The theme of this year's Public Radio Collaboration (Nov. 1-9) is democracy in America.

WRYR in Churchton, Md., one of the first low-power FM stations to go on the air, is "definitely starting to catch on," says founder Mike Shay in the Baltimore Sun.

Frontline's cameras will not record jury deliberations in the capital murder trial of 17-year-old Cedric Harrison. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday issued its opinion in the controversial proposal. (Reports in today's Houston Chronicle and New York Times.)

Public radio stations will have their first chance in five years to file for translators on non-reserved FM frequencies. The FCC window is March 10-14 (release in PDF, text and Word formats). Communications attorney John Crigler believes this means the FCC will soon decide--possibly before the window opens--how to handle situations in which commercial and noncommercial broadcasters vie for the same frequency.

There's no escape from rant media: a Washington Post feature on "nasty name calling, vindictive invective and unrelenting venting" doesn't mention cross-channel exchanges between PBS's Bill Moyers and Bill O'Reilly of Fox News.

Willing to give up your modern, interconnected lifestyle and experience life as it was in the American colonies? Producers of Colonial House, a PBS series that goes into production this June, are accepting online applications.

The reds of Nazi banners and congealed blood, "oranges of flame-throwers and of the explosions caused by kamikaze pilots" bring emotional immediacy to The Perilous Fight, a World War II documentary debuting on PBS stations tonight, writes a New York Times reviewer. "[I]t provides views of World War II that few besides those who actually fought have ever seen," recommends a Los Angeles Times critic.

Forum, a talk show on San Francisco's KQED-FM, celebrates its tenth anniversary this week. Host Michael Krasny, who also teaches English lit, says his goal is "to bring discourse up, bottom line."

Jonathan Mitchell, producer of public radio's Shades of Gray, chats tonight (Tues., Feb. 11) on the website of the Association of Independents in Radio. Not last night. Sorry.

Pacifica's revenues are rising, but it will have to cut wages and may be in debt for another two years, reports Executive Director Dan Coughlin.