Public Media Company represented RIPR throughout its negotiations with U Mass Dartmouth, and also prepared the financial analysis for the transaction. Congrats to both! “Rhode Island Public Radio will expand its reach within the state and into southeastern Massachusetts with the acquisition of a signal from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. RIPR now broadcasts on three frequencies in its state. The purchase of...
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting web site has a terrific article on VuHaus, which was co-founded by Public Media Company (PMC). VuHaus, which is managed by PMC, is an innovative video platform and mobile app for music fans seeking to experience and discover the best new artists and songs. Read More...
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CHICAGO-Chicago Public Media and WKCC, Kankakee Community College’s public radio station, are excited to announce a sales agreement and transfer of ownership for the WKCC 91.1 FM broadcast license. The sale comes more than five months after WKCC announced that due to budget constraints it would cease operations in December. This fall, Chicago Public Media bid on, and won the license to operate WKCC....
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PMC recently led the KUSP board, staff and community members in a series of discussions about the feasibility of its current format, and recommended a format change to an independent music “music discovery” format. An on-air fund drive conducted in October 2015 to support the format change raised more than $82,000, exceeding the goal....
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Centenary College of Hackettstown, New Jersey and Philadelphia public radio station WXPN 88.5, owned by the University of Pennsylvania, jointly announced a sales agreement and transfer of ownership for the broadcasting license of WNTI 91.9 FM, the public radio station owned by Centenary College, to WXPN. WXPN's award-winning music programming will be broadcast on WNTI starting at noon ET on Thursday, October 15, 2015....
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At the upcoming 2014 Public Radio Super-Regional Meeting, PMC’s Managing Director Dennis Hamilton is a panel member for “The Intersection of Data and Decision-making”. This session will cover the importance of Big Data for public media and the development of the new Public Media Database (PMD). With initial strategic input from eight of the nation’s leading public broadcasters, the comprehensive Database is designed to...
Read More...PMC created the Non-commerical Filing Window Project, which mobilized several organizations to help more than 300 public radio, arts and community radio organizations file license requests for FM noncommercial radio channels during the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Noncommercial Filing Window in 2007. As a result of this collaborative effort, over 100 new public radio stations have begun broadcasting across the country. More than 70...
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