Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Grant A $359,600 grant was awarded to public media distributor PRX for a pilot that will enable 30 public media stations to access Dovetail for free. Dovetail, PRX’s digital platform, currently supports hundreds of podcasts, including more than 150 from radio stations nationwide.
Public media stations participating in the pilot will test Dovetail’s impact on audience engagement and station commentary.
PRX’s Dovetail enables public media stations and content producers to deliver audio content to audiences across all on-demand podcast platforms, provide real-time audience data and metrics, manage dynamic ad serving, identify underwriting and fundraising opportunities, and easily integrate with existing technology.
“CPB is committed to investing in innovative technologies that allow us to expand our reach and provide the American people with trustworthy content that is important to their lives now and into the future,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison.
“Public media needs its own shared platform and services to ensure universal and equitable access, efficient operations, innovation and collaboration,” said Kerri Hoffman, CEO of PRX. “PRX’s Dovetail is the infrastructure that can connect the dots. We’re proud to Being able to work with great stations across the country and grateful to CPB for their support.
Dovetail from PRX is used and trusted by PBS as well as GBH, KERA, WUNC, WAMU, WWNO and more, including Pulitzer and Peabody Award-winning producers whose podcasts and digital audio are heard by millions .
About Prix
Founded for more than 20 years as a nonprofit public media company, PRX partners with leading independent creators, organizations and stations to bring meaningful audio stories into the lives of millions of listeners.
PRX is one of the world’s top podcast publishers, public broadcast distributors and audio producers, serving as an innovation engine for public media and podcasts, helping shape the vibrant future of creative and journalistic audio.
Programming for PRX’s broadcast production, podcast partners and its Radiotopia network has been recognized by the Peabody Awards, Tribeca Festival, International Documentary Association, National Magazine Awards and Pulitzer Prizes. access PRX.org learn more.
About CPB
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, not-for-profit corporation authorized by Congress in 1967 to manage federal investments in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,500 locally managed and operated public television and radio stations across the country.
CPB is also the largest single source of funding for research, technology and project development in public radio, television and related online services. For more information
