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		<title>Mikulski, friend of pubcasters, will chair Senate Appropriations Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/12/mikulski-friend-of-pubcasters-will-chair-senate-appropriations-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/12/mikulski-friend-of-pubcasters-will-chair-senate-appropriations-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[appropriations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is replacing the recently deceased Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, where she will command the task force of senators that determines federal spending on many endeavors including public broadcasting, Mikulski's office announced Wednesday. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/12/mikulski-friend-of-pubcasters-will-chair-senate-appropriations-committee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ariz. man accused of stealing PTFP funds pleads not guilty</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/05/ariz-man-accused-of-stealing-ptfp-funds-pleads-not-guilty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/05/ariz-man-accused-of-stealing-ptfp-funds-pleads-not-guilty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona man indicted on charges of embezzling federal funds that were given to start a Native radio station pleaded not guilty April 26 in the District of Arizona U.S. District Court, according to online court records. The attorney representing &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/05/ariz-man-accused-of-stealing-ptfp-funds-pleads-not-guilty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feds arrest Arizona man for stealing Native group’s PTFP money</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/04/feds-arrest-arizona-man-for-stealing-native-groups-ptfp-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/04/feds-arrest-arizona-man-for-stealing-native-groups-ptfp-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Bittner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native American]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Arizona man with a background in Native radio faces federal civil and criminal charges for using a federal grant for personal expenses rather than its intended purpose — starting a radio station for two Navajo organizations. An indictment filed &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/04/feds-arrest-arizona-man-for-stealing-native-groups-ptfp-money/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Capital: With federal aid gone, tech fundraising starts from scratch</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/01/capital-with-federal-aid-gone-tech-fundraising-starts-from-scratch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/01/capital-with-federal-aid-gone-tech-fundraising-starts-from-scratch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evaporation of the Commerce Department’s Public Telecommunications Facilities Program and the dwindling of other funding sources have created a critical situation at stations needing to purchase or update equipment for broadcasting. PTFP had provided public stations more than $233 &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/01/capital-with-federal-aid-gone-tech-fundraising-starts-from-scratch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CPB survives, but not the facilities program</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2011/04/cpb-survives-but-not-the-facilities-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2011/04/cpb-survives-but-not-the-facilities-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equipment grants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, St. Patrick’s Day was the deadline for pubcasters to ask Uncle Sam for help replacing their ancient, failing transmitters, or for a broadcast starter-set to put a new station on the air. It was also one of those &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2011/04/cpb-survives-but-not-the-facilities-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal agency will help station build new tower despite broadcasts of Mass on Sundays</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1996/01/federal-agency-will-help-station-build-new-tower-despite-broadcasts-of-mass-on-sundays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1996/01/federal-agency-will-help-station-build-new-tower-despite-broadcasts-of-mass-on-sundays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[System/Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Larry Irving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With its new transmission tower half built, WFUV-FM in New York City now has some more money to pay for it, after prevailing in a funding dispute with a federal agency, but its neighbors won&#8217;t rest until the station tears &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1996/01/federal-agency-will-help-station-build-new-tower-despite-broadcasts-of-mass-on-sundays/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feds reconsider PTFP grant policy questioned by Sen. Helms</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1995/05/feds-reconsider-ptfp-grant-policy-questioned-by-sen-helms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1995/05/feds-reconsider-ptfp-grant-policy-questioned-by-sen-helms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 1995 11:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amedment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wake Forest University]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Winston-Salem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After questioning by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has begun an internal review of its refusal of equipment grants to a North Carolina public radio station that carries 90 minutes of church programming on Sundays. &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1995/05/feds-reconsider-ptfp-grant-policy-questioned-by-sen-helms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Court backs NTIA in Fordham case</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1994/08/court-backs-ntia-in-fordham-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1994/08/court-backs-ntia-in-fordham-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 1994 10:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Larry Irving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the new administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration drew a &#8220;bright line&#8221; against equipment grants to a station that broadcasts a weekly religious service, that was okay with the Constitution, a federal judge has ruled. Larry Irving&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1994/08/court-backs-ntia-in-fordham-case/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fordham station sues for PTFP grant eligibility</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1993/11/fordham-station-sues-for-ptfp-grant-eligibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1993/11/fordham-station-sues-for-ptfp-grant-eligibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1993 10:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=26879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reportedly denied eligibility for a federal equipment grant because it carries one church service a week, Fordham University&#8217;s WFUV-FM has sued the Commerce Department for relief. Both the university and the Commerce Department&#8217;s Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) apparently use &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1993/11/fordham-station-sues-for-ptfp-grant-eligibility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PTFP policy review prompted by station with Sunday mass</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1992/04/ptfp-policy-review-prompted-by-station-with-sunday-mass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1992/04/ptfp-policy-review-prompted-by-station-with-sunday-mass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 1992 10:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=26882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The public radio station at a Catholic university has applied for a Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) grant after being told the agency is reexamining a policy against grants to stations that carry religious programming. Ralph Jennings, g.m. at Fordham &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1992/04/ptfp-policy-review-prompted-by-station-with-sunday-mass/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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