CPB to Fund Urban Alternative Public Radio Expansion
NEW ORLEANS, LA (August 30, 2022) – Building on the success of the Urban Alternative public radio format in cities from Denver to Milwaukee, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is supporting the expansion of the locally customized format, which uses hip hop, R&B, and dance genres to connect with young multicultural audiences. CPB President and CEO Pat Harrison announced a request for proposals from public radio stations wanting to launch the format today at the Public Radio Content Conference in New Orleans, LA.
'Facing Suicide,' a Powerful and Timely New Documentary From Twin Cities PBS, Premieres Nationwide September 13, Providing Crucial Information, Resources and Hope in the Face of America's Suicide Crisis
SAINT PAUL, MN (August 22, 2022) – Each year tens of thousands of Americans take their own lives—there were more than 45,000 deaths by suicide in 2020 alone—and many more have thoughts of suicide. Facing Suicide, a new documentary and impact campaign from Twin Cities PBS, explores the stories of Americans impacted by suicide, and journeys to the frontlines of medical and scientific research to meet those who are working to help people at risk.
CPB Board of Directors Audit and Finance Committee to Meet Virtually on August 9, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 29, 2022) -- The Audit and Finance Committee of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, from noon to 1:40 pm Eastern Time. On the draft agenda:
MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, A New Four Part Series, Airs Tuesdays, October 4-25
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2022) — The latest documentary series by renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, will premiere on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at 9 PM EDT / 8 PM CDT (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
PBS Announces SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS, a New Documentary Series Celebrating Creatives From Across the South, Premiering Summer 2023
ARLINGTON, VA (July 27, 2022) -- The American South is known for its boundless creativity, absorbing personalities and evocative landscapes. SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS, a new three-episode series from PBS, Arkansas PBS and award-winning filmmaker Craig Renaud, follows some of the region’s most compelling and influential contemporary creators to the places they call home — the communities that fertilize the stories they tell in books, songs, poems, plays and on screens large and small.
New PBS KIDS Series, WORK IT OUT WOMBATS!, Premieres February 6, 2023
PASADENA, CA (July 27, 2022) – Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS KIDS announced the premiere date for WORK IT OUT WOMBATS!, a new animated series for kids ages 3-6 produced by GBH Kids and Pipeline Studios, starring a playful trio of marsupial siblings—Malik, Zadie and Zeke—who live with their grandmother, Super
'The World' from PRX and GBH gets CPB Support to Expand Coverage of War in Ukraine, Humanitarian Crisis
BOSTON (July 12, 2022)––International news program “The World” — the daily public radio show from GBH and PRX — will expand and sustain its coverage of the war in Ukraine, with the support of $205,000 in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the organizations announced today.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Fund Indigenous Weekday Broadcast
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 14, 2022) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced a $500,000 grant to IndiJ Public Media, an independent non-profit news organization that owns ICT, formerly known as Indian Country Today. ICT began as the Lakota Times more than 40 years ago and has transformed into a digital news site and a national weekday broadcast covering Indigenous communities.
CPB Board of Directors to Meet Virtually on June 14-15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 2, 2022 -- Meeting times and agenda were updated on June 7, 2022) -- The CPB Board of Directors will meet virtually on Tuesday, June 14, from 1-5:05 pm Eastern Time, and on Wednesday, June 15, from 2-3:15 pm Eastern Time. On the draft agenda:
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Names Cheraine Stanford Vice President, TV Content Strategy
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 7, 2022) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has named Cheraine Stanford Vice President, Television Content Strategy, effective June 21. In this position, she will plan, lead, and execute projects and strategic initiatives that advance a mission-focused pipeline of public media content for national distribution across a diverse range of broadcast and digital platforms.
