Client Spotlight Colorado Public Radio and Public Media Company: 20 years of Partnership Colorado Public Radio (CPR) was Public Media Company’s first client and we have been partners ever since. As CPR’s COO, Jenny Gentry, says, “When I look back on the evolution and growth of CPR over the past 20 years, Public Media Company has been a strong partner through every step. PMC’s services...
Read More...A Big Win in Baltimore: WYPR and WTMD join forces to serve their community
Public Media Company recently worked with the leadership of WYPR, the NPR news and information station in Baltimore, Maryland to secure a new home for WTMD, the Baltimore music discovery station. In 2020, the license holder of WTMD, Townson University, decided to put the station up for sale and Public Media Company stepped in to find WTMD a new home in public media. The...
Read More...Strengthening Local News via Regional Journalism Collaborations in Public Media
Current.org recently highlighted a series of journalism collaborations that have sprung up across the country in recent years. These journalism collaborations, which were launched in partnership with NPR, are located in Texas (the Texas Newsroom), California (the California Newsroom) and most recently the Gulf States (the Gulf States Newsroom). Read the full article here. Public Media Company has played a crucial role as a...
Read More...Growing audience and revenue webinar: Watch now
STRATEGY SERIES WEBINAR: Does your community know that you exist? Grow station audience and revenue via increased awareness Public media stations can increase revenue and impact with greater reach in their community. It starts with measuring how well the community knows your station (you’ll be surprised) and conducting a marketing campaign to “introduce” your station to new audience members. Public Media Company Managing Director Alison...
Read More...CapRadio Partners with Humboldt State University to Manage KHSU
The new agreement ensures that high-quality national and state programming for the North Coast will continue and donations from the region will be used to support the KHSU stations....
Read More...Webinar: Opportunities to Apply for New FCC Stations
The FCC plans to host not one, but two opportunities to secure a broadcast license in your community in 2021. Want to know about these and other upcoming opportunities?...
Read More...FCC to Hold Auction for Radio Construction Permits in 2021
The FCC recently announced an auction of 136 FM and AM broadcast construction permits across the country and is currently seeking comment on the competitive bidding procedures. This auction may seem familiar; the auction was slated to take place last year, but was delayed due to the pandemic. Auction 109 is scheduled to commence on July 27, 2021 and you can see the complete list of the construction permits...
Read More...Want to Come Work with Us? We’re Hiring!
Senior Financial Analyst Public Media Company has an opening for a Senior Financial Analyst to work with public media organizations seeking to explore new opportunities for growth and expansion. The Senior Financial Analyst plays a key role in charting the course for public media expansion, helping identify and analyze areas for growth and expansion for local media services. Primary Responsibilities: • Analyze and interpret...
Read More...New Agreement Gives KALW Nonprofit More Control of Station
Public Media Company is pleased to have helped KALW with business modeling and guidance as it enters this new chapter. FROM CURRENT… The San Francisco Unified School District has agreed to relinquish some operational control of public radio station KALW to a nonprofit formed last year by the station’s management. The school district’s board approved a public service operating agreement Dec. 8 with the...
Read More...Public Media Playbook
Public Media Company was called upon to assist in the development of the “Public Media Playbook,” a white paper and online toolkit to explore mergers between local and regional online newsrooms and public media. The playbook was conceived after the acquisition of NJ Spotlight by WNET, which Public Media Company helped plan and facilitate. Public Media Company was asked to create tools to assist...
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