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Programs/Content

With Film Academy, WQED prepares students for careers in digital media 

By Liz Reid, Freelance Contributor | September 20, 2022

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

By Savanna Strott, Editorial Intern | April 17, 2019

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

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | June 29, 2018

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

By Annie Russell | April 5, 2018

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

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | February 10, 2017

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

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | January 20, 2016

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

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | October 5, 2015

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

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | September 25, 2015

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

By Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | October 14, 2014

Plus: A radio producer is a USA Knight Fellow, and Mashable covers Curious City.

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