Music

Jim Bennett’s campaign for live radio jazz

Bay Area jazz aficionado Jim Bennett has an Indiegogo campaign going to boost his live jazz promotion work. Bennett has…
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CPB probes StoryCorps "multimedia conglomerate" charges

The office of Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ombudsman Joel Kaplan has released some details of its investigation of StoryCorps, prompted…
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NPR to FCC: TV spectrum auctions affect radio too

An interesting filing from NPR to the Federal Communications Commission concerning the impending wave of incentive auctions planned to "reassign"…
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Learn radio storytelling and production with Transom Online Workshops

Burgeoning radio producers have the opportunity to learn critical skills online with the new Transom Online Workshop. Transom, which calls…
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Indie stations and indie musicians working together? An immodest proposal

This piece originally appeared in our free weekly email newsletter, the Radio Survivor Bulletin. Sign up now to get a…
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“More dirtbags” on public radio podcasts & more podcasting wisdom from RadioVision

Comedy podcasters at WFMU's RadioVision 2013 (L to R: Tom Scharpling, Julie Klausner and Jake Fogelnest)Here…
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Classical Radio Station Deals Hint at Consolidation in Public Radio

KUSF space in advance of building construction in summer 2011 A lengthy article on The Deal…
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CPB worries about two public radio Presidents

Dr. Alan Chartock (source: Wall Street Journal). Reading Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ombudsman Joel Kaplan's recent…
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WBEZ staff seek SAG-AFTRA union representation

The staff of Chicago Public Media, the parent company of NPR affiliate WBEZ-FM, is attempting to unionize. That’s according to…
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