A guest post today from David Srebnik:
There’s PRI, APR, MPR, NPR, CPB, NEA, but have you heard about PRX? The Public Radio Exchange is a relatively new radio program bank where program producers and stations (large and small) meet to upload, download and review programming. You don’t have to work at a radio station to listen – PRX programming is available to all listeners at www.prx.org.
Faithful readers, do not adjust your monitors — if Scanning the Dial looks a little different to you, there’s good reason. We’ve followed the example of our fellow Inside the Arts blogger at Butts in the Seats and moved to a slightly different format, without the Featured Post box that previously appeared near the top of our front page. Also, the list of Latest Articles has been removed — you’ll now find our latest posts in sequence running down the page. We opted for the change to give recent posts a little … Continue Reading
Listeners in Los Angeles will soon get a little more classical music to enjoy on the airwaves — though in less-than-stellar audio fidelity. A Los Angeles Times blogger reports that KGIL-AM, which used to be K-Mozart, will pick up weekly broadcasts of the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony starting Feb. 15.
Wow. It’s a rapidly shifting landscape in Congress, but this is the kind of thing that’s coming out. From the NEA:
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has introduced an amendment to prohibit any funds in the economic stimulus bill from going to museums, theaters, arts centers, for renovations, construction or salaries, in a list of others including casinos, golf courses, stadiums, and aquariums.