“There’s only one problem: The supposed panic was so tiny as to be practically immeasurable on the night of the broadcast. Despite repeated assertions to the contrary in the PBS and NPR programs, almost nobody was fooled by Welles’ broadcast.“ It turns out that a poll taken that night...
Over the last several years the station has had anemic broadcasts -- basically to satisfy FCC rules. Well, the owners, Old Dominion Communications, have filed a petition for reconsideration with the FCC. The want their license renewed and call letters reinstated. Time will tell if that is ...
Dependable, reliable and reassuring, broadcast news correspondent-anchor Charles Gibson was a constant presence in the homes of viewers for over 30 years on two of television's most watched morning and evening news programs. Beginning his career with a local affiliate station and a syndicated new ...
Getler. The station is not his responsibility, nor is it PBS’s role to censor a member station. This was clear from his first post in the run-up to the airing of the documentary. That said, however, I do disagree with some of his conclusions. (You could see that coming a mile ...
In 2002, I became Managing Director of our own company, Prairie Home Productions. Over the next 23 years, we produced 34 broadcasts per year, chartered cruise ships, did crazy summer tours (30 shows in 40 days), opened a bookstore, produced TV shows, theater events, and of course, the...
The Scorsese blues series was a big deal because it had aired on PBS. But I think we got our Grammy nomination because of the Scorsese series. So it's a double-edged sword, if you will. Sony Music Entertainment is an equity partner in The Coda Collection and content partners include War...
In the new "American Masters" documentary on Joni Mitchell (airing Wednesday at 9 p.m. on KPBS), many famous people say many glowing things about this Roman candle of talent. But even as David Crosby, Graham Nash and friends send up flares of praise, the real sparks come from the fire...
I may not agree with what they broadcast but they have the right to do it. Many Conservative Christians, especially Evangelicals and Roman Catholics are keen to support their rights to publicly exercise their religion, even in the government. But they are not good when it comes to other bran...
The live broadcast of these proceedings is an amazing development–to me of much greater significance than the presidential campaign debates. I wanted to take just a moment to stress the role of Gladwell Otieno as petitioner as executive director of AfriCOG. The AfriCOG filing is petition no. ...