NPR cancels Talk of the Nation, pairs with WBUR in bid to bolster middays
Posted: April, 03, 2013
By Ben Mook and Mike Janssen
Radio programs
Long Island psychic finds radio audience eager for forecasts
Posted: April, 22, 2013
By Mike Janssen
Planet Money crowdfunder soars, PRI campaign falls short of goal
Posted: May, 16, 2013
By Andrew Lapin
Mapping the places where ‘music is made all the time’
Posted: April, 18, 2013
By Mike Janssen
POV, StoryCorps get $1 million each from MacArthur Foundation
Posted: February 28, 2013American Documentary, home to PBS’s independent film showcase POV, and StoryCorps, the oral history project heard on NPR, are each receiving $1 million as recipients of the latest round of MacArthur Foundation Awards for Creative and Effective Institutions, announced today. … Continue reading
Live story-telling, Radio Ambulante–style
Posted: February 27, 2013In what may have been a first in live storytelling, close to 200 people listened to tales of Latin America performed with subtitles during a Feb. 5 benefit for Radio Ambulante. Continue reading
Pubradio journalist wants western Colorado to ‘See Change’
Posted: February 25, 2013For a Localore project hosted by KVNF in Paonia, Colo., Julia Kumari Drapkin set out to invert the traditional model of science reporting. Continue reading
Wednesday forum to explore public media arts coverage
Posted: February 19, 2013The latest in an ongoing series of Public Media Futures forums will spotlight public broadcasting’s work surrounding the arts. The Feb. 20 roundtable discussion, “The Future of Arts and Culture on Public Media,” will be hosted by the USC Annenberg’s … Continue reading
KCRW and McSweeney’s partner up for The Organist
Posted: February 18, 2013KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif., has struck the opening chords for The Organist, a monthly arts-and-culture podcast from McSweeney’s. The program is the latest collaboration between the station and the irreverent San Francisco–based publishing house, founded in 1998 by acclaimed … Continue reading
Delmarva Public Radio gets potential new lease on life from Salisbury University
Posted: February 15, 2013Maryland’s Salisbury University is backing away from a consultant’s plan to farm out operations of its two Delmarva Public Radio stations. A proposal unveiled Feb. 14 would provide funding to WSDL in Ocean City, Md., and WSCL in Salisbury for … Continue reading
An upbeat trend for classical pubradio despite audience slide
Posted: February 15, 2013The funeral dirge has been played many times for the classical music radio format, but after decades of decline on both commercial and public broadcasting, the tune has changed to a major key, and the melody has sweetened. Continue reading