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Does anybody know if all the shifts are live, or do they VT?
 
Not sure...You probably could call and find out. Sounds very live.
 
Several months ago there was a big to-do about the Jazz Show being voice tracked as a budget cutback did not allow for a live body being there overnight.

In Alabama, they have many of the Troy State Public Radio stations with the probramming being the same, with the individual stations being merely repeaters of a sort. Considering that the people who listen to Classical Music are not calling in for contests, I often have wondered about what is the point of multiple 'DJs' at various public radio stations across the state playing essentially the same music. Could the average listener know or care whether they are hearing Beethoven or Mozart or 'new releases' from St. Martin in the Fields? If taxpayer supported budgets are tight, having a Florida Public Radio Network do the music programming would be a practical move.

Public Radio ought to be broadcasting that which is not available on commercial radio. Long Form news certainly fits this definition. So does _some_ classical music, though why it dominates the broadcast day is questionable. Why Jazz has to be on only late at night and why only one brand is generally played (no dixieland) is a bit of a question that the powers that be at WUSF probably have never asked their public they serve. WUFT used to run clasic radio drama on Sunday nights, which is another niche not really served on commercial radio.
 
SCMcKinney said:
Several months ago there was a big to-do about the Jazz Show being voice tracked as a budget cutback did not allow for a live body being there overnight.

In Alabama, they have many of the Troy State Public Radio stations with the probramming being the same, with the individual stations being merely repeaters of a sort. Considering that the people who listen to Classical Music are not calling in for contests, I often have wondered about what is the point of multiple 'DJs' at various public radio stations across the state playing essentially the same music. Could the average listener know or care whether they are hearing Beethoven or Mozart or 'new releases' from St. Martin in the Fields? If taxpayer supported budgets are tight, having a Florida Public Radio Network do the music programming would be a practical move.

Public Radio ought to be broadcasting that which is not available on commercial radio. Long Form news certainly fits this definition. So does _some_ classical music, though why it dominates the broadcast day is questionable. Why Jazz has to be on only late at night and why only one brand is generally played (no dixieland) is a bit of a question that the powers that be at WUSF probably have never asked their public they serve. WUFT used to run clasic radio drama on Sunday nights, which is another niche not really served on commercial radio.
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As of 3 weeks ago, WUFT 89.1 and repeater WJUF- 90.1-Inverness were still running their classic radio show on Sunday evenings from 8 - 10 pm; they do stream that program and one of the biggest supporters are a couple from St. Petersburg that always seem to be phoning in. (the program encourages callers to request shows to be aired the following Sunday). That classic radio show (which includes comedies as well as dramas has been on the air over 30 plus years, it started on their AM station; WRUF 850.)

There are many combinations and differences nationwide in Public Radio; in Columbus,Oh WOSU fm is mostly music and WOSU AM is all news and talk programs.

Then some states such as Georgia, Wisconsin, Minnesota and others have a state wide chain of stations; it would be more economical and I wouldn't be surprised if eventually Florida does this. Up until about 6 or 7 years ago, 90.1 in Ft Myers and WUSF simulcasted, but when USF Ft Myers became Gulf Coast University that changed.

Other public stations in Florida have little or no jazz of any sort and overnights are either Classical or BBC World Service.

I don't care for jazz myself, but I'm glad that WUSF makes it available for those people that do like jazz; I believe WUSF fills several niches and I have no complaints.

drt
 
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