System/Policy
New Orleans Public Radio expands classical network
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A format change will bring the broadcaster’s all-classical service to the Houma-Thibodaux region.
Classical music
New Orleans’ WWNO adds full-time classical signal
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The broadcaster acquired the translator at 104.9 FM last fall.
System/Policy
Two Louisiana public radio stations share general manager
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The two stations will maintain independence.
Quick Takes
Dallas, Louisiana stations collaborate for call-in show on police shootings
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Tuesday’s show will air live on each station at 1 p.m. Central time and can also be heard on their online streams.
Programs/Content
How public media stations are covering police violence
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Stations in Louisiana and Minnesota, the sites of last week’s shootings, are taking varied approaches based on staff and resources.
Quick Takes
WWNO reporter arrested while covering police protests
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Ryan Kailath was arrested Saturday on one count of obstruction of highway.
Programs/Content
Podcasts with local focus can help stations own their markets
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“Podcasts help you tell the vital story of your unique little patch of dirt. And every single public radio outlet should be making them.”
Programs/Content
New Orleans stations tell their Katrina stories
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Two stations give insight into how they dealt with the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Programs/Content
WWNO wins ‘Morning Edition’ contest, gets show for free
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NPR’s Spark initiative aimed to boost audience for Morning Edition and will focus next on All Things Considered.
People
Out of Africa, Thompkins returns to New Orleans home
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After serving a stint as NPR’s East Africa correspondent, Gwen Thompkins was ready to head in a different direction. WWNO gave her the chance to host her own music show.
Programs/Content
WWNO, NPR plan expanded newsroom to serve New Orleans
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A group of public radio partners is preparing to launch a new local journalism nonprofit that will employ upwards of 20 people in a hybrid digital/broadcast newsroom.
Quick Takes
New Orleans journalism venture won’t compete with T-P, Wilson says
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The new nonprofit newsroom that NPR and WWNO announced today will not compete directly with the Times-Picayne, NPR’s Kinsey Wilson told Current in an interview. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on plans for a hybrid radio-digital news operation covering New Orleans, played up the potential for competition between the news outlets, but Wilson sees it differently. “I wouldn’t characterize it as a competitor,” said NPR’s chief content officer and digital strategist. “Frankly I don’t think that’s how anybody locally [sees it], and certainly not how we’re looking at it.” WWNO and various New Orleans community leaders attempted to rally behind the T-P when cutbacks were announced in June, Wilson said.
Quick Takes
NPR, WWNO launching new nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans
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NPR is launching a new nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans in conjunction with WWNO, the local public radio station owned by the University of New Orleans, the Wall Street Journal reports. The partners announced the changes today. The new venture, which will include a revamped, local-news–focused WWNO lineup as well as the website NewOrleansReporter.org, is a response to the declining resources of the city’s daily for-profit newspaper, the Times-Picayune. On June 12 the owners of the T-P announced plans to cut 201 personnel, nearly a third of its staff, and cut back print operations to three days a week beginning in the fall. “This is an exciting opportunity to converge digital, mobile and broadcast together in a multiplatform newsroom for New Orleans,” Paul Maassen, g.m. of WWNO, said in an accompanying press release.