PROGRAMS/CONTENT
Lacy coaxes creative talents to share stories of their lives
Posted: May 20, 2013
By Barry Garron
PROGRAMS/CONTENT
JOURNALISM
“If you can’t make it important, it’s probably not worth doing”
Posted: May 17, 2013
Interview by Karen Everhart and Dru Sefton
DEVELOPMENT
Planet Money crowdfunder soars, PRI campaign falls short of goal
Posted: May 16, 2013
By Andrew Lapin
TELEVISION PROGRAMS
PBS acquires new British drama to anchor Sunday nights
Posted: May 15, 2013
By Dru Sefton
NEWS
CPT's mobile venture to share revenues with PTV outlets
Posted: May 13, 2013
By Andrew Lapin
NEWS
PBS wades into over the top content streaming with new Roku apps
Posted: May 09, 2013
By Ben Mook
Upstate N.Y. pubradio outlet goes silent
The newest public radio station in New York State went dark May 9, ending a six-year attempt to bring a local voice to small Otsego County. Continue reading
A digital revolution for public radio fundraising
Marketing consultant John Sutton has been forecasting what public radio will look like in 2018, and his predictions, published on his blog RadioSutton since February, have been provocative. Sutton is among the pubradio analysts who believe that federal funding “will … Continue reading
PubTV urges commission to drop ‘OET-69’ proposal
CPB, PBS and the Association of Public Television Stations are jointly opposing a proposal by the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) to use a new software program to analyze television coverage and interference data. The proposal was floated … Continue reading
Kansas City pubTV buys Triple A music station
A new kind of public media signal expansion will rock Kansas City, Mo., under a license transfer agreement announced April 19 by Kansas City Public Television (KCPT). The Missouri-based community licensee is purchasing KTBG-FM, a split-format NPR News and Triple … Continue reading
News
WBAI fails to meet payroll, pay rent
Posted: May 21, 2013Money shortfalls at New York’s WBAI, one of two Pacifica Foundation stations that must relocate their studios later this month, continue to worsen. At the end of April, WBAI lacked funds to pay staff or rent on its antenna, according … Continue reading
Roth retires after 45 years, Leonard takes helm at NET, and more . . .
Posted: May 21, 2013KUOW President Wayne Roth, a former NPR Board chair and past recipient of CPB’s Murrow Award honoring outstanding contributions to public radio, will retire in September. During his 45-year career in public broadcasting, Roth provided strategic leadership to public radio on both the local and national levels. Continue reading
Center for Investigative Reporting to streamline operations, publish fewer stories
Posted: May 20, 2013The Center for Investigative Reporting will fold its three different brands under one roof beginning May 29. The CIR moniker will now incorporate the Bay Citizen, which covers local stories in northern California, as well as California Watch, which covers the entire state. Continue reading
This Old House follows homeowners still recovering from Superstorm Sandy
Posted: May 20, 2013Starting in October, This Old House on PBS will present a special eight-episode series about three sets of homeowners who are struggling to rebuild after destruction wrought by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. Continue reading
Pubcasters win total of 173 regional Murrow Awards
Posted: May 20, 2013NPR stations won 82 large-market regional Murrow Awards, while small-market pubcasters captured 91. Among all stations, WLRN in Miami topped public radio’s regional winners by taking 11 awards in 13 Murrow categories: overall excellence, breaking news, continuing coverage, feature reporting, … Continue reading
NYPR looking to boost coverage for classical station
Posted: May 20, 2013New York Public Radio has applied to the FCC to acquire 90.3 FM in Ossining, N.Y., from community licensee Hudson Valley Community Radio for $400,000. The broadcaster plans to use the new signal as a repeater for WQXR, its classical … Continue reading
InsideClimate News wins Pulitzer for coverage of 2010 oil spill
Posted: May 17, 2013The nonprofit InsideClimate News won this year’s National Reporting Pulitzer Prize for its investigative series The Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You’ve Never Heard Of. Reporters Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer took on a seven-month investigation … Continue reading
University of Kentucky sues WUKY reporter over open records request
Posted: May 15, 2013The University of Kentucky has sued a reporter at its public radio station, WUKY in Lexington, in an attempt to guard information she had requested about surgical practices at its pediatric hospital. By filing the complaint, UK is challenging the … Continue reading
Kerger describes factionalism within pubTV as system’s greatest threat
Posted: May 14, 2013MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — PBS President Paula Kerger called for local public TV stations and PBS to move beyond their reputations as a “dysfunctional family” to embrace “the power of a collective system” to strengthen their public service. In a … Continue reading