NPR cancels Talk of the Nation, pairs with WBUR in bid to bolster middays
Posted: April, 03, 2013
By Ben Mook and Mike Janssen
Radio programs
Long Island psychic finds radio audience eager for forecasts
Posted: April, 22, 2013
By Mike Janssen
Planet Money crowdfunder soars, PRI campaign falls short of goal
Posted: May, 16, 2013
By Andrew Lapin
Mapping the places where ‘music is made all the time’
Posted: April, 18, 2013
By Mike Janssen
Drop the stuffy presentation style for classical radio and the format will thrive
Posted: March 14, 2013To the Editors, I read Ben Mook’s Feb. 11 piece about the de-commercialization of classical radio with a mixture of sadness and muted happiness. The fact that the attrition has slowed is indeed a positive, but the stubborn misconception that … Continue reading
Pubradio backs musical acts at SXSW festival
Posted: March 12, 2013Public radio will be well-represented at the musical portion of the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, March 13–16. The NPR Music showcase March 13 will feature the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing new songs from their forthcoming album … Continue reading
The name needs revamping, but podcasts are here to stay
Posted: March 12, 2013If you’re a public radio station without a plan for how to take advantage of the remarkably flexible and creative platform of podcasting — a platform that leverages your existing skills better than anything else in new media — you need to think again. Continue reading
POV and StoryCorps each receive $1 million from MacArthur Foundation
Posted: March 11, 2013American Documentary, home to PBS’s independent film showcase POV, and StoryCorps, the oral history project heard on NPR, are each receiving $1 million from the MacArthur Foundation’s latest round of Awards for Creative and Effective Institutions. The grants, awarded to … Continue reading
Wits to deliver 10 new episodes this season for nationwide carriage
Posted: February 28, 2013The fourth season of the Minnesota Public Radio-produced St. Paul variety show Wits, which piloted as an MPR-only broadcast, will be the first debuting in national distribution. All MPR News stations carry the show, as well as “more than a … Continue reading
POV, StoryCorps get $1 million each from MacArthur Foundation
Posted: February 28, 2013American Documentary, home to PBS’s independent film showcase POV, and StoryCorps, the oral history project heard on NPR, are each receiving $1 million as recipients of the latest round of MacArthur Foundation Awards for Creative and Effective Institutions, announced today. … Continue reading
Live story-telling, Radio Ambulante–style
Posted: February 27, 2013In what may have been a first in live storytelling, close to 200 people listened to tales of Latin America performed with subtitles during a Feb. 5 benefit for Radio Ambulante. Continue reading