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Todd Stacy will contract with APT for six months while the station begins a full job search for Don Dailey's replacement.

On Thursday, April 9, the Business Council of Alabama (BCA) presented the Small Business Exchange on Alabama Public Television (APT). This event, designed to help small businesses walking through the process of applying for federal stimulus funding under the CARES Act, allowed small businesses throughout the state the opportunity to speak to experts on a … Continued

The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) will present the Small Business Exchange on Alabama Public Television (APT) Thursday night, an event designed to help small businesses apply for federal stimulus funding under the new CARES Act. In partnership with APT, BCA will bring together experts in business, banking, accounting and law to answer phone calls … Continued

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will join the Alabama Bicentennial Commission on Friday to kick off Alabama’s bicentennial year countdown. Alabama officially became the nation’s 22nd state on December 14, 1819. In one year, on December 14, 2019, Alabama will celebrate its 200th anniversary as a state. Gov. Ivey will mark the occasion with an Alabama … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, April 14 the Alabama Senate passed SB179 the Education Trust Fund budget with the unified support of both political parties 33 to 0. The budget included an additional $13.5 million increase for the state’s voluntary Pre-K program.  State Senator Cam Ward (R from Alabaster) said on Twitter, “Al … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— In June, APT executive director Allan Pizzato and chief financial officer Pauline Howland were terminated from their positions. The firestorm that ensued portrayed Pizzato and Howland as victims of religious fanatics that had taken control of the Alabama Education Television Commission (AETC) the governing body of APT. From … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Lavish travel, expensive toys, high priced studios, cronyism and a flagrant disregard for employees is the legacy of former Alabama Public Television CEO Allan Pizzato, according to current and former APT employees. Far from the tortured liberal martyr hung on the cross of religious zealotry, Pizzato was a man … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—From July 2011 until January 2012 the state’s iconic political television Capitol Journal was dark. That all changed when two weeks before the opening of the 2012 Legislative Session, Don Dailey said, “Welcome to ‘Capitol Journal.’” Veteran radio journalist Don Dailey has become the face of “Capitol Journal,” interviewing … Continued