[Kzyxtalk] NPR's All Things Considered

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Thank you, Rick. --beth 

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From: "Mitch Clogg" 
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Sent:Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:38:24 -0800
Subject:Re: [Kzyxtalk] NPR's All Things Considered

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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