R.I.P.

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Featured in the Bonus Tracks Disc available with the Martin Scorsese’s Living in The Material World Deluxe Edition

Glenn Greenwald on Real Reporting

What NPR means by “reporting” By Glenn Greenwald A video art work displays Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel  (Credit: AP Photo/Oded Balilty) It is well worth listening to a 4-minute NPR story from this morning (embedded in linked story) on the grave and growing menace of “state-sponsored Terrorism” from [...]

National Propaganda Radio

The site NPR Check (link on right) keeps an eye on the right-wing tendencies of public radio, no more so than in this critique in the comments of a recent piece aired there: GRUMPY DEMO said… Just when you thought NPR couldn’t sink any lower: New Policy Gives Hope To Some Facing Deportation : NPR: [...]

WRVU “Dissidents” Under Fire

This from the troops at WRVU: Despite their displeasure about returning to  a station without a frequency, a number of key WRVU personalities have reapplied for shows and had their DJ applications rejected by the VSC. All of these individuals were talented and dedicate members of the WRVU crew. All of these individuals were vocally [...]

A New Look at Nonprofits?

Sharon Vegas Selby sent word of what could be a seismic change in the way the FCC is viewing the consolidation of public radio stations. According to the referenced article on the Philanthropy Today website, the battle in San Francisco over KUSF may signal a new day for college radio. But don’t bet the farm [...]

Public Radio Capital: Money From The Sky

When I was growing up in West Texas my father used to say, “Son, money doesn’t fall from the sky.” As a kid I never really questioned that; it seemed obvious enough. Later though I realized that there is money up there—it’s floating magically through the ether on radio waves. And it’s possible to get [...]

John Anderson on HD

John Anderson of DIYmedia.net (link on right) has kept abreast of the debacle that has been HD radio, and this latest post, reprinted in its entirety, pretty much sums it up. How can this company, with no basic income, still be around — particularly given the hopelessness of its product and prospects: HD Radio Still [...]

Radio Survivor’s Jennifer Waits on KUSF

As Jennifer Waits notes in this article, KUSF listener Ted Hudacko is creating all kinds of problems for its new owners.

Radio Survivor’s Matthew Lasar on NPR

Matthew Lasar takes NPR to task in this article about Barney Frank and the network’s slant on the news.

Vanderbilt Unvanquished

WRVU update~ Greetings All! Despite the obvious, I do hope you are having a fantastic summer! Once again, it is passing too quickly! There are just a few short weeks left until the Vanderbilt students return to campus and discover first hand how eerily silent Nashville sounds without WRVU broadcasting on 91.1 FM. The important [...]

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