Tag: Wits
Why APM’s ‘Wits’ didn’t make it
There are lessons for everyone in public media from the rise and abrupt fall of the variety show.American Public Media Group lays off 10 in newsroom, cancels ‘Wits’
The changes complete a planned reorganization first revealed earlier this month.Wits introduces social club in advance of fourth-season launch
American Public Media’s Wits is introducing a “Social Club” for fans as producers prepare to launch the show’s fall season. For $35, fans ...Wits to deliver 10 new episodes this season for nationwide carriage
The fourth season of the Minnesota Public Radio-produced St. Paul variety show Wits, which piloted as an MPR-only broadcast, will be the first ...New youth-flavored variety entries move genre out of its Prairie Home
Once thought to have been left for dead after the vaudeville era, variety shows have re-entered the public radio reinvention conversation — ...Wits: Writers banter, tweeters tap in new MPR variety show
After a four-show trial run last spring, Minnesota Public Radio is mounting another season of Wits, its concept for a next-generation stage-show broadcast ...
Current is an editorially independent, nonprofit service of the American University School of Communication. We're funded by your subscriptions, your donations, advertising, and a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation.