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KRCU in Cape Girardeaum MO is hoping to fill the gap in St. Louis left by the pending sale of the city's only Classical station, KFUO, and expected conversion to Christian Rock format.  Filing for a power increase and change of city of license, as well as an antenna upgrade for repeater station, KSEF, the station's website quotes: “KRCU will provide a better signal to the Farmington/Park Hills (

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In a filing to the FCC today, NPR and iBiquity made a new proposal to allow FM stations to increase their HD power by up to 6db.  In a joint letter (available to NPR member stations), they stated: iBiquity and NPR believe the proposal addresses the pending power increase request, but recognize that further power increases may be warranted in the future based on the further roll-out of HD Radio™

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Preparation continues in Dallas for the new KXT 91.7, Music To The Core - a Triple-A service of KERA.  In a press release issued last week, VP of Radio Jeff Ramirez said: We have selected the KXT hosts and further developed the playlists for the locally hosted programming that will be heard on the new station each week. Right now we are completing a retrofit of an existing studio to accommodate

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Mark Vogelzang, former president of Vermont Public Radio and a member of the NPR Board of Directors, has been named interim general manager of WBFO-Buffalo.In making the announcement, University of Buffalo Vice President for External Affairs Marsha Henderson said, "Mark Vogelzang is a visionary -- a well-known and highly respected leader in the field of public radio. We are fortunate to have his

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Public radio stations have a new tool to help compile and curate video for their communities. Created by the Worcester, MA non-profit Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF), Miro Community is an easy-to-use, open-source platform that allows stations and others to gather videos about a topic or community into one website, regardless of where the videos are hosted. The project is funded by the

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Public radio news directors and reporters have a new toolkit with a step-by-step plan for “How to Run an Editorial Meeting.” Upcoming additions to the new J-MEGS Toolkit will focus on story structure, story visioning, interviewing and news promotion.Next month, the toolkit adds a new mid-level tier to the original Four Tiers of News Coverage. This new tier creates a category for what J-MEGS

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Steven Moss is the new president and CEO of National Public Media, the corporate sponsorship sales arm of NPR, PBS, and WGBH-Boston. He previously was VP for business development of Evri, an online publisher, and had served as VP of sales for Microsoft.In the news release announcing Moss' appointment, NPR President an CEO Vivian Schiller said:"Steve's broad experience and strong understanding of

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What would you get if the Food Network Collided with NPR?No, not Rachel Ray as host of Wait, Wait! Don't Bake Me.Instead, you'd have the new book All Cakes Considered: A Year's Worth of Weekly Recipes Tasted, Tested, and Approved by the Staff of All Things Considered.ATC producer Melissa Gray actually bakes a cake for the staff of the afternoon magazine show just about every Monday, according to

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Walt Swanston, who for six years has been NPR's Director of Diversity, has announced her resignation.  Richard Prince's Journal-ism column on the The Maynard Institute website  states that she will be leaving for health reasons.  The article goes on to point out that: The news of Swanston's departure comes days after NPR let go the black journalist in charge of its newscasts, Greg Peppers, one

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A new radio from Livio is all about public radio. The Internet radio allows the user to tune in to more than 1,000 NPR station streams as well as 800 podcasts and audio archives of NPR programs.An NPR news release says:"With one device, NPR fans can now personalize their NPR experience, and easily switch back and forth between the local NPR Member station they know and love, and on-demand content

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Mark Twain once said the difference between the right word and the almost right word is like "the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."NPR sent out a memo to stations to help them report the lightning when it comes to the number of people living in the US who do not have health insurance. NPR called the memo one of guidance.The conservative Business & Media Institute reports:"

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In light of the great increase in use of social networking, NPR has extended its Code of Ethics with a new NPR News Social Media Guidelines, published today. The NPR website states that these guidelines apply "to all NPR journalists, officers, and selected other staff." The guidelines emphasize the idea that anything online can become public, including the following cautions: First and

