Re: More News that Stinks/NPR

1999-01-23 Thread Debnumbers
Shane and others, The same thing happened last spring with the public radio station in Athens. They gutted the staff (mostly news and local programming folks) and now the station is no different than any NPR station you'd pick up anywhere. One thing they did keep (which isn't local but at least

More News that Stinks

1999-01-22 Thread Shane S. Rhyne
Howdy, In the rush to beat postmark deadlines for grant applications, I couldn't help but notice that some of the news drifting over the e-mail transom these past days has been pretty depressing. It seems every bit of music I personally enjoyed in 1998-- Dolly Parton, Chris Knight, Radney

Re: More News that Stinks

1999-01-22 Thread Mike Hays
This move marks another notch in the handle of the powers-that-be who have been dedicated to converting WUOT into a generic NPR station. Other recent casualties have included the local noonday talk show (cut back to one show a month), the live broadcast of Friday night jazz performances at the