Tag: Stations
Maine tower engineer leads rescue for hopelessly tangled moose
Jeffrey Mahaney knew what he had to do. He drove two hours to the far-flung site and snowshoed off-road to the tower.Outdated lighting equipment leads to $2M WXXI donation
The donation tops off a five-year capital campaign that surpassed a $17 million goal.Texas station turns Pokémon Go gamers into PBS visitors
Free PBS water bottles and PBS PokeStop pins went to the first five people to show up.Reduction in funding for Oklahoma network ‘cuts right through the bone’
Public media in the state is taking a blow from a dire funding crisis.Email shows KUOW saw ‘no sound business vision’ for Jazz24
KUOW was considering the fate of Jazz24 even before its purchase of KPLU was announced.Wisconsin station trumps St. Louis with claim to first weather forecast
Competing claims surfaced after we raised the subject.Washington’s WAMU restructures newsroom
The station will structure coverage around five beats.Florida stations file lawsuit over nonpayment for underwriting spots
Commonground/MGS owes member stations $508,237, the suit alleges.Jazz broadcaster expands reach to Pittsburgh with new FM signal
Pittsburgh Public Media bought the 101.1 FM signal from State University of New York.Religious broadcaster buys Houston classical station
KSBJ Educational Foundation paid $10 million for the station.How New Hampshire Public TV bounced back from a loss of state funding
A collaboration with WGBH and outsourcing some functions have helped the station stay sustainable.With focus on local service, PBS Charlotte digs out of $1M hole
The station turned a profit last year, two years ahead of schedule.Utah’s KPCW receives donation of FM signal
The donation was part of an “incentive package” from a commercial broadcaster to get KPCW to move down the dial.Chicago’s WBEZ grows audience with expansion via Kankakee station
Kankakee Community College announced plans to sell the station in June.Phoenix’s KJZZ to open news bureau in Mexico City
The station will use the bureau to expand its coverage of business and trade.
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