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Comparing Public Radio Stations, And What They Offer.

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Mark_Giardina

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Thanks to internet streaming, I’m able to listen to a number of public radio stations across the state and I found it very interesting how diverse the programming is from one station to another.

Granted most public stations will carry NPR news at the top of the hour, which is good considering the professional quality of that news organization, plus the fact I like to be updated and informed on what is going on. Some stations will even insert local news outside of morning and afternoon drive, which is even better considering that a majority of commercial radio stations have dumped news entirely.

For example WBFO’s format of jazz and NPR news is quite entertaining, while in Albany WAMC carries a program called “The Roundtable”, which is a talk show-feature type program that raises some interesting topics.

I find myself listening to these stations during midday’s because, to be honest, I’ve grown tired of the Diane Rehm Show based out of Washington D C, which is carried over WXXI.

As I’ve mentioned to Bob Smith on numerous occasions, the smart thing for WXXI to do is carry his local talk show from 10am until Noon, then air the Rehm show from Noon to 2pm to counter program Lonsberry on WHAM. Or better yet just dump the Diane Rehm program altogether and replace it with something else. The network and major affiliates have plenty of shows to offer.

As for internet streaming, WXXI’s webmaster needs to work on that because I’ve tried numerous times to stream WXXI on my computer at work and just end up with a series of ads for local banks and nothing else.




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I have mixed feelings about Internet streaming. I'm thankful for it because I have access to programming that I'd never hear in this limited market. Otoh, it saddens me that local talk and music radio is so bad I have to go elsewhere. May I recommend programming from Pacifica stations such as WBAI in New York. Also KPFA out of CA.
Bob Smith's program is quite good. Is it archived anywhere?

> Thanks to internet streaming, I’m able to listen to a number
> of public radio stations across the state and I found it
> very interesting how diverse the programming is from one
> station to another.
>
> Granted most public stations will carry NPR news at the top
> of the hour, which is good considering the professional
> quality of that news organization, plus the fact I like to
> be updated and informed on what is going on. Some stations
> will even insert local news outside of morning and afternoon
> drive, which is even better considering that a majority of
> commercial radio stations have dumped news entirely.
>

>
> I find myself listening to these stations during midday’s
> because, to be honest, I’ve grown tired of the Diane Rehm
> Show based out of Washington D C, which is carried over
> WXXI.
>
> As I’ve mentioned to Bob Smith on numerous occasions, the
> smart thing for WXXI to do is carry his local talk show from
> 10am until Noon, then air the Rehm show from Noon to 2pm to
> counter program Lonsberry on WHAM. Or better yet just dump
> the Diane Rehm program altogether and replace it with
> something else. The network and major affiliates have plenty
> of shows to offer.

>
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>> Bob Smith's program is quite good. Is it archived anywhere?
>
>
My frustration is that I'm unable to listen during the day, and WXXI's signal is unatainable for me at night, even though I only live 16 miles from downtown Rochester.
I think they re-broadcast Mr. Smith's program at night, but alas, I can;t pull it in.
 
> Bob Smith's program is quite good. Is it archived anywhere?

Thanks for the kind words.

As of now, we keep at our studios a pretty complete archive of the show on CD dating back to the end of 2001, and a DAT archive of the program for the years 1998-2001. We do furnish CD copies of individual hours which originally aired from 2001 onward to those who request and purchase them. We also have analog tapes (not all of them in good-quality audio, but all of them at least listenable) of maybe 100 hours of selected shows of historic interest which originally aired between 1988 and 1998. So we have the raw material to build an archive that's accessible online.

But what we don't have at this point is space on our web servers to hold the archived hours so you can download or listen online. An hour of decent-quality audio takes up a sizable amount of hard drive real estate, and a good representative selection of both recent programs and classics that online listeners could hear at their leisure would require a major expansion of our online-accessible data storage facilities. Eventually this will happen, it's in our long term plans. But the finishing touches on our studio rebuild, and then the retrofit of our AM and FM radio transmitter plants to transmit IBOC digital signals, are tops on our tech staff's to-do list right now. So it could be a few years before we can purchase and install the facilities to enable us to offer an extensive online archive of locally produced programs.
 
> Thanks to internet streaming, I’m able to listen to a number
> of public radio stations across the state and I found it
> very interesting how diverse the programming is from one
> station to another.

One of the best resources to know what's on where and when in public radio -- both here in the USA and elsewhere -- is the Public Radio Fan website, http://www.publicradiofan.com.

You can search by program, station, location.

Richard / Allentown, PA (ex-East Aurora, NY)
 
However, Bob's program is streamed (http://www.wxxi.org) and you can listen on
your computer - noontime version or evening rebroadcast, no radio necessary.

The MailDude

> >> Bob Smith's program is quite good. Is it archived
> anywhere?
> >
> >
> My frustration is that I'm unable to listen during the
> day, and WXXI's signal is unatainable for me at night, even
> though I only live 16 miles from downtown Rochester.
> I think they re-broadcast Mr. Smith's program at night,
> but alas, I can;t pull it in.
>
 
> >> Bob Smith's program is quite good. Is it archived
> anywhere?
> >
> >
> My frustration is that I'm unable to listen during the
> day, and WXXI's signal is unatainable for me at night, even
> though I only live 16 miles from downtown Rochester.
> I think they re-broadcast Mr. Smith's program at night,
> but alas, I can;t pull it in.
>


http://wxxi.org/media/media.html

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I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them".</P>
 
> However, Bob's program is streamed (http://www.wxxi.org) and
> you can listen on
> your computer - noontime version or evening rebroadcast, no
> radio necessary.
>
> The MailDude

Thanks for the info, but I don't have a computer at home, and so I do all my posting on the one they provide me at work.
Whoops,..did I just say that? ...Tell me I didn't just say that!!
>
>
 
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