There is software that will scan comments for certain words and phrases however to really police a website requires human eyes. So the degree of policing determines how feasible it might be to keep rude comments off of your site.
I think that the resource of LARadio.com to keep the people in the business and those who love the medium informed is worthy of our support. I fully realize, and very personally so, that in these times of economic stress that we all don't have $40.00 for everything that might appeal to us so we must make a hard decision on the personal value derived from our expenditures.
Perhaps Don may not be able to continue at all, it requires a lot of time and effort besides the costs of bandwidth and hosting. If he can not ultimately go on then another valuable resource will fall but it won't be the only one and it has a lot of company in recent times.
An aside: I was initially an "All Things Considered" fan as well having been employed at a contributing station in Ohio. This was back at the beginning and at the time, at least in my area there was nothing else comparable. There was no CSPAN, and Cable Television was still mainly a means to improve reception for isolated areas or smaller cities without local stations. Way back then Rush was still in the future and Larry King was under suspicion of fraud and larceny in Miami. Now NPR and it's programming has a lot of competition but much of it as good as what once was in the first years of NPR.
But most of the radio programing on a national level at least is not that much two way either. When was the last time that you heard them toss a topic onto the table and open the phones. In my opinion that is largely due to the mega egos of many hosts as well as the simple fact that the most of the listener commentary that I do hear is kind of sophomoric, at best, or outright idiocy , at worst. So when I wish to get some picture of the national sentiments I look to commentary attached to publications and their letters to the editor. And sadly a lot of that lacks insight and cognitive effort as well.
I think that the resource of LARadio.com to keep the people in the business and those who love the medium informed is worthy of our support. I fully realize, and very personally so, that in these times of economic stress that we all don't have $40.00 for everything that might appeal to us so we must make a hard decision on the personal value derived from our expenditures.
Perhaps Don may not be able to continue at all, it requires a lot of time and effort besides the costs of bandwidth and hosting. If he can not ultimately go on then another valuable resource will fall but it won't be the only one and it has a lot of company in recent times.
An aside: I was initially an "All Things Considered" fan as well having been employed at a contributing station in Ohio. This was back at the beginning and at the time, at least in my area there was nothing else comparable. There was no CSPAN, and Cable Television was still mainly a means to improve reception for isolated areas or smaller cities without local stations. Way back then Rush was still in the future and Larry King was under suspicion of fraud and larceny in Miami. Now NPR and it's programming has a lot of competition but much of it as good as what once was in the first years of NPR.
But most of the radio programing on a national level at least is not that much two way either. When was the last time that you heard them toss a topic onto the table and open the phones. In my opinion that is largely due to the mega egos of many hosts as well as the simple fact that the most of the listener commentary that I do hear is kind of sophomoric, at best, or outright idiocy , at worst. So when I wish to get some picture of the national sentiments I look to commentary attached to publications and their letters to the editor. And sadly a lot of that lacks insight and cognitive effort as well.