[Kzyxtalk] NPR's All Things Considered

[Mitch Clogg]

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.

Mitch Clogg
Mendocino




On 2/18/2014 8:10 PM, Rick wrote:
> And now for something completely different:
>
> 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 interested. 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 subject.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 criticism of The World is that it is heavily weighted towards 
> interviews and talking heads rather than on the ground stories.
>
> 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?
>
> Rick
> Little River
>

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