Tag: Radio programs
This American Life: The pimp show turned out to be rare error, thank God
This American Life is hot. The weekly radio program produced by WBEZ, Chicago, and distributed nationally since June 1996, airs on 325 public radio ...Terry Gross: engaged with subject and listeners
Terry Gross is interviewing the actor Dustin Hoffman. He is about to launch what is probably a set piece about his work ...Music that changes the day — for enough listeners
As we debate how best to program classical music on public radio, we seem often to take for granted that we face ...A radio woman’s tale: reclaiming her voice
All of these years, Diane Rehm’s voice: the vehicle for ordinary sentences she enunciates so emphatically that they carry their utmost weight. ...Marian McPartland: still going full tilt
When the NPR-distributed program Piano Jazz had its 20th anniversary in 1999, Current Contributing Editor David Stewart wrote this profile of the program and its host. ...Can public radio learn to talk to its Gen-X future?
Public radio’s Gen-X listeners don’t fit their generational stereotype; they’re closer to its older audience than to their peers, said a report ...Mo’ better radio
Believe it or not, there's a stone tablet full of radio principles guiding This American Life. Ira Glass laid them out in a talk ...Funny and civilized Frank Muir: patron of Pythons and radio games
Hands-up, all those who listen regularly to My Music, the half-hour radio panel game produced by the BBC and distributed by WFMT-FM in Chicago ...Christo’s bet on news/talk paid off for Boston’s WBUR
See Jane. See Jane run WBUR. See Jane ditch the music for NPR news and talk. Grow WBUR, grow. Why the primer approach? ...Researchers invite others to use Audience 98 data
Public radio audience researcher David Giovannoni this week will present findings from Audience 98, a major study that aims to extend programmers’ ...Jazzcasters try music testing to pick cuts
The minority of public radio stations that use listener preference data to choose music is becoming a little less minor as music ...Latest Rabbit Ears story: a tear-jerker for its staff
The new owner of Rabbit Ears Productions, Millenium Media, says the company will continue producing radio and video childrens’ stories, despite having ...Will research bring comeback for radio drama?
Talking about the current status of drama on public radio, NPR’s cultural programmer Andy Trudeau thinks back 10, 15 years ago, to ...Who public radio broadcasters are: members of a congregation, with our listeners
This is the view from Martin Goldsmith, then host of NPR’s daily classical music program Performance Today, who served as announcer, producer and program ...Once you’ve chosen your target audience, ‘modes’ help you choose music for them
Not all classical music is created equal. Exactly what is meant by this seemingly heretical statement? Simply, that in the ears of ...
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