WETA unveils survival strategies to offset $9M in lost federal funds

Less than a month after WETA lost the taxpayer grants it had received for 50+ years, the station is going public with its ...
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WETA cuts 5% of workforce, cancels three local television programs

WETA in Washington, D.C., has eliminated 21 staff positions and canceled three TV shows as it looks to cut $4.4 million in spending for this fiscal year. CEO Sharon Rockefeller announced the ...
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Shirlington’s WETA faces multimillion-dollar cuts after Congress slashes public broadcasting

Tough times are ahead for WETA, the Shirlington-based producer of the “PBS News Hour” and other public programming, following millions of dollars in federal funding cuts. Congress’s decision to ...
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John Wilson, former chief programmer for PBS and SVP for WETA, dies at 62

John F. Wilson, a programming executive who helped shape public TV’s national schedule through leadership positions at PBS and WETA in Washington, D.C., died Nov. 24 at his home. He was 62. Wilson was ...
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THINKING NATION PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC MEDIA BROADCASTER WETA TO MAKE HISTORICAL THINKING RESOURCES AVAILABLE WITH THE RELEASE OF GREAT MIGRATIONS: A ...

New Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Docuseries Tells the Story of African American Movement Over the Last Two Centuries; Thinking Nation Resources Support Educators in Teaching Social Studies as a ...