MPB representative: Private, corporate funding critical to giving Mississippians info
If you asked the average Mississippian to name all of Mississippi’s state agencies, Henry Williams has a pretty good idea which entity would be a stumper.
Our View: Mississippi needs MPB
At the end of last year’s session, the Mississippi Legislature approved a $6.1 million budget for Mississippi Public Broadcasting, a state agency that operates a statewide network of television and radio stations.
Kardos to appear on ‘Mississippi Arts Hour’ today
Mississippi State University Associate Professor of English Michael Kardos will be the featured guest today for “Mississippi Arts Hour” on Mississippi Public Broadcasting radio.
Paul Thorn brings the gospel to MPB Monday
There’s always been a healthy hint of gospel in Paul Thorn’s signature brand of roots-rock, but earlier this year, the Tupelo area native released his first true gospel album, “Don’t Let the Devil Ride.”
Cooking for TV: Starkville teen’s cooking show premieres on MPB May 5
Mark Coblentz spent this past Monday afternoon like a lot of high school guys — at spring football practice. Like plenty of boys, he likes to hunt and hang out with friends. But how many 15-year-olds have their own cooking show on television? Mark does.
Mississippi governor’s budget has free community college
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is recommending that the state spend $7 million in the coming year to provide free community college for an unspecified number of students.
St. John-Waters show on MPB tonight features MSU, Starkville
Two home-grown masters of food and art visit Mississippi State and Starkville in a television program airing tonight.
Having their voices heard
Reagan Poston said reading her prose pieces aloud for Mississippi Public Broadcasting was like being published in a “verbal publication.”
EMCC students featured on MPB
English students from East Mississippi Community College will be featured on Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s Rural Voices Radio program this week.
Friendship Cemetery featured on ‘Mississippi Roads’
When Mississippi Public Television’s “Mississippi Roads” chose a theme of historic cemeteries for its weekly travel series, a visit to Columbus was an obvious choice.
MSMS students featured on Rural Voices Radio
This week, two students from the Mississippi School for Math and Science read poems they wrote on “Rural Voices Radio,” a Mississippi Public Broadcasting program.
Tune into MPB’s new ‘Next Stop, Mississippi’ every Friday
JACKSON — On Friday, Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s Think Radio launched a new weekly radio program about Mississippi tourism attractions and events. “Next Stop, Mississippi” —