Quick Takes
Lack of funds ends ‘Free Speech Radio News’ after 17 years
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The weekly show airs on 40 stations.
Ethics in Public Media
To truly serve the public, community stations must apply standards for what’s said on-air
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As broadcasters, staff and volunteers have to be intentional about presenting diverse voices without creating discord that undermines civil discussion.
System/Policy
Community radio upholds beauty, power of the small
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By persisting against the odds, community radio stations have defied media professionals’ predictions.
Development
Community radio stations prepare coordinated year-end fundraiser
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The National Federation of Community Broadcasters is looking for new ways to increase revenue for community stations.
People
Longtime WWOZ general manager transitions to new role
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Arthur Cohen steps up to run the station while David Freedman shifts his focus to strategic planning.
Quick Takes
Thursday roundup: Serial spawns much chatter; Music X to launch at SXSW 2015
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• It’s Thursday, which means that fans of Serial are getting their weekly dose of podcast crack. The This American Life spinoff, which digs into the details of a 1999 Baltimore murder case, has spawned a bevy of equally obsessive commentary, including a podcast about the podcast from Slate. But the vortex of meta-analysis doesn’t end there — an English professor has started a weekly video chat with Rabia Chaudry, the lawyer who brought the murder case to the attention of Serial’s Sarah Koenig (and who is also blogging about Serial). “I am interested in exploring how new media engagement affects narrative and knowledge, and Serial presented an fertile ground in which to ask those questions,” writes Pete Rorabaugh. There’s also the Serial subreddit, which as a listener I am studiously avoiding lest I fall into a wormhole from which I cannot return. Plus, I haven’t listened to today’s episode yet.
Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: WDET gets Knight support; Garfield interviews geniuses
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Plus: A Phoenix LPFM changes format; advice for community radio stations.
Programs/Content
Volunteers take back Radio Catskill
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WJFF Radio Catskill runs on hydroelectric power and the passion of its volunteers, who recently rallied to force a change in leadership.
System/Policy
Pacifica budget cuts delayed
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Leaders of the Pacifica Foundation will seek a new executive director and are asking stations for financial information before ordering across-the-board cuts pushed by current Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt.