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WGBH and WBUR

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Now that their schedules seem similar (don't quote me, just so it seems) I was wondering which station that you generally prefer. I automatically think of WBUR first. I just wondered which station you are likely to listen to when you looking for NPR.
 
Where I live, about 28 miles due north of Boston, WBUR and WGBH come in almost equally well (WBUR's pattern shows 1.000 at zero degrees, so I apparently receive as good a signal as Boston itself). Since I often tune to shows that are on WBUR exclusively ("On Point" or "Here and Now"), my home radio is oftern already tuned to WBUR; in my car, the fact that the pushbutton is at arm's length makes it easier to flip. Between the end of the NPR news feed and the start of the next program, WBUR is more likely to have a local news insert, another plus.
 
I've been liking the changes on WGBH. Though there's duplication with WBUR, some of it unnecessary in my opinion, there are some good NPR/PRI programs that have been missing from the Boston airwaves. I've been listening to Diane Rehm everyday and it was nice to catch the Bob Edwards Weekend program that PRI produces from the SIRIUS/XM broadcasts during the week. I'll be tuning in tomorrow afternoon for the Rooney/Crossley block.

That said, I do wish 'GBH had found a way to keep the "Jazz Gallery" along with the folk and blues programming. I'll take Al Davis, Kevin Ball, and/or Ron Gill over Bob Parlocha any day of the week. Besides, I can't imagine weekend overnight announcers on a public radio outlet could have commanded much of an hourly rate.
 
the leapfrog mixing product on 88.5 south of blue hill is dosorienting (some of us spin knobs rather than use presets)

i guess its too much to ask them to start program playback at the same time, when theyre both carrying the same thing
 
WFNERBSHX said:
Al Davis, Kevin Ball, and/or Ron Gill over Bob Parlocha any day of the week. Besides, I can't imagine weekend overnight announcers on a public radio outlet could have commanded much of an hourly rate.
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al davis was on the other week in for steve schwarz or so

definitely we need a rolling thread or twitter account or something!
 
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