Tag: Rhode Island PBS
Report: Ocean State Media workers vote to unionize
PROVIDENCE – Staff members at Ocean State Media have voted to unionize with the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio...
Staff at Ocean State Media sign petition to unionize
PROVIDENCE – Staff members at Ocean State Media are seeking to unionize, according to the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and...
Ocean State Media acquires 103.7 FM, plans to move radio programming...
PROVIDENCE – Ocean State Media announced Wednesday it has solidified its radio presence in Rhode Island with the acquisition of 103.7 WEVI-FM from Audacy Inc.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the transaction...
Does Rhode Island have enough community news coverage?
In 2024 Rhode Island PBS and The Public’s Radio merged and recently offered voluntary buyouts to help cover cuts in federal funding.
In September, Sinclair...
BROKEN NEWS? Outlets in search of sustainable community journalism model
Tapping away at his laptop at the Rochambeau Library in Providence, Steve Ahlquist doesn’t look the part of a pioneer.
He began reporting on Rhode...
Nonprofits look to fill R.I. community news gaps
Rhode Islanders love their news but who they get it from is ever evolving as the industry wrestles with ongoing economic challenges and new...
RI PBS, The Public’s Radio avoid layoffs despite federal defunding
Rhode Island’s newly created public media entity will not lay off any employees, after enough workers opted to take voluntary buyouts, Pam Johnston, CEO...
R.I. PBS, The Public’s Radio offer buyouts, warn of layoffs due...
Staring down an estimated $1.1 million budget gap resulting from congressional defunding, Rhode Island’s recently merged public media entity is cutting staff — first on a...
Merged public TV, radio groups rebranding as Ocean State Media this...
PROVIDENCE – The state’s public TV and radio outlets will have a new name this fall.
Rhode Island Public Radio and Rhode Island PBS, which...
Pam Johnston picked to lead R.I.’s public media organization
PROVIDENCE – Pam Johnston, the former general manager at WGBH-TV PBS 2 in Boston, will serve as CEO and president of Rhode Island’s recently...
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