WKAR Public Media was awarded $50,000 from Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) to support the station’s community-wide educational initiatives. The donation was presented at WKAR’s annual PBS KIDS Day event on Jan. 28, 2023, where hundreds of families gathered to participate in educational activities hosted by partners from communities throughout mid-Michigan. “We are […]
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Anthony Padgett, who will serve as the next general manager of WOSU Public Media starting March 6, hopes to engage and inspire the public through his role. The Feb. 2 announcement of Padgett’s leadership comes after Ronnie Agnew left WOSU in October 2022. Padgett holds 30 years of broadcast industry experience and is departing from […]
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NPR’s chief executive announced that NPR would lay off roughly 10% of its current workforce – at least 100 people – and eliminate most vacant positions. CEO John Lansing cited the decline in ad dollars, particularly for NPR podcasts. “When we say we are eliminating filled positions, we are talking about our colleagues – people […]
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NPR is inviting students from around the country to create a podcast – about anything they want! – and compete for a chance to have their work featured on NPR. Students from 5th grade through college are eligible to participate. The contest opens for entries today (Dec 1, 2021) and closes on Feb. 28, 2022. […]
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Twin Cities PBS (TPT) and BlackStack Brewing have come together to release a new beer “Viewers Like You.” A portion of the proceeds from the first-ever TPT beer collaboration will go to Minnesota Experience to celebrate and support the award-winning series. “At the brewery, we’ve been huge fans of TPT since childhood,” said Murphy Johnson, […]
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) seeks the services of an expert(s) (Expert) knowledgeable in television broadcasting technology, spectrum, business operations and policy to advise CPB on issues relating to market transition considerations for NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0), FCC’s TV spectrum repack, 5G wireless technology, and other NextGen TV and spectrum-related issues as it relates […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 7, 2020) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS received a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant, set for a five-year cycle, provides $24,322,018 per year to fund CPB and PBS’s comprehensive multi-media learning and station engagement initiative. This […]
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PRX Remix just celebrated their 10 Years of serving Podcasts on Public Radio. Excerpt from their announcement: It’s 2020, and we’re on the air from Alaska to Antarctica PRX Remix is on nearly 40 public radio stations. We went on the air at McMurdo Station in Antarctica earlier this year, which we’re feeling very cool […]
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Maja Mrkoci, CPB’s Chief Content and Innovation Officer is Stepping Down The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that Chief Content Officer Maja Mrkoci is resigning on October 2. Her personal remarks and advice for Public Media: “During my years of working in public media and in light of the pandemic, two things have really […]
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After PBS completed the first FY 2021 meeting of the PBS Board of Directors, PBS President and Chief Executive Officer Paula Kerger announced the results of the recent Board elections. Molly Phillips Executive Director and General Manager of Iowa PBS She was elected to a second term on the PBS Board as a Professional Director […]
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