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WNYC will be acquiring WQXR, New York's Classical station, from The New York Times in a complex deal including Univision.The Times today reported:"WQXR would move to a weaker signal near the high end of the FM band, and would become a listener-supported station, owned by WNYC, the nation’s largest public radio station. The Times Company, which has been trying to shed assets to raise cash and

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... at least in the UK, according to a Guardian UK article. They report on a new survey of 1,000 "fans" that showed "...that the number of teenagers illegally sharing music has fallen dramatically in the past year." The article says:The research revealed that many teenagers (65%) are streaming music regularly, with more 14 to 18 year olds (31%) listening to streamed music on their computer

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The floors at PRPD World HQ are back to their 1880's railroad terminal shine and, after a full day of plugging wires, running software and Hollis talking to tech support, we seem to have re-established internet and telephone. We think we've kept up with calls and correspondences over the last week, but if you left a message or sent an email that has not received a response, you might want to let

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WKSU's Mark Urycki alerted us to a piece in yesterday's New York Times about the vital entertainment scene just blocks from the site of this year's PRPD Public Radio Programming Conference..

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The Low Power FM advocacy group, Prometheus Radio Project, thinks if the FCC approves a 10-fold power hike for HD Radio signals, it should come at a price.Prometheus says tougher public interest obligations should be required of broadcasters. And, it wants proof that stronger stations won’t interfere with low-power FMs, which is similar to NPR's position. NPR supports increasing HD transmission

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To celebrate its 10th anniversary, WNYC's Radio Rookies will broadcast “Growing Up, Getting By”, the first ever special created by young people in the program that teaches radio skills. Host Marianne McCune, who started the program, will revisit some of the stories that Rookies worked on, and follow up with some to see what they have done since being in the program.WNYC's website explains the

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I'm at the PRDMC in San Diego at the CPB awards luncheon... Ira Glass is receiving the annual Edward R. Murrow Award. Ira is best known for his program This American Life, distributed by PRI.Some quotes:"...radio is in a particularly good position in media these days, because of its intimacy""as other journalism becomes more endangered, the fact that we have healthy audiences and abusiness

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There is a new power grid in town and this one has nothing to do with delivering electricity to you home or your radio station.Power Grid is a feature on the new media website Mediaite.com overseen by Dan Abrams. It tracks media issues and Power Grid ranks media folks -- including radio hosts -- base on a formula* based on a variety of things from listeners/viewers to blog mentions and Twitter

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http://prpd.org/training/workshops/candow_workshop.aspx...to help you improve your staffs interview skills.We've arranged for David Candow to work with uo to 12 PD's in a 2-day workshop on Sunday and Monday September 13 and 14th, before the conference.Designed to train the trainers – that is, help PD’s go back to their stations with the knowledge to help improve their staffs interview skills. It

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We are not in the office this week as we are having the floors refinished - due to a water pipe breaking in winter freeze... Everything disconnected there but David Hollis will be working from home and I will be online from the PRDMC in San Diego. We hope to be back at the office next Monday, July 13... (fingers crossed on getting the network back up quickly!).You can still contact us at info@

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"There's value and virtue in having people in different parts of the country. We are interested to see how this actually changes our show."That's what All Things Considered EP Chris Turpin told the LA Times' James Rainey recently. He was commenting about Madeleine Brand, who previously hosted the late Day to Day from Los Angeles, being part of the All Things Considered team while Michelle Norris

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An outstanding lineup of keynote speakers have agreed to be part of the the upcoming PRPD Public Radio Programming Conference, Sept. 15-18 in Cleveland. We have confirmed the following keynoters and general sessions:Vivian Schiller, President and CEO of National Public Radio – her first address to the programming community.Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Center for the Internet and American

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Iowa Public Radio announced earlier this week it would cut nine positions in the final steps of a reorganization that began several years ago, and that combined three station groups into one statewide organization.IPR CEO Mary Grace Herrington said staff resources will be moved "... into critical areas such as news reporting, talk show programming and marketing services." She said several

