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Miami’s WLRN acquires radio station in Palm Beach County

1 week ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

Miami’s South Florida Public Media Group is working to expand public media in the broader region with a deal to acquire an FM radio station and operate it as a community licensee. SFPMG, the management company for joint licensee WLRN, filed an asset purchase agreement with the FCC June 6 to acquire West Palm Beach’s The Flame 104.7, a commercial station, from JDD Radio for $6.45 million. West Palm Beach is roughly 70 miles north of Miami.
How necessity became the mother of invention for KALW

1 week ago | current.org | David Boyer

It’s the best of times and the worst of times for public media and audio journalism. On the one hand, the tools of production and distribution have become more affordable, more powerful and easier to use. This explains why there’s a seemingly endless flow of high-quality, narrative-driven podcasts. At the same time, the industry is contracting with wave after wave of layoffs in public media and at production companies.
Public media leaders look to Senate to preserve CPB funding - Current

2 weeks ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

The fight to preserve public media’s federal support has turned to the Senate following Thursday’s House vote to rescind nearly $1.1 billion in CPB funding. Meanwhile, a House Republican said he will keep working to make the case for public media’s federal appropriation. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nevada), a co-chair of the Public Broadcasting Caucus, was one of four Republicans who voted against the rescission bill targeting CPB and foreign aid programs.
House passes bill rescinding CPB funds

2 weeks ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

The House approved the Trump administration’s $9.4 billion rescission package that includes CPB funding, advancing the measure to the Senate. The package passed 214-212, with four Republicans voting against it. President Trump proposed clawing back $535 million in CPB’s forward-funded appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 as part of the package. The rescissions now need a simple majority in the Senate, not the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster.
Comings and goings: Jayme Swain elected PBS board vice chair, Chicago Public Media hires chief product and membership officer …

2 weeks ago | current.org | Julian Wyllie

Jayme Swain, CEO of VPM in Richmond, Va., was elected professional vice chair for the PBS board of directors during a meeting Tuesday. Swain moves into a board leadership role vacated by Courtney Pledger, who stepped down as CEO of Arkansas PBS in May and gave up her PBS board seat. Swain, who worked at PBS as SVP of strategy and operations before she became VPM CEO in 2019, joined the PBS board in 2021.
Judge approves sale of KDHX to Gateway Creative Broadcasting

2 weeks ago | current.org | Eric Berger

ST. LOUIS — A U.S. bankruptcy court judge approved a Christian radio group’s purchase of the broadcast license and tower of St. Louis community radio station KDHX. Gateway Creative Broadcasting, which already owns two Christian stations in the St. Louis area, bid $8.75 million last month to buy the assets in a bankruptcy court auction. K-Love, the competing Christian radio organization, had offered $8.5 million.
Members of Congress push back on proposed CPB rescission

2 weeks ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

Members of Congress, including the bipartisan co-chairs of the Public Broadcasting Caucus and Senate Democrats, are pushing back on the proposed rescission of CPB funding. President Trump has proposed clawing back $535 million in CPB’s forward-funded appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 as part of a broader $9.4 billion rescission package. The Rescissions Act of 2025 is working its way through the House this week. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nevada) and Rep.
PBS holds station dues flat in fiscal year 2026 budget

2 weeks ago | current.org | Julian Wyllie

The PBS board of directors approved a fiscal year 2026 budget that holds station dues flat at $227 million. Approved as Congress prepares to vote on President Trump’s proposal to rescind CPB’s appropriations for fiscal 2026 and 2027, the budget projects a $3.3 million decrease, breaking even at $370.1 million. In the FY25 budget that closes June 30, PBS’ total budget was $373.4 million.
Florida stations expand reach of public safety network

2 weeks ago | current.org | Romain Chauvet

The Florida Public Radio Emergency Alert Network is introducing an AI-driven technology for transmitting government alerts and advisories via broadcast signals to its tool kit of public safety communications. Developed, deployed and tested by WUFT in Gainesville with support from Florida’s Division of Emergency Management, BEACON combines public safety messages from local, state and federal agencies into a continuous audio feed of alerts distributed by broadcast, mobile and web-based platforms.
Indiana stations evaluate how to ‘evolve’ as state funding evaporates

2 weeks ago | current.org | Austin Fuller

Indiana’s public stations are adapting to the sudden loss of state funding through a combination of fiscal belt-tightening and backend collaborations. The sudden elimination of $3.675 million in state funding, approved in April during the last hours of the General Assembly’s budget deliberations, has already forced at least one station to reduce staff.