Public Media Daily

Its the first episode of Public Media Daily! It won't be perfect from the start, but we will improve as time goes by.1) Lots of awards given to public radio stations at Associated Press' statewide broadcasters associations awards.2) Winter weather causing problems at Pioneer Public Television and Michigan Radio, as well as technical problems at KNPB and at one of W.V. Public's radi

This is episode 2 of Public Media Daily. News and notes from Monday, April 16th include...1) More awards were received by public broadcasters.2) 90.3 KEXP Seattle receives a generous gift.3) A How I Built This summit (October 16th in San Francisco).4) Shoutouts to give away to.5) Technical problems at WBFO's WUBJ repeater and Michigan Radio's WVGR.There's a whole lot more, includin

The third episode of Public Media Daily for you to listen to get your day started. Highlights for Tuesday, April 17th include...1) NPR wins three Gracie awards for coverage of the #MeToo movement.2) 102.3 KHNS in Haines, Alaska has become the first station to add "The Daily" from NYT and APM since the program's public radio debut.3) Hawaii Public Radio unexpectedly expanded their&n

The fourth episode of Public Media Daily is here. This is a new, quick and daily podcast from Public Media Fans. Highlights from Wednesday, April 18th include...1) 90.7 WFAE Charlotte's Joni Deutsch wins a Gracie award for a WVPB-produced podcast.2) Michigan Radio is the most-listened-to NPR station in most of Michigan, mainly in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazo

Its the fifth episode of Public Media Daily and the final one for the week. Highlights for Thursday, April 19th include...1) Ozarks Public Television's transmitter tower collapsed, killing one and injured six others. Transmitter work was done because of the upcoming FCC Spectrum Repack. OPTV is scrambling to get satellite and over-the-air viewers back on.2) The Corporation for Publ

This is episode six of Public Media Daily, giving you the latest news on public broadcasting in podcasting form. Highlights from Friday-Sunday, April 20th-22nd include...1) NPR's Tamara Keith has given birth to a baby boy. She also did her NPR Politics podcast a day before giving birth.2) 89.5 KWGS Tulsa, 90.5 KUT Austin and 90.1 KERA Dallas - Fort Worth all won awards over the wee

Episode seven of Public Media Daily is now available on this podcast feed. This is where you'll get all the latest news from the world of public media and highlights from Monday, April 23rd include...1) PRX has received a new look and a new website for its upcoming 15th anniversary in September.2) Michigan Radio has won 14 awards Sunday from the Michigan A.P. Media Editors while 89

This is Episode 8 of Public Media Daily from Public Media Fans. Highlights from Tuesday, April 24th include...1) More award news to talk about, involving 90.3 WVIK-FM Rock Island, Ill. and the Illinois A.P.; NPR, PBS, MPR and S-Town win Peabodys and public media winners at The Webbys!2) Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR) wants to sell 1290 WRPA Providence after Latino Public Radio en

Episode nine of Public Media Daily is here. Pay attention to today's episode because its an awards-heavy episode. Highlights from Wednesday, April 25th include...1) KCET and KOCE are merging to combine one super public broadcaster in Southern California. KOCE will still be the main PBS station for SoCal while KCET will return to the network for the first time since 2011 but under s

This is episode ten of Public Media Daily from Public Media Fans. Its the final episode for the second week of the program and highlights for Thursday, April 26th include...1) Classical 89 is saved as BYU will keep classical music on 89.1 KBYU-FM while putting BYU Radio on its newly purchased 107.9 KUMT.2) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has announced Jan Schaffer as