Programs/Content
WFMT Radio Network partners internationally to broadcast Chicago Jazz Festival
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Audio from the festival will air in China and Europe.
Featured in Category
Robinson to leave WFMT, INN elects new board chair, and more comings and goings in public media
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Robinson has worked for WFMT for 16 years.
Programs/Content
WHYY releases new kids-focused podcast, and other news in podcasting
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Radiotopia has announced Podquest finalists, and APM is adding a new podcast.
System/Policy
WTTW’s licensee anticipates break-even year after budget cuts
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The organization cut over $800,000 in expenses in February.
People
Andrew Patner, arts critic for Chicago’s WFMT, dies at 55
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Patner was a longtime critic-at-large for WFMT in Chicago and host of the station’s show Critical Thinking.
Programs/Content
Chicago’s WFMT picks up distribution of Carnegie Hall Live
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Chicago’s WFMT announced Wednesday a deal with New York–based WQXR to distribute the 2014 season of Carnegie Hall Live. Entering its fourth season, Carnegie Hall Live kicks off Oct. 1 with a broadcast featuring the Berliner Philharmonker. The show is recorded and hosted by WQXR staffers in partnership with Carnegie Hall and was previously distributed by Minnesota-based American Public Media.
Programs/Content
Labor strife at Met could leave hole in classical stations’ schedules
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A lockout at the New York opera house would force more than 300 stations to make tough choices.
Programs/Content
This American Life departure highlights competitive challenge for pubradio satellite system
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The expanding portfolio of Public Radio Exchange, the Internet-based distribution platform, has prompted some public radio insiders to question whether NPR’s Public Radio Satellite System can adapt to stiffer competition for business from content producers. The latest program to move to PRX is the widely carried This American Life, whose producers announced May 28 that they would take over distribution of the show and rely on PRX to deliver weekly editions to stations. TAL will split from distributor Public Radio International July 1, ending a 17-year relationship. That announcement came on the heels of a May 7 decision by Chicago’s WFMT to move its 200 weekly hours of music and spoken-word programming to PRX. Other producers have told Steve Robinson, WFMT executive v.p., that they may be interested in following suit.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Barzyk unveils pet project; Senate drops patent-reform bill
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Plus: Sesame Street and the Great Society, and PRX looks at the technical side of distributing WFMT shows.