[BC] An NPR branded Internet radio

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:23 AM 10/22/2009, Broadcast List USER wrote: -------

>Sadly, Rich, most stations in any local area tend to run the BEG-A-
>THONS at the same time now.

Fortunately for me the second NPR station is in Albany with its 
transmitter in MA. It's a good signal. This morning/week the local is 
begging. It takes a fraction of a second for me to tune out and make 
the audio trip to Albany.

>Now, I tend to go to AM talk radio, and it is taking longer and longer
>and longer for me to get back to National People's Radio.

I spent many years in Talk Radio. It no longer interests me. I can't 
trust its information. The local Talk station is FOX News. I trust 
that even less.

I've come to find blessed silence very appealing.

Rich

>They ask for people to help.  They ask for restaurants to provide
>catering, then finally, the beg-a-thon starts.  Then they thank
>everyone.  It is pretty much continuous.
>
>I would rather they run commercials.
>
>Commercials have value.  I know some car dealer is selling Honda
>Civics at a huge discount.  I know some restaurant is giving a huge
>discount at happy hour.  I know some carpet dealer has a huge discount
>on hardwood floors.
>
>Listening to National People's Radio, all I know is that they are
>begging for more money.  I hate it.
>
>I cannot listen right now because of the beg-a-thon on WAMU.  I am
>finding other things to listen to, so I am unsure when I will get back
>to them.  They force me to tune away and I find other good things I
>can listen to.  They really hurt themselves.  I may come back, but it
>is taking weeks longer after each of the beg-a thons.
>
>I am wondering why I should go back.  Maybe I will.  Maybe not.
>
>--chip
>
>On Oct 20, 2009, at 10:14 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:
>
> > Message: 33
> > From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
> >
> > This WiFi "radio" is a double-edged sword. Every station that
> > promotes it is promoting every other NPR station in the country. When
> > my local NPR station is running a begathon, I'll have dozens of
> > others running the programming I really want to hear.
> >
> > Rich
>