System/Policy
Vegas PBS offers workforce training program for youth in juvenile justice system
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With funding from MGM Resorts, the station aims to help close equity gaps for students in detention.
System/Policy
In EBS vote, FCC denies special treatment for public broadcasters
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The FCC plans to auction off Educational Broadband Service spectrum and give commercial buyers an equal shot at snapping it up.
System/Policy
FCC proposal to allow sales of EBS spectrum gets thumbs-down from public TV
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Representatives of stations told FCC officials that allowing sales of the educational spectrum could create a “hostile leasing environment.”
Programs/Content
Vegas PBS seeks ‘sense of place’ in project to save residents’ photos
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The station wants residents to bring old photos to community events, documenting the history of Las Vegas and its relationship with water.
System/Policy
Public TV begins counting ‘invisible audiences’ for education content
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Stations reach millions of people through off-air services such as parenting workshops but lack a common approach for measuring their reach and impact.
Tech
AWARN public safety group adds members, sets ‘road map’ meeting
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AWARN now includes four of the largest emergency-alert originators.
Programs/Content
Study reveals surprising diversity among public TV viewership
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Data examined by TRAC Media Services “refute mischaracterizations of public TV’s audience as homogeneously white retired folk.”
Programs/Content
PubTV stations earn new revenues as ‘problem-solver’ for educators
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At Vegas PBS and WHRO in Norfolk, Va., station leaders developed a “strategy of survival” that evolved into an innovative education-based model for public television sustainability.
Tech
CPB gives $1 million to build and expand emergency communication services
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Five pubcasting stations are receiving a total of $1 million in grants from CPB to expand emergency alert and communications services. CPB announced the grants today to WSKG in Binghamton, N.Y.; Maine Public Broadcasting Network; Vegas PBS in Nevada; WGBH in Boston; and Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn. Each will work with community partners and other pubmedia entities to acquire or develop digital wireless technology to assist first responders, emergency-management agencies and the public during disasters. Using pubmedia digital broadcasting technology, officials can send emergency information through text, audio and video.