[rfu-automation] Re: Fwd: [RFU] Bring Free Speech Radio News to
Your Community!
Andrew Ó Baoill
andrew at funferal.org
Sat Mar 28 21:40:22 CDT 2009
Danielle,
I'm forwarding this to our RFU-automation list, as it's the place
where decisions about automated content, including syndicated
programming, belongs.
I'm in several minds about this.
WEFT already carries FSRN locally, during the same time that we run
our public affairs block, so I would be loathe to simply duplicate
what WEFT does, particularly when there are so many great and unique
shows we are already bringing to the community during that slot, which
we would need to stop running, unless we dedicated more time to
syndicated programming, in place of local content.
There will be a cost to FSRN (though their pricing scheme is based on
station budget - I need to check what their rate would be for WRFU).
To date we've avoided for-cost external programming. The only
exception at present is that I'm exploring carrying Workers'
Independent News, if we can use WIN to leverage station underwriting -
in essence, if we can make a profit on running the show (in that case
we would be looking at spending $60/yr to gain $500+/yr). We're
currently running at a loss on 'ordinary' revenue, and can't easily
justify spending on program acquisition.
On the other hand, FSