PMD #11: Enfoque Nacional is getting digitized, SPJ awards, OPTV tower update and CPR Classical expands its reach.

Public Media Daily

A brand new week is here and with it, a brand new week of Public Media Daily episodes. Call this one Episode #11 if you're keeping track. Highlights from Friday-Sunday, April 27th-29th include...

1) NPR's Research, Archives and Data Strategy (RAD) unit will soon digitize "Enfoque Nacional," NPR's first-ever Spanish-language program, thanks to an almost $37,000 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

2) Public radio stations winning awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

3) Abigail Beckman will be the new local host for "Morning Edition" on 91.5 KRCC Colorado Springs.

4) An update on the Ozarks Public Television (OPTV) transmitter tower situation.

5) Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) will be conducting some maintenance on four of its stations during the month of May.

6) Colorado Public Radio (CPR) has expanded its reach of CPR Classical to the Fort Range and into Northern Colorado for the first time in a decade.

7) Technical problems include: WCNY-TV 24 Syracuse and CPR both conducting maintenance again over the weekend.

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