Tag: Television programs
Oregonians introduce Occupy populists to the Tea Party kind
A unique local-national hybrid talk show on Southern Oregon Public TV proves that a passion for bridging philosophical divides and a (sometimes ...As NBC partners, pubmedia may expand reporting, visibility
NBC will share stories, resources and content distribution with two public broadcasters, ProPublica and two local nonprofit newsrooms under the FCC agreement ...Downton returns, doubling average PBS evening rating
The return of Downton Abbey proved to be a ratings blockbuster for PBS, while critics mostly heaped praise on the Emmy-winning drama’s second season. Downton’s ...Minutes on Roadshow are pay enough for some
An 11-page diatribe from a former Antiques Roadshow appraiser to producing station WGBH provides a look deep inside public television’s most popular national show ...Sports: a real community that some stations join
There’s a new game in town — relatively new to public television, anyway. Blessed with digital multicast channels and eager to attract ...After a hard year, NBR investor brings in new management
Rick Ray considered purchasing public TV’s Nightly Business Report earlier this year but last week ended up as its new c.e.o. instead. Atalaya Capital ...Finding bright spots: cloning what works in local pubTV programs
For more than 25 years, we have been studying public television stations and programming, and for all those years we sat on ...Market Wars, companion for Roadshow, is coming to PBS
PubTV programmers heard welcome details of a long-awaited spinoff of the hit Antiques Roadshow at the National Educational Telecommunications Association Conference in Kansas City, ...Back below the hills of Tennessee
The television version of Bluegrass Underground, now distributed in high-def and Surround Sound by PBS Plus, permits the audience to appreciate more vividly the ...Opening doors to region’s inner policy circles
The Great Lakes, formed by melting glaciers 10,000 years ago, were ready last week for their close-up. Detroit Public Television, seizing an ...For Erbe, accident was a tumble into the unknown
Bonnie Erbe’s life took an ominous turn over Memorial Day weekend, but she doesn’t remember much of what happened. The longtime host ...New channel in Pittsburgh: All-pledge, all the time
WQED has come up with an idea that initially might make some public broadcasters cringe: an entire multichannel fully devoted to fundraising. Yes, ...Mix of local programs gives a pubTV station its ‘secret sauce’
For stations that are revered local institutions with loyal audiences and financial resources, standards for success are higher.Musicians’ stories join their music in Sound Tracks for PBS
Steve Talbot worked in public TV for more than 20 years before trying his hand as chief fundraiser for one of his ...Moyers returns in January with weekly hour
The latest incarnation of Bill Moyers’ distinctive brand of talk programming will be the hourlong, multiplatform Moyers & Company, distributed by American Public Television. ...
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