-=> Quoting Raymond Yates to Nancy Backus on 11-29-05  19:21 <=-

 NB> not every hour, either), and passes them to WJSU.  I think that that's
 NB> also what is happening with the newsfeeds to WRUR, that it actually
 NB> comes through WXXI-AM rather than being WRUR hooking up directly to
 NB> the same national feed.  Both WJSU and WRUR are FM stations, BTW.

Minor correction... that's WJSL (not U)...  I misremembered...

 RY> NCPR might be like what we have here, where the state runs the system
 RY> from one location. WUNC, (Chapel Hill) has transmitters nearly all
 RY> across the state, and they have one main distribution point. in effect,
 RY> it's one station, part state funds, part donations. they do the same
 RY> thing here with Public TV, it covers the state , the ID list suggests
 RY> that might be the case with you, too. I don't know, one would have to

That sounds about right.  Dunno how the station is funded, other than by
listener support, and then the grants that build on that... and I don't
think that the government (state or local) has anything to do with the
running of it, but the system is run from one point, with transmitters
all over the area.  I'm familiar with NCPR mainly from the time we spend
at our camp in the area...  :)

Here in the Rochester area it is much smaller of a deal.

 RY> see who owns what. Down in our courser of the state Public radio is
 RY> community owned,with national feeds that we pay for., and some local
 RY> programming, isn't it's ahrd to tell anymore whats what.

When the Public Radio stations first started, they got a great deal of
federal and state funding, but I think that even from the beginning
there also had to be a substantial amount of community support of all
sorts.  The station here (actually a conglom of AM FM TV and service to
the Blind, now with extra TV on cable with digital, etc) has always been
community owned and operated, and with ever-decreasing amounts of govt
support... as they tell us ad infinitum every pledge drive...  :)  But
yes, we have the national feeds that they pay for as well as a good
amount of local programming.  Some of the local programming also gets
sold to other stations for their use, like Richard Gladwell's "With
Heart and Voice"...

Except for special programs, and the NPR news on the top of the hour
(not every hour, either), the FM is all local programming during the
day, and then they do use the "Music through the Night" from MPR over
night except for special occasions.  They buy various orchestra concerts
for the 8-10pm slot, and carry some special programs every weekend, like
Pipe Dreams, Prairie Home Companion, Thistle and Shamrock, the Met, From
the Top, Echoes...  Otherwise the weekends are also local hosts putting
together a live show...  mostly classical.

AM is more news, although they also feature jazz.  More of their
programs are bought, less local, although there is local news coverage
and local programming there too.

ttyl          neb

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