Skip to main content

  • CPB Board of Directors Audit and Finance, Executive Compensation Committees to Meet Telephonically on November 18, 2021

    WASHINGTON, D.C., (November 4, 2021) -- The Audit and Finance Committee and the Executive Compensation Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically in public and executive sessions on Thursday, November 18, 2021, from 2-3:50 pm ET. On the draft agendas:

    Audit and Finance Committee Meeting (2-2:15 pm ET)

    • Approval of Minutes (public session – 5 minutes)
    • Personnel Matter (executive session – 10 minutes)

    Executive Compensation Committee Meeting (2:15-3:50 pm ET)

  • Joan Ganz Cooney Center Launches Project to Engage Public Media Stations, Youth

    NEW YORK, N.Y. (November 3, 2021) — The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop today announced the launch of an ambitious new phase of the By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences initiative (Next Gen Public Media). With funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the project will work with public media stations to create meaningful content by, with, and for today’s young people to meet their unique educational, community, and career-focused needs.

  • Statement from Patricia Harrison on the Death of General Colin Powell

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 18, 2021) – Patricia Harrison, the President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement today regarding the death of General Colin Powell. Mrs. Harrison served as Acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs during the time General Powell served as Secretary of State:

  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board Re-Elects Bruce Ramer as Chair and Laura Gore Ross as Vice Chair

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 6, 2021) – The Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting, unanimously re-elected Bruce Ramer as chair and Laura Gore Ross as vice chair. They will serve one-year terms.

  • CPB and PBS Partner With 10 Public Media Stations to Support Early Literacy Learning and Critical Thinking Skills

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 5, 2021) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS today announced partnerships with 10 public media stations across the country centered on an innovative model of community engagement designed to extend the reach and impact of Ready To Learn-funded PBS KIDS early learning resources to local communities. Arkansas PBS, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Ball State PBS (Muncie, IN), Nine PBS (St.

  • CPB Board of Directors to Meet Virtually on October 6-7, 2021

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 2021; updated September 28, 2021) -- The CPB Board of Directors will hold its annual meeting virtually on Wednesday, October 6, from 2-4:30 p.m. ET, and Thursday, October 7, from 2-5 p.m. ET. On the draft agenda:

    Day One (October 6):

  • CPB Selects Poynter Institute to Deliver Public Media Digital Transformation Program

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 13, 2021) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it has selected the Poynter Institute to develop and deliver a new Digital Transformation Program to educate, assist, and coach up to 80 public media senior leaders on the best strategies and tactics to transform their organization’s digital operations and culture. The virtual training will be funded by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

  • CPB Funds $1.3 Million Expansion of Public Radio Music Format for Young Audiences

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 14, 2021) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced grants totaling $1.3 million for three public radio stations to implement the Urban Alternative format to connect with young, multicultural audiences. The grants to Radio Milwaukee, WJSU (Jackson, MS), and Minnesota Public Radio will support transitions to locally customized formats using local and national Hip Hop and R&B. Jacquie Gales Webb, CPB Vice President, Radio, announced the grants today at the virtual Public Radio Program Directors Conference.

  • Stacey Decker Named CPB Senior Vice President, Innovation and System Strategies

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 25, 2021) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has named Stacey Decker as Senior Vice President of Innovation and System Strategies, effective Sept. 13. In this new position, he will be responsible for the development and implementation of a multi-faceted strategy to advance innovation and sustainability of public media through accelerating public media’s digital transformation.

  • CPB Funds Public Media Stations Addressing COVID-19 Misinformation

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 19, 2021) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is awarding a total of $275,000 in emergency grants to 14 public media stations across the country to address COVID-19 misinformation in their communities. The grants – up to $20,000 each – are being awarded to public television and radio stations in areas with low vaccination and high infection rates, or in emerging hotspots for coronavirus infection.