on the proposal was postponed indefinitely.
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.