Tag: WBFO
Tom Calderone named CEO for Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Calderone succeeds Donald Boswell, who is retiring after more than two decades of leadership of the stations.Read this shockingly prescient 1970 mission statement for the precursor to NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’
In a previously unpublished grant application, NPR founding father Bill Siemering proposed a show on WBFO in Buffalo, N.Y., "growing out of ...New York state stations receive grants for health coverage
WRVO Public Media in Oswego and WBFO in Buffalo are receiving $64,000 and $40,000, respectively.NPR founding programmer Bill Siemering on his days before joining the network
He got his start in radio at one of the country’s oldest educational stations.Buffalo’s WNED changes management responsibilities, prompting layoff
WNED in Buffalo, N.Y., is tweaking its management of programming, resulting in one layoff. Gabe DiMaio, who programmed classical WNED-FM, confirmed to Current Thursday ...Five New York pubcasters team up for CPB-backed regional newsroom
Five public media stations in New York will create a regional newsroom with a $375,000 grant from CPB, announced today. The two-year backing will support ...CPR, WBEZ, WUOT, WBGO lead 2013 PRNDI winners for pubradio news
Presented by NPR’s Scott Simon in Cleveland June 22, Public Radio News Directors Inc. honored the best local public radio news in ...Merger of Buffalo stations boosts news, reduces music
Public radio listeners are hearing more local news in Buffalo, where two stations that competed against each other are now operating as ...Two news competitors in deficit, so one buys the other in Buffalo
Talks exploring a union between two major public broadcasters in western New York state will culminate with the $4 million sale of ...
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