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:
Day 1:
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.
CPB Funds Public Media Initiatives to Inform Participation in 2022 Elections
DALLAS, Texas (May 18, 2022) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will award the America Amplified engagement journalism initiative an additional $375,000 to help public media stations across the country ensure that American citizens have the facts they need to participate in local, state, and Congressional elections this fall. This grant brings the total amount awarded to America Amplified to more than $1.35 million.
Statement From Patricia Harrison on the Death of David Liroff
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 16, 2022) – Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement today regarding the death of David Liroff, a longtime executive of WGBH and former CPB senior vice president, system development and media strategy:
“Over the course of his long career, David Liroff was a serious champion of public television and a pioneer in using audience research to make data-driven improvements in programming.
Event on Free, Fair and Secure Elections to be Hosted at the Bush Institute May 18
DALLAS (May 10, 2022) — The George W. Bush Institute, the Partnership for American Democracy, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences are co-hosting the event, Elections — A More Perfect Union, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the George W. Bush Institute.
PRX, PBS KIDS, and CPB Welcome Five Public Media Station Teams to the Ready To Learn Podcast Accelerator
BOSTON (May 3, 2022)––PRX, PBS KIDS, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced a Ready To Learn Podcast Accelerator training program for five teams of public media producers from stations across the United States to develop new educational on-demand audio programming for children ages 2-8 and their caregivers. This podcast training is part of the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Jon Stewart Celebrated in 'The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize' Airing Nationally on PBS Stations
Washington, D.C., April 18, 2022 — This summer, Jon Stewart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize premieres on PBS stations nationwide on June 21, 2022, at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings) and on PBS.org and the PBS Video App. The special will be recorded at a gala performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 24, 2022. Stewart is the 23rd recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
