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		<title>New alliance in Mile High City</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/new-alliance-in-mile-high-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denver]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[KUVO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mergers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocky Mountain PBS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest merger agreement from Denver combines three different breeds of public media — flagship pubTV station Rocky Mountain PBS, community-licensed jazz broadcaster KUVO-FM and investigative digital news outlet I-News Network — in a consolidation that aims to build strength through diversity. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/new-alliance-in-mile-high-city/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia pubcasters hope for turnaround under new chief</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/01/west-virginia-pubcasters-hope-for-turnaround-under-new-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/01/west-virginia-pubcasters-hope-for-turnaround-under-new-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Finn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WVPB]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Scott Finn begins his new job as executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting Feb. 1, he faces an uphill task of re-energizing a network that has been beset over the past several years by funding declines and conflicts over its governance. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/01/west-virginia-pubcasters-hope-for-turnaround-under-new-chief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Second pubTV station pays fine for missteps handling federal grants</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/01/second-pubtv-station-pays-fine-for-missteps-handling-federal-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/01/second-pubtv-station-pays-fine-for-missteps-handling-federal-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts announced a settlement with Boston’s WGBH over its handling of $60 million in federal grant funds, it was the second time in two years that a major producing station had come under scrutiny by auditors for its handling of grant monies for public TV productions. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/01/second-pubtv-station-pays-fine-for-missteps-handling-federal-grants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GPB hires governor’s pick for plum job</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/12/gpb-hires-governors-pick-for-plum-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/12/gpb-hires-governors-pick-for-plum-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia Public Broadcasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political interference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently approached Georgia Public Broadcasting’s top exec about appointing outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers to lead the state network’s proposed initiative promoting economic development, GPB chief Teya Ryan agreed to make the hire. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/gpb-hires-governors-pick-for-plum-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Basic memberships: More trouble than they&#8217;re worth?</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/12/basic-memberships-more-trouble-than-theyre-worth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/12/basic-memberships-more-trouble-than-theyre-worth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[basic membership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustaining membership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Basic memberships offered during pledge drives and in direct-mail appeals are a time-tested enticement for converting pubcasting viewers and listeners into contributors, but station-based development staff are perplexed about how to set the rate for this donation level. Some pubcasters &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/basic-memberships-more-trouble-than-theyre-worth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>WFYI chief honored for leadership in public TV</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/12/wfyi-chief-honored-for-leadership-in-public-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/12/wfyi-chief-honored-for-leadership-in-public-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Everhart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards in public media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Kobin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lloyd Wright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lloyd Wright received the 2012 William Kobin Public Television Leadership Award from public TV&#8217;s Major Market Group. Wright has served as president of WFYI Public Media in Indianapolis for more than 23 years and was recently re-elected to his fourth &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/wfyi-chief-honored-for-leadership-in-public-tv/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In reshuffle of PBS executive ranks, Hoppe ascends to chief programmer</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/12/in-reshuffle-of-pbs-executive-ranks-hoppe-ascends-to-chief-programmer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/12/in-reshuffle-of-pbs-executive-ranks-hoppe-ascends-to-chief-programmer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People in Public Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PBS executives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PBS has restructured its senior management, effective immediately, elevating programmer/producer Beth Hoppe to chief programming executive and general manager, according to a memo circulated to PBS stations today. Chief programmer John Wilson, who has worn many hats since joining PBS &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/in-reshuffle-of-pbs-executive-ranks-hoppe-ascends-to-chief-programmer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deal resolves ownership of Ohio&#8217;s WYSO-FM as the college that built it revives</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/12/deal-resolves-ownership-of-ohios-wyso-fm-as-the-college-that-built-it-revives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/12/deal-resolves-ownership-of-ohios-wyso-fm-as-the-college-that-built-it-revives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Takes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radio programs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years after Antioch College reopened its campus in Yellow Springs, Ohio, it negotiated an $8 million deal to buy back WYSO, NPR News and contemporary music station broadcasting at 50,000-watts on 91.3 MHz. Antioch University, a five-campus university system, has operated &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/deal-resolves-ownership-of-ohios-wyso-fm-as-the-college-that-built-it-revives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For-profit start-up accelerator aims to make public media &#8216;Matter&#8217; to Silicon Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/12/for-profit-startup-accelerator-aims-to-make-public-media-matter-to-silicon-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/12/for-profit-startup-accelerator-aims-to-make-public-media-matter-to-silicon-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corey Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Shapiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The start-up accelerator unveiled a year ago as an experiment in bringing Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation to public media has rebranded itself in a move to attract a wider range of ideas and investors. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/for-profit-startup-accelerator-aims-to-make-public-media-matter-to-silicon-valley/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ‘ongoing process’ of diversity</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/12/the-ongoing-process-of-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/12/the-ongoing-process-of-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jabulani Leffall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keith Woods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisconsin Public Radio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Public radio stations trying to diversify their audiences, staffs and programming have found an increasingly active ally in NPR, whose leaders have been travelling to stations in recent months to help broadcasters walk the difficult walk of achieving diversity. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/the-ongoing-process-of-diversity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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