People
Post-‘Radiolab,’ Robert Krulwich plans many more experiments with storytelling
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The master of entertaining listeners while explaining complex topics is working with a “new mafia” of media creators.
Obituaries
Cokie Roberts, a ‘founding mother’ who helped define NPR’s political coverage, dies at 75
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“I don’t know how they’re going to find a church big enough to hold the mourners,” said Nina Totenberg, her friend and colleague.
Programs/Content
Minnesota’s community radio stations find unique niche for covering arts and culture
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Backing from a special tax-supported fund has allowed volunteer-powered stations to enhance their local programming.
People
Radio pioneer Larry Josephson turns to creative community for support
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“I have to ask my friends for help so I can keep on working and … producing,” says the man known as the “sage of independent producers.”
Programs/Content
Bill Littlefield, host who took ‘Only A Game’ far beyond the field, prepares to sign off
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A talented writer with a knack for getting at the human side of sports, Littlefield was always able to “capture a moment.”
Obituaries
Fans of Joe Frank remember the storyteller’s dark sonic magic
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The radio artist, who died Monday at 79, influenced many audio producers by expanding the medium’s potential as an art form.
Programs/Content
Former NPR host Neal Conan returns with serious show for public radio’s weekends
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“I needed to do something to address the moment that we’re in because I think it’s an absolutely critical time for the country,” Conan says.
People
NPR colleagues send off longtime engineer Manoli Wetherell
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A fellow engineer credits Wetherell with “creating NPR’s signature sound in thousands of mixes, often on deadline and many done live.”
Programs/Content
Columbia University acquires archival recordings of Bob Fass’s ‘Radio Unnameable’
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The reel-to-reel tapes preserve “a moment in broadcasting that might not come again — when an individual producer got to make the selections without having to get the suits to OK it.”