First off, I never contributed millions (or even thousands) to public radio. A couple hundred bucks here and there. And I know a couple people employed by the Minnesota Public Radio. Heck, I even helped them usability test their site a while back. Kinda fun sitting on the other side of the desk.
That said, I haven’t contributed recently nor do I foresee doing so. I don’t agree with their Next Standard in Public Radio campaign. I especially don’t agree with their copyright infringement suit against Current.TV – the audience-generated, Al Gore-backed Current TV Network. His project to “democratize television.”
I wish MPR felt the same way about radio. Oh well, back the podcasts.
Thanks to Tod Maffin for the tip.
My personal favorite comment on the topic over at MNSpeak:
“Get a grip MPR. Are you going to sue NPR next because it’s one letter off from your name?”
Other food for thought from the discussion – ‘the Current’ is the new ‘JackFM’
The Current is easily the best music station in town, but it still wears me out to listen to it.
It’s an age thing, but I really don’t miss modern rock. At all.
Wege, I agree with you and that’s more a comment on the sorry state of radio than anything else. With 40 GB of music, when I want to hear something again, I’ll hit replay. When I listen to the radio I want to be introduced to new music. When I listen to a station as local as 89.3, I want music exclusively from local musicians. We have the talent to support it, as a public station – I see this as their obligation.