NPR outdid all other media in the Webby Awards from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Three of the NPR’s seven awards went to the new NPR music site: nprmusic.org. They won two awards for Best Music Site, as well as a video entry related to the ever popular All Songs Considered.
The launch of “My Performance Today”
Check this out: On its website, public radio’s Performance Today is trying something similar to the YouTube Symphony Orchestra concept. The show is asking listeners to submit audio and video recordings of their own performances of classical works (public domain or copyright-free, of course). These recordings will then appear on Performance Today’s website, and some could even make it onto the broadcast.
Programming – Our Ongoing Controversy in Public Radio
Responding finally to Mike’s query last week about how programmers choose their music, I think a good place to start is to look at how the successful stations program. Of course I have my own opinions but I’ll save them until the end of this post.
If you look at the big commercial stations, WQXR in NY, WFMT in Chicago, KDFC in San Francisco, you’ll find they all have one thing in common: they all play classical music!
New call letters for Portland station
The blog of the Public Radio Program Directors has helpfully pointed out that Portland’s classical public radio station, KBPS, has changed its call letters to KQAC. The name of the nonprofit running the station is now All Classical Public Media Inc., rather than KBPS Public Radio Foundation.