Programs/Content
With Film Academy, WQED prepares students for careers in digital media
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Acquisition of a teen workforce-development program has helped fill a gap in the Pittsburgh station’s educational programming.
Education
New partnership takes WQED education program into more West Virginia libraries
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The program has grown to 30 participating libraries since 2014, with an additional 10 launching this year through West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
Programs/Content
Pittsburgh artists celebrate ‘a beautiful day’ in WQED’s Fred Rogers music project
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So far, five tunes, in genres from hip-hop to lullaby, are featured online as “The Sweater Sessions.”
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #110: How pubcasters are teaming up to take on Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis
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We hear from leaders at three of the stations involved in the statewide collaboration “Battling Opioids.”
System/Policy
Spectrum auction nets nearly $35M for two Pennsylvania stations
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WITF will share a channel, and WQED will move to a lower frequency.
Obituaries
Lloyd Kaiser, an ‘early visionary’ in public TV, dies at 88
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Kaiser had “an expansive view of the quality that could be achieved by a fledgling organization with a passion to serve,” said a station president.
Stations
WQED downsizes under weight of millions in debt
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The joint licensee is undertaking drastic measures to tackle a decades-old debt that once topped $17 million.
WQED
Layoffs, pay cuts and staff restructuring loom for Pittsburgh’s WQED
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The board is aiming to reduce the station’s fiscal 2016 budget by 6.8 percent compared with the prior fiscal year.
Quick Takes
Tuesday roundup: Snails disrupt Hawaii Public Radio service; CEO pay draws flak in Pittsburgh
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Plus: A radio producer is a USA Knight Fellow, and Mashable covers Curious City.