Non Commercial stations

[e-dawg]

I notice the pattern of most noncomerical public stations, besides the Jesuscasters stations i.e. KLOVE, CSN, Family Radio etc... majority of the public radio have these formats.

1. NPR News/Talk
2. Classical
3. Jazz
4. AAA or Folk Music
5. Local or Indie (Alternative) Music

 

[kc1ih]

And your point is???

Yes, one reason we have non-commercial stations is to have programming that the commercial stations, for whatever reason, will not or do not have.

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

1. NPR News/Talk
2. Classical
3. Jazz
4. AAA or Folk Music
5. Local or Indie (Alternative) Music

Is this academic exercise the crowning achievement of your life? ;D

Do you think your list is much longer than the list most of us would have jotted down if we tackled the task?

Did you expect to find that there are 43 different programming generes being generated but it turns out there are only 5?

You lumped the religious side of non commercial broadcasting into one "set it over here out of the way" bag.

Has it dawned on you that there may be 10 to 18 formats in religious content alone?

 

[reelyreal]

Agreed on the religious thing, it's like when people say "Spanish" is a format.

 

[quadraphonic]

There are waaaaaay more stations with an English format. Why can't there be more variety in formats? [shakes raised fists toward FCC headquarters]

 

[FredLeonard]

There are also a few "nostalgia/standards" public radio stations.

Probably the most common format in number of stations (although those tend to be smaller markets) is (for lack of a better term) "Variety" or the so-called tent-poles format. NPR News in morning and afternoon drive, classical music in between, jazz in the evening, plus some other odds and ends.

Quad: Why the raised fist toward FCC headquarters? The problem is not enough formats, it's not enough stations. And both AM and FM bands are already too crowded. Besides, every format imaginable is available on the Internet. Which is why Internet radio will supplant terrestrial radio, just as Internet book stores supplanted brick and mortar bookstores.

 

[TheBigA]

Why can't there be more variety in formats? [shakes raised fists toward FCC headquarters]

Many years ago, we decided that government involvement in formats treads on the 1st amendment.

 

[quadraphonic]

I was using "English" as a format like some people use "Spanish" as a format, like reelyreal said.
My *ahem* *alleged*fist shaking was n ot really about the format itself, but just the way-too-broad lack-of-definition of a format that's broadness reduces it to uselessness, even silliness.
Yeah, I know the FCC doesn't control the formats. After making a ridiculous format description like "English," shaking my fist at the FCC would just seem to be a natural response for someone like that.
Yall tell me you weren't taking that seerus?

 

[wrsg915fm]

Don't forget both high school and college radio stations, which don't necessarily belong to any group, NPR or otherwise. BTW, "Variety" is the name of the game. I wish I could stream WRSG so you would know what I'm talking about.