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We note with sorrow the passing of legendary WFMT broadcaster Norm Pellegrini at the age 79. He joined the station and became program director in 1953, holding the position until 1996. In a Facebook posting, WFMT Executive VP for Radio, Steve Robinson, wrote:No one in WFMT’s 58 year history had more influence on WFMT’s sound, style and programming than Norm Pellegrini and he shaped that

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Kim Grehn is leaving Connecticut Public Broadcasting. As of July12, his position as VP/Station Manager for WNPR has been eliminated.Kim says:I'll miss working with a very talented staff that helped transform the station from dual format to a news and information service. WNPR's transition resulted in audience growth, increased membership and increased revenue from underwriters even in our current

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Congressman Edolphus Towns, a democrat from New York's 10th District and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Tuesday announced that he has launched an investigation into Arbitron's PPM methodology. Towns' investigation will focus on the alleged under-representation of minorities on its listener panels.The FMQB website reports:"I remain deeply concerned that without

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An interesting piece on the eclectic Delancey Place blog reminds that reactions and expectations about to technology change are often far from how it turns out. While mostly focused on the postal system, they also mention radio:When Thomas Edison invented his improved telephone receiver in 1877, he thought it would become a medium for broadcasting concerts and plays to remote auditoriums. For

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Julie Drizin is taking over as talent manager of the Public Radio Makers Quest 2.0, an initiative of the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) to cultivate new producer-driven projects, as Ingrid Lakey goes on maternity leave as of Wednesday. Lakey had been with MQ2 since last September.Drizin is an award-winning producer and manager who began her career at WXPN in Philadelphia. She also

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Julian Genachowski was cleared by the Senate yesterday to become chair of the Federal Communications Commission. Republican Commissioner Robert McDowell was also reconfirmed.Broadcasting and Cable reported:Genachowski is now cleared to take the helm, with acting Chairman Michael Copps returning to commissioner status after a roundly-praised spearheading of the final push toward the analog

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Public radio show This American Life is among the current nominees for induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame. TAL is nominated in the "national - active" category.Online voting ends at midnight on Aug. 1. Registration on the site is required to vote.See all RHOF nominees.Cast your ballot.See the complete list of members of the RHOF.Two other public radio programs are already in the hall:

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The HD Digital Radio Alliance will launch a new ad campaign that focuses on HD Radio’s sound quality and access to more local stations. However, the ad push will also promote the first portable HD Radios.The ad blitz begins Monday and runs on in the top 100 markets for 13 weeks.Twice, a consumer electronics blog elaborates:The new campaign, described as “light, fun and very informative,”

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Jeff Clarke, president and CEO of KQED, San Francisco, announced his retirement Tuesday. He has been at KQED since 2002 and been in broadcasting for 44 years.Clarke, who is 62, will remain in his post until June 30 of next year or until a successor is named.He told The San Francisco Chronicle, "... the time has come for me to go and do some other things I enjoy in life."

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This is a quote from NPR's Andy Carvin:As social media strategist, my job is to develop ways for NPR to engage the public — and vice versa — as a way to expand and strengthen our journalism. Public radio has always had a strong community of listeners, but we didn't have the tools available for them to interact with us, and each other. Social media is changing all of that; "listeners" no longer

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A former major player in the MSNBC cable television operation has been named executive producer of The Takeaway, the morning drive-time show produced by Public Radio International and WNYC Radio, along with The BBC World Service, The New York Times, and WGBH Boston Radio.Mark Effron, who spent four years as vice president of daytime programming at MSNBC, will join the program hosted by John

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Veteran public radio programmer/manager Roger Johnson has taken an early retirement offer and will be leaving his position as Station Manager of Northwest Public Radio at the end of the week.Roger has worked in public radio for 35 years and is a former member of the PRPD Board. Prior to moving to Pullman, he was Program Director at KPLU, Tacoma. In a note to colleagues he wrote:For now, I’m

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