Idaho Public Television in the News

Idaho Public Television lays off 2 staffers Two employees were laid off and an open position will remain unfilled in order to help the agency meet a 7.5% cut to its current fiscal year budget.
Idaho Statesman 10/1/2009

State capitol reporters recognized Awards for the best statehouse reporting in the country celebrated the work of both old and new forms of journalism. Idaho Public Television was among the distinguished winners.
Stateline.org 8/25/2009

I Want My PBS Boise viewer finds there's art - and a roof antenna - involved in getting DTV reception at his house.
Boise Weekly 7/22/2009

Public television is a bargain, and it enhances life in Idaho IdahoPTV General Manager Peter Morrill argues for continued state financial support of public television, stating, "There are few other state-funded programs that touch as many Idaho taxpayers each day as Idaho Public Television does."
Idaho Statesman 7/12/2009

PBS grandfathers sectarian shows In a compromise with the few pubTV stations that carry religious programming, the PBS Board voted June 16 to allow them to keep their PBS membership without dropping the shows.
Current 6/22/2009

PBS allows KBYU to continue 'sectarian' content Thou shalt air only "nonsectarian" shows may be a tenet of public television, but PBS leadership on Tuesday chiselled in an exception that will allow Brigham Young University's KBYU to keep broadcasting Mormon devotionals while hanging on to PBS staples like the NewsHour and NOVA.
Salt Lake Tribune 6/17/2009

Digital delay The digital television transition is imminent, again. After the Feb. 17 reprieve, the public has had almost four months to get a new television or a converter box hooked up. But many are still unprepared.
Boise Weekly 6/10/2009

Digital TV transition happens Friday Public safety agencies and wireless companies will take over the analog spectrum being vacated by television broadcasters.
Idaho Mountain Express 6/9/2009

New servers, not separate feeds, will handle PBS time-zone delays CPB will buy servers for 73 public TV stations in the Central and Mountain time zones to enable them to record PBS satellite feeds and delay them an hour, two hours or longer until broadcast time rolls around.
Current 6/8/2009

Idaho Public Television manager talks to House committee about digital transition Peter Morrill, who is general manager of Idaho Public Television, represented public television stations nationwide when he spoke about digital transition issues to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce last week.
Idaho Statesman 4/2/2009

House Eyes DTV Converter Box, Reception Concerns DTV-to-analog converter box availability and reception issues dominated the second panel of a House DTV transition oversight hearing Thursday. IdahoPTV GM Peter Morrill says government help is needed to cover hard-to-reach places.
Multichannel News 3/26/2009

Feds should help stations back on the air Unrealistic FCC deadlines and state budget woes could hamper IdahoPTV's efforts to fill gaps in its digital television signal.
Idaho Statesman 3/25/2009

Digital Sesame Street? Not for some IPTV viewers Legislative budget committee turns down the station's request for $150,000 for digital translators.
Idaho Statesman 3/24/2009

IPTV and Digital Holes If you live in Emmett, Idaho City, or along the Boise Front, enjoy your Sesame Street and Charlie Rose now, they may soon disappear.
Boise State Radio 3/24/2009

Eye On Boise: JFAC rejects public TV matching money Joint budget committee turns down funds to match federal grant that would have been used to provide digital TV translators in rural areas.
Spokane Spokesman-Review 3/23/2009

Idaho Votes to Let Public TV Areas Go Dark JFAC refuses to fund money for translator stations to provide public television for areas with 'holes' in digital television coverage.
NewWest.net 3/23/2009

Prospects get dimmer for Idaho Public Television digital-signal translators The legislative budget-writing committee rejected a proposed $150,000 in the IPTV budget to cover matching funds for federal grants for translators needed to carry IPTV's signal and cover the holes in digital coverage.
Idaho Statesman 3/23/2009

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