public radio

Saving Rural Stations

Stevie Converse — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:15:08 -0400

Full article: SavetheNews.org
Josh Stearns
The vast majority of federal funding provided to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is distributed out to local stations like WMMT that collectively reach roughly 98 percent of the United States. And like WMMT, these stations don't just broadcast national news and Car Talk. At a time when newspapers are cutting back and struggling to stay afloat, and when the 6 o'clock news is filled with more weather reports and commercials than news, public broadcasters are actually investing more in local reporting.

Born of Pirate Radio, Seeking a Spot on British Dial

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:44:19 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Jennifer Mascia
Since first taking to the air from a makeshift studio on an offshore ship in 1964, Radio Caroline has endured government raids, shipwrecks and a decade of radio silence before finding a land-based studio in the southeastern county of Kent. From there, a cast of volunteer disc jockeys has transmitted album-oriented rock to a global audience over satellite radio and the Internet since 1999.

From an NPR Minnow, Lessons for Whales

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:10:16 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Peter Applebome
Amid the whales of contemporary radio, there are still a few distinctly independent minnows, like the anarchically eclectic WFMU-FM in Jersey City, N.J., or William O'Shaughnessy's intensely local WVOX-FM in New Rochelle, N.Y. But in its own eccentric way, in these quite perilous times for public broadcasting, WHDD-FM is not a bad model for what truly public radio might be.

Media Minutes: March 11, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:24:29 -0500

A House subcommittee votes along party lines to give phone and cable companies unrestricted power to restrict free speech and block services like online video and audio. And the National Radio Project illuminates social justice issues and gives a voice to perspectives often excluded from mainstream news.

All Programs Considered

Stevie Converse — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:24:40 -0400

Full article: New York Review of Books
Bill McKibben
About one in ten Americans tune in to public radio each week. The shows differ from the commercial right-wing shows in that they daily feature guests from a wide spectrum of American political and cultural life. And yet very little gets written about public radio.

Media Minutes: July 23, 2010

Candace Clement — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:15:32 -0400

A critical program that new noncommercial radio stations have historically relied upon to for expensive construction costs has been targeted by the Obama administration. And a special guest commentary by Nick Russo on why Congress needs to pass the Local Community Radio Act and put Low-Power FM stations in every community.

Media Minutes: July 23, 2010

Candace Clement — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:13:11 -0400

Public Radio Remakes Itself by Entering the iPhone Age

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:54:20 -0500

Full article: Ars Technica
Nate Anderson
When Public Radio Exchange developed the free Public Radio Player for the iPhone, the nonprofit hoped for 500,000 downloads. It now has 2.5 million. The PRX team has cranked out two iPhone apps. Both apps have positioned public radio as a major force when it comes to on-demand mobile applications.

CPB Distributes $25 Million in Fiscal Stabilization Grants

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:28:50 -0500

Full article: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is distributing $25 million in fiscal stabilization grants to public radio and television licensees across the country.

NPR Calls for Congress to Create 'Common Public Media Waiver'

Stevie Converse — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:54:50 -0500

Full article: Radio Survivor
Matthew Lasar
National Public Radio has been filing comments with the FCC, talking up its localism initiative, Android app, and new mobile site. NPR has also commented on the National Broadband Plan, saying that Congress needs to consider the creation of a common public media waiver enabling the use of music regardless of distribution platform.