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		<title>Alabama firings expose rift over PTV mission, editorial standards</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/06/alabama-firings-expose-rift-over-ptv-mission-editorial-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/06/alabama-firings-expose-rift-over-ptv-mission-editorial-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Heyden</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Public Television]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not clear what objectives the political appointees of the Alabama Educational Television Commission had in mind when they came out of an executive session on June 12 and voted 5–2 to fire the state-operated public TV network&#8217;s top managers. &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/06/alabama-firings-expose-rift-over-ptv-mission-editorial-standards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama PTV appoints interim director after departure of Pizzato</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/06/alabama-ptv-appoints-interim-director-after-departure-of-pizzato/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/06/alabama-ptv-appoints-interim-director-after-departure-of-pizzato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allan Pizzato, executive director of Alabama Public Television for the past 12 years, has left that position. A press release from the station provides no details. The Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC) announced Tuesday (June 12) the appointment of Don &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/06/alabama-ptv-appoints-interim-director-after-departure-of-pizzato/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dismissals at Alabama PTV linked to concerns over proposed broadcast of videos from religious right</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/06/exclusive-dismissals-at-alabama-ptv-linked-to-concerns-over-proposed-broadcast-of-videos-from-religious-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/06/exclusive-dismissals-at-alabama-ptv-linked-to-concerns-over-proposed-broadcast-of-videos-from-religious-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Television programs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[See also more complete story from print edition of June 25, 2012. Two top managers at Alabama Public Television were fired from their jobs June 12 with no explanation of the cause for the immediate dismissals. The Alabama Educational Television &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/06/exclusive-dismissals-at-alabama-ptv-linked-to-concerns-over-proposed-broadcast-of-videos-from-religious-right/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PBS grandfathers sectarian shows</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2009/06/pbs-grandfathers-sectarian-shows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2009/06/pbs-grandfathers-sectarian-shows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a compromise with the few pubTV stations that carry religious programming, the PBS Board voted June 16 to allow them to keep their PBS membership without dropping the shows. Member stations also can carry worship services and other clearly &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2009/06/pbs-grandfathers-sectarian-shows/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CPB inquiry, deficits: more tribulations for KMBH</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2009/03/cpb-inquiry-deficits-more-tribulations-for-kmbh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2009/03/cpb-inquiry-deficits-more-tribulations-for-kmbh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A public broadcaster removed unexpectedly from the board of Catholic Church- controlled KMBH public radio and TV in Harlingen, Texas, is heading an effort to create an independent pubradio station in the Rio Grande Valley. Betsy Price of Brownsville and &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2009/03/cpb-inquiry-deficits-more-tribulations-for-kmbh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where church rules pubcasting, pledge drive comes up empty</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2008/04/where-church-rules-pubcasting-pledge-drive-comes-up-empty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2008/04/where-church-rules-pubcasting-pledge-drive-comes-up-empty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nightmare scenario is probably familiar to anyone who ever worked an on-air fund drive: What if nobody pledges? In February, KMBH-FM, the public radio station in Harlingen, Texas, cut short its fundraiser because it received only six pledges in &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2008/04/where-church-rules-pubcasting-pledge-drive-comes-up-empty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion issue heats dispute over WDUQ underwriting</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2007/10/abortion-issue-heats-dispute-over-wduq-underwriting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2007/10/abortion-issue-heats-dispute-over-wduq-underwriting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh jazz/news station WDUQ finds itself in the middle of an abortion-politics hardball contest between its licensee, Catholic-run Duquesne University, and Planned Parenthood. Soon after WDUQ began running Planned Parenthood underwriting spots Oct. 8 [2007], the university ordered the station &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2007/10/abortion-issue-heats-dispute-over-wduq-underwriting/">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>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=26893</guid>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.current.org/?p=26888</guid>
		<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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