No Political Money For Pubcasters

12-3-13

A federal appeals court has upheld a federal ban on paid commercial, political, and issue advertising on public radio and TV stations. The Monday ruling overturned a lower panel?s decision that would have permitted paid political and issue advertising. It surely would have brought in millions of dollars to public broadcasters and, perhaps, siphoned some money away from commercial stations.

In the ruling, Judge Margaret McKeown wrote, ?Congress recognized that advertising would change the character of public broadcast programming and undermine the intended distinction between commercial and noncommercial broadcasting."

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Four Pubcasters Join TuneIn

2-7-13

TuneIn announced strategic alliances with four major public broadcast organizations including the most listened to public radio station in the United States, KQED, KCRW, KEXP, and American Public Media, which includes Southern California Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, Classical South Florida, and nationally distributed programs. These new alliances represent over 100 stations plus podcasts and digital streams.

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