<html><body>Thank you, Rick. --beth <br /><br /><blockquote><br />----- Original Message -----<br /><div style="width:500px;background:rgb(228,228,228);"><div style="font-weight:bold;">From:</div> "Mitch Clogg" <mitchc@mcn.org></div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">To:</div><kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</div>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:38:24 -0800<br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</div>Re: [Kzyxtalk] NPR's All Things Considered<br /><br /><br /><div class="moz-cite-prefix">Why are people so reluctant to cop to
liking stuff on public radio? NPR, Public Radio International,
Canada radio and a slew of others put superb stuff in the air. My
main station is JPR. It's out of Ashland and beams here on AM 1300.
The signal gets dirty at sundown. I have to drag myself away,
every day.<br /><br />
Mitch Clogg<br />
Mendocino<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
On 2/18/2014 8:10 PM, Rick wrote:<br /></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3">And now for something
completely different:</font></div>
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The subject of NPR's "All Things Considered" (ATC) on KZYX is
an old, old worn discussion around here in Ruralland, but I
would like to bring it up for discussion if anyone is <font face="Arial">interested</font><font face="Arial" size="3">.
Unfortunately, I think Beth is right; there are probably only
about 8 of us on this list and half of them are just just
station lurkers or trolls, but I feel strongly about this
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">I happen to like ATC.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, not a popular stance, but there
you have it. I like the international coverage and some of
the science stories I find really interesting and
entertaining. Can ATC be lame? You bet it can. Sometimes I
just have to cringe at the fluff stories and human interest
filler, but I am willing to put up with the duds to get the
occasional good story and their good stories can be very,
very good. </span></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3">The argument against ATC is not
so much how lame it can be, but how much it costs the
station. I believe the bill is about 60k a year, but I could
be wrong. Maybe someone can give an accurate figure. Anyway,
the new slot at 6 pm with PRI's "The World" I think is quite
good and it complements ATC perfectly by going into some of
the international stories in a deeper way. The PRI show must
be much, much cheaper and even might be free. I don't know.
Anyway, I think it is really good. My only </font><font face="Arial">criticism</font><font face="Arial" size="3"> of
The World is that it is heavily weighted towards interviews
and talking heads rather than on the ground stories. </font></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Two reasons for not
getting rid of ATC to me would be: The international
reportage, but perhaps more importantly, many of the donors
to the station contribute because of ATC. Cut ATC and lose a
lot of listeners as well as a lot of station revenue. I
don't want to see ATC go, but can we afford to keep it and
if we dumped it, would the loss in revenue from loyal donors
negate the savings?<br /></span></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Rick</span></div>
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