System/Policy
Public Media Co., WGBH business unit to launch first pubmedia purchasing service
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CPB is providing $250,000 for the venture.
Tech
Joint master controls look to help stations prepare for ATSC 3.0
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As public TV engineering leaders navigate their stations through the post-auction channel restructuring and the looming transition to ATSC 3.0, they’ll be re-evaluating the future of their master control facilities.
Programs/Content
Preservation effort will digitize historic recordings in WRVR’s archive
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The station run by New York City’s Riverside Church aired interviews with Malcolm X and sermons by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Made Possible By..." Podcast
‘Made Possible By…’ #16: Producer and station leader Marita Rivero
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“We like to talk about what the Ferguson police look like, but we don’t like so much turning around and seeing what our own boards look like.”
"Made Possible By..." Podcast
‘Made Possible By…’ #14: The ‘madness and intuition’ of Fred Barzyk
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“Be a storyteller,” says Barzyk — and as you’ll hear, he should know.
"Made Possible By..." Podcast
‘Made Possible By…’ #10: WGBH producer Judith Vecchione
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Vecchione says public media is “one of the last holdouts in an increasing commercialized world.”
"Made Possible By..." Podcast
‘Made Possible By…’ #8: ‘Nova’ founder Michael Ambrosino
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The early employee of Boston’s WGBH looks back on his career with the science show.
System/Policy
WGBH COO Godley to shift duties to focus on business services
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A plan to expand the Contributor Development Partnership calls for enhanced analysis of public media donor behaviors.
Programs/Content
WGBH invests in RadioPublic
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“[W]e see WGBH as a growing force in podcast content creation, distribution and marketing,” said RadioPublic CEO Jake Shapiro.
System/Policy
Event at Library of Congress to honor half-century of pubcasting
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Participants include former PBS host Dick Cavett and Sen. Ed Markey.
Quick Takes
Science lessons from WGBH/NASA collaboration premiere online
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WGBH developed the content with input from 50 teacher advisers.
Programs/Content
Storytelling comes to public TV through World Channel series
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Although storytelling is popular on radio and podcasts, public TV is just starting to explore the genre.
Programs/Content
Young journalists travel across U.S. to understand nation’s divisions
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GroundTruth started the project to expand its support for coverage of social justice issues.
Programs/Content
With new podcast, ‘Frontline’ recognizes that some stories are made for audio
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The long-running PBS series is launching “The Frontline Dispatch,” a biweekly podcast.
People
Bill Shribman: My wife said I had to work for WGBH
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Luck, circumstance and some steering from his spouse led Bill Shribman to public media and WGBH.
Quick Takes
WGBH show will aim to help kids think like computers
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“Monkeying Around” is expected to be available to air in 2019.
Quick Takes
Mellon Foundation provides $1 million to public broadcasting archive
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The funding will back changes that include hiring a full-time engagement manager.
Development
WGBH finds authenticity, strong visuals boost response to Facebook Live fundraising
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WGBH tested the platform in June and December 2016 by bringing viewers behind the scenes with live pledge segments of up to 30 minutes.
System/Policy
After release of results, stations announce plans for FCC auction largesse
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The big sums will help to expand services, pay off debts and enable technical upgrades.
Programs/Content
WGBH to open news desk at AIR headquarters
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Beginning Tuesday, a reporter will rotate into a three-week assignment at the Association of Independents in Radio headquarters in Fields Corner, part of the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester.