News Bites for Thursday, July 16…<\/p>\n
VuHaus Group has added California State University-Northridge adult alternative \u201cThe SoCal Sound\u201d KCSN (88.5) in Los Angeles as its newest affiliate, expanding the public media music network\u2019s national reach. The station\u2019s locally produced performance videos are now featured on the NPR Live Sessions website alongside content from other public media music outlets. Formed in 2014, VuHaus Group serves as public media\u2019s national content and sales network for music stations, helping showcase emerging and established artists to broader audiences. \u201cJoining VuHaus is an exciting milestone for The SoCal Sound,\u201d Program Director Marc \u201cMookie\u201d Kaczor said, noting the partnership will give the station\u2019s music video content a wider audience while bringing Southern California\u2019s music scene to public radio\u2019s collaborative video platform.The National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation (NAFB) has awarded $47,500 in scholarships to six college students pursuing degrees in agricultural communications. The recipients will be recognized during the NAFB Foundation Celebration Luncheon at the 83rd NAFB Convention on Nov. 18 in Kansas City. Since its founding in 1977, the foundation has provided more than $1 million in scholarships and internship grants to support future farm broadcasters. \u201cThese scholarships… help invest in the next generation of farm broadcasters,\u201d NAFB Foundation President Meghan Grebner said, noting the awards are made possible through support from members and corporate partners. The foundation also funds internship grants, continuing education, and marketing and research initiatives to strengthen the farm broadcasting profession.
\n New York Public Radio\u2019s WNYC and the Gothamist newsroom will launch a five-part live community event series examining New York City\u2019s affordability crisis, with each discussion recorded for later broadcast across WNYC-AM\/FM (820\/93.9). Titled \u201cIn Conversation: The Affordability Series,\u201d the events will be held in each of the five boroughs between July and November, focusing on food access, housing, childcare, healthcare and transportation. The series opens July 21 in Brooklyn with a panel on rising food costs and SNAP benefits featuring WNYC reporters, community advocates, local business leaders and city officials. \u201cIt is our public service mission to provide listeners with rigorous, fact-based reporting about the issues impacting NY communities,\u201d Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Clary said, adding the discussions are intended to foster understanding and inspire solutions to challenges affecting New Yorkers.Relevant Radio has expanded its digital audio offerings with the launch of a 24\/7 contemporary Christian music channel available exclusively through its free mobile app. The new stream follows the debut of the network\u2019s Sacred Music channel last year and features a mix of Christian and Catholic artists, including TobyMac, Lauren Daigle, MercyMe, Matt Maher and Sarah Kroger. At least 20% of the playlist is dedicated to Catholic performers, while listeners can also access Relevant Radio\u2019s live talk programming with a tap inside the app. \u201cI desire to provide an impactful platform for other Catholics to have a place they can turn to for wholesome, upbeat songs,\u201d Music Director Jake Moore said, calling the new channel a ministry designed to strengthen faith through music.Baltimore Public Media news\/talk WYPR (88.1) will expand its locally produced interview program \u201cPass the Mic\u201d to a weekly, 30-minute show beginning in September, supported by a grant from the T. Rowe Price Foundation. Since relaunching in February, the program has showcased conversations with Baltimore artists, community leaders and civic innovators on topics including culture, public health, housing and equity. \u201cPass the Mic reflects what public media does best: creating space for meaningful conversations and connecting communities through storytelling,\u201d Baltimore Public Media President and CEO Craig Swagler said. Airing Tuesdays at 7:30pm, the show is part of WYPR\u2019s effort to amplify local voices while deepening its service to the Baltimore community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Bites for Thursday, July 16… VuHaus Group has added California State University-Northridge adult alternative \u201cThe SoCal Sound\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,4975,157,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-529702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}