Essential Public Media's Music Partnership

Essential Public Media is joining in a partnership to ZooBeats to schools in the Pittsburgh area. ZooBeats is an animal themed music education tool developed by WYEP. The experience allows children to make music intuitively. There's also a financial partnership created by the project. The ZooBeats project receives funding from the Sprout Fund and PNC Bank.

WESA Names Midday Host

WESA, Essential Public Media...formerly WDUQ...has a new midday host. Paul Guggenheimer will host "Essential Pittsburgh." "Essential Pittsburgh" will air Monday through Friday at noon. A start date has not been announced.
There's more information in PostGazette.com.
Guggenheimer is currently hosting "Dakota Midday" for South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Progress on Sale of WDUQ

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported progress toward the sale of WDUQ to Essential Public Media.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11123/1143689-67.stm

• Essential Public Media plans to file the FCC ownership documents within 30 days
• July 1 target date of taking over operations at WDUQ
• EPM plans to meet with Pittsburgh Jazz Lives
• A management team is will be in place soon

Plus, EPM is getting help from The Richard King Mellon Foundation in form of a $1.5 million grant.

You can read more in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. 

WDUQ Deal Delayed

The headline in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on the 16th makes the delay seem dire. It reads WDUQ sale stalls over final details. But, if you scroll down you'll find out the deal is far from dead. "Both sides met Friday, but a few details remain to be completed, said WYEP board chair Marco Cardamone. Mr. Cardamone said the asset purchase agreement should be completed by next week."

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11106/1139778-53.stm#ixzz1JtPTflYl