KASU
Brandon Tabor Named News Director of KASU-FM
Tabor, the on-air host for KASU's "Morning Edition," follows Johnathan Reaves, who stepped down as news director in March to accept an academic adviser role. read more >
AAEA Hires New Communications Manager (Movers & Shakers)
Cate Wilson brings 10 years of experience to the role. read more >
Fate of Arkansas Public Media Illustrates Struggles Facing Nonprofit Coverage Model
Bobby Ampezzan didn’t learn he was on the firing line till August, but he knew his nonprofit Arkansas Public Media project was in trouble when an 11th-hour appeal for additional national grant money crashed. Spectacularly. read more >
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Public Media Project at UA Little Rock Cutting Back
With grant money running out, cutbacks have arrived for Arkansas Public Media, the regional public journalism collaborative headquartered at the public radio stations of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
New Station Manager Makes Staff Moves at KASU
Longtime staffer Mark Smith has been named the new station manager at Arkansas State University’s radio station, KASU. read more >
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Recalling the Infancy of Public Radio in Arkansas
A recent panel of broadcasters noted several milestones, including the 50th anniversary of legislation funding the CPB, the 50th year of AETN and the 60th anniversary of KASU, the state’s oldest public media outlet. read more >
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As KASU Hits 60, New Media Is the Message
KASU-FM at Arkansas State University provides journalists to a media industry not just looking for radio announcers, TV reporters, news writers and social media specialists, but seeking prospects who do it all. read more >
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KUAR’s Startup Arkansas Public Media Aims High
Bobby Ampezzan and Vanessa McKuin are leading a new multimedia startup based at KUAR-FM in Little Rock, funded by a grant of $287,300 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. read more >
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Public Radio Stations Form Natural State News
Member stations are KUAR/KLRE at UALR, KUAF at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, KASU at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, and KTXK at Texarkana College in Texarkana, Texas. read more >
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