Hundreds of public radio staffers are in Hollywood today for the Public Radio Program Directors Conference, which begins today and ends Saturday. Our very own Marty is there as well, while I, sadly, am not. I wish I were. I went to many PRPDs for Current and always had a great time drinking at dive bars learning about the latest thinking in public radio.
The new Scanning the Dial
This post is a few days late, but welcome to the new Scanning the Dial! All of the Inside the Arts blogs have been moved to a Wordpress platform and template. The new URL for the site, as you might have noticed, is insidethearts.com/scanningthdial/. If you were using a bookmark to visit us at the old site, which was under adaptistration.com, please change your bookmark. Scanningthedial.com, .net and .org have all been set to redirect to this new address, so those will still work as usual.
Downsizing at American Public Media
In the last couple of weeks American Public Media has tightened its belt and laid off people from several departments and shows, including three from the classical music unit. Senior Producer/on-air host Melissa Ousley, Producer Karl Gehrke, and Managing Producer Silvester Vicic have all been let go from their classical music jobs.