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"You are the public in public radio.""The reason you listen is the reason to give.""Make a pledge at any level.""Become a day sponsor.""BINGO!!!!!"Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor is the latest public radio station to inject a little extra fun into a pledge drive using Bingo. They explain:We understand that a membership drive may not be your favorite type of program on Michigan Radio, but here’s a

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Fraught with complications as it may be, a new product is on the market to help you gain more followers on Twitter ... or just a lot of unfortunate misunderstandings.Some enterprising soul is selling thigh-high stockings with "Follow Me" and the cute little Twitter bird on Etsy, the eBay of handmade arts, crafts, clothing and now Twitter promos. The stockings come in five colors and cost $18.The

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Change no longer marches along ... it sprints.NPR today announced version 1.2 of its iPhone app. The Inside NPR blog today reports:All in all, v1.2 offers a total of 32 improvements. Many of these are in response to your feedback via the NPR Facebook page, Twitter, other posts on this blog, iTunes reviews, etc. So, please, keep 'em coming -- we are already working on v1.3.Among those features:*

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The only public radio station on New York's Long Island has been sold to a group backed by celebrities, many who summer on the island.1010WINS, a news radio station in New York City reports: "Celebrities like Jann Wenner, Alec Baldwin and Joy Behar were among those who helped form the local broadcasting entity."Long Island University, which owns WLIU 88.3 FM, announced that Peconic Public

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The BBC has issued a draft set of editorial guidelines that could change what its journalists can post online. (Check out the guidelines at the BBC site.)The Guardian newspaper says the BBC wrote:"Our audiences should not be able to tell from BBC programmes or other BBC output the personal prejudices of our journalists and presenters on such matters."This applies as much to online content as it

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NPR and some of the biggest brains from Silicon Valley are going to do some crystal ball gazing Friday. They will meet in San Francisco for a "Digital Think In" to try to figure out what the future holds for NPR.And, we can look over their shoulders as the discussion occurs. Join the Think In's digital community on Ning.Hosted by NPR President & CEO Vivian Schiller and Digital Media SVP and

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Classical WQXR 105.9, New York City, will officially launch as a public radio station tomorrow at 8 p.m.Programming on the WNYC-owned station begins with a live broadcast from Carnegie Hall, featuring the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and hosts David Garland and Midge Woolsey. The concert includes Dumbarton Oaks by Stravinsky, Anton Weber's Fuga (Ricercare), a selection from Bach's Musical Offering,

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Come early next year, Public Radio International (PRI), will set up shop in creator the former Textile Building in downtown Minneapolis' historic Warehouse District.PRI's new digs will be located at the corner of Second Avenue North and Fourth Street. According to a news release from PRI, plans include "... space to showcase PRI hosts and content, and to engage Minnesotans in conversations that

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Whip It, the coming-of-age movie set in the wild world of roller derby, had a technical adviser from the wild world of public radio.Alex Cohen, an anchor of the late of Day-to-Day and now at KPCC, is a roller derby doll for the Los Angeles based Tough Cookies. She got involved in the sport after doing a story on it while visiting Austin, TX.The Wall Street Journal published an interview with

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NPR is undertaking a $3 million project to, as a news release calls it "... project to develop in-depth, local coverage on topics critical to communities and the nation...". The money comes from the CPB ($2 million) and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation ($1 million).The release from the three organizations explains:The two-year pilot will help a dozen stations establish themselves as

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Writing on the CBS website, a former public broadcasting executive says public philanthropy and government support are needed to save the American news-gathering industry.William F. Baker, former president of WNET and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor and Journalist-in-Residence at Fordham University, in part says:The amount the government now sets aside for public broadcast media is about what it

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We found a news release from Northern Illinois University, which talks about Tim Emmons receiving the Don otto Award at the recent PRPD Public Radio Programming Conference in Cleveland.The release says:Steve Olson, president of Audience Research Analysis, praised Emmons for his work to improve public radio through not only station administration but also through teaching and mentoring at

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Philadelphia Triple A station WXPN experienced a folie à plusieurs (look it up)and this video was born.

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