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
Thinking outside the core
Posted: September 20, 2010While our audience stereotypes may be better informed than they were 40 years ago, they can blind us to our potential for growth and change, with equally dangerous consequences. Today there are many indicators that we have room for audience growth on radio if only we expand our view of the potential. Continue reading
Snap Judgment: latest in harvest from ’07 Talent Quest
Posted: August 9, 2010Snap Judgment, one of three new shows conceived from the CPB-backed Public Radio Talent Quest, has become a whirlwind of multimedia production with the launch of its weekly radio programs in July, live stage shows, and television piloting. “We kind … Continue reading
MPB fires reporter for leaking Fresh Air memo
Posted: July 21, 2010There’s one more voice that’s off the air of Mississippi Public Broadcasting following the state network’s cancellation of Fresh Air. Carl Gibson, whose first job out of journalism school was covering the state capitol for MPB, was fired on Friday … Continue reading
MPB listeners, blogosphere want to know: What’s inappropriate about ‘Fresh Air’?
Posted: July 16, 2010Why did Mississippi Public Broadcasting drop Fresh Air from its radio schedule? The blog “A Unitarian Universalist Minister in the South” set off a blogosphere chain reaction yesterday by speculating that the “recurring inappropriate content” cited by MPB Radio Director … Continue reading
Project for L.A.’s youth of color still lacks FM channel
Posted: April 5, 2010The masterminds of efforts such as NPR’s Bryant Park Project and Chicago Public Radio’s Vocalo know well the difficulties of cultivating new, younger and more diverse audiences for public radio. Now imagine giving it a go in one of the … Continue reading
Dyson show prepares for second pubradio launch
Posted: April 5, 2010Baltimore’s WEAA has begun piloting the Michael Eric Dyson Show, a midday talk show that is being reincarnated for a second try at pubradio syndication. CPB awarded $505,000 to WEAA last fall to create a new public radio home for … Continue reading
Shared reporting planned for Ohio Basin ecosystem
Posted: February 8, 2010If any news subject lends itself to coverage by multistation collaborations, it’s the environment of places like the Ohio River Valley, a region of 25 million people who share the river’s assets and liabilities.
Louisville Public Media’s WFPL is leading plans to build a pubradio reporting consortium for the region, starting with a public conference this month. Continue reading