Development
New York state stations receive grants for health coverage
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WRVO Public Media in Oswego and WBFO in Buffalo are receiving $64,000 and $40,000, respectively.
Programs/Content
Five New York pubcasters team up for CPB-backed regional newsroom
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Five public media stations in New York will create a regional newsroom with a $375,000 grant from CPB, announced today. The two-year backing will support Upstate Insight, which CPB called “an innovative model for covering news across a large geographic area.” Principal partners are WXXI, Rochester; WSKG, Binghamton; WRVO, Oswego; and WMHT, Troy. WBFO in Buffalo is an associate partner. In the announcement, CPB said the stations “will develop news data capability and adopt content sharing and communications systems to support connectivity between organizations.”
People
John Krauss, longtime WRVO manager, dies at 64
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John Krauss, former g.m. for WRVO in Oswego, N.Y., and a public broadcasting manager for more than 40 years, died June 17. He was 64.