Posts by Adam Powell
Church groups fail in attempts to buy Calif., Florida PBS stations
Religious broadcasters' plans to buy PBS stations in California and Florida have been blocked, one at an auction and the other by the seller cancelling the transaction. KCSM-TV, a PBS station serving the San Francisco Bay Area, is in financial difficulty and was put up for auction in February, and...Public TV can now carry political ads, after lawsuit by SF public TV station
This morning's media headline - US Court of Appeals rules public television and radio stations can run political ads. It even made the front-page news summary of the Wall Street Journal, linking to a full article on page A5. You can read the court's ruling here. Yes, the "PBS NewsHour"...Peabody Awards recognize independent public television producers
This year's Peabody Awards hold special places of honor for independent producers, just as critics charge PBS is trying to marginalize them. Operating with far fewer resources than the PBS network, independent producers won four awards, while their wealthier PBS colleagues won three. The series "Independent Lens" was the only...Pacifica Radio lost over $5 million, termed unsustainable by Director
WASHINGTON - Pacifica Radio has lost $5.5 million since 2005 and has drained its financial reserves, according to Arlene Engelhardt, Executive Director of the Pacifica Foundation. The network's financial performance is unsustainable, according to Engelhardt, writing in a blog post on Friday. "Pacifica's overall listener support dropped 23%--from $13.8 million...Panelists find progress in free flow of information worldwide
WASHINGTON - Speakers at a CCLP forum at the Newseum provided mostly positive assessments of worldwide freedom of information. Vint Cerf, widely described as "father of the Internet," said the combination of the Internet with mobile telephones has extended freedom of information to billions of people worldwide. If there is...NPR CEO urges 'four diversities' to broaden audience, service
WASHINGTON - Gary Knell, NPR's new President and CEO, said yesterday that public radio must embrace "four diversities" to broaden its audience and public service. Knell, who became CEO of NPR two months ago, said he planned to make NPR more diverse by ethnicity, age, geography, and "thought."...PBS stations in California, Florida may be acquired by national, church groups
LOS ANGELES - Valentine's Day has been set as the date for the sale of KCSM-TV, the PBS station serving San Mateo and the counties south of San Francisco. The station is owned by the local community college and said it could no longer afford to operate the station because..."Downton Abbey" hype may highlight PBS problems
PBS executives are promoting the second season of its imported British costume drama "Downton Abbey," doing their best not only to attract viewers to the program but also to present "Downton Abbey" as part of a new strategy to attract audiences. However, critics such as Brian Lowry of Variety have...PBS President says no major retooling needed for public TV, but mulls adding pay-TV service
PBS President Paula Kerger said today she disagreed with Bill Moyers' call for a national meeting to reconsider and re-define U.S. public broadcasting. Moyers called for a "constitutional convention" to spur a "rebirth" of public television and radio, in a speech this month to public TV executives. "The core problem,"...Report: 24 states cut funds for public broadcasting, four deleted all state support
Washington - Almost half of all U.S. states have reduced their funding for public radio and television, according to a report this week from Free Press. The analysis shows $30 million was cut from state funding for the 2012 fiscal year and cumulative state support since 2008 has dropped by...About Adam Clayton Powell III
Senior Fellow Adam Clayton Powell III coordinates CCLP projects and forums in Washington DC, on subjects ranging from public service media to the future of arts journalism. Before his move to Washington in 2010, he served as USC's Vice Provost for Globalization, working closely with faculty and dean ...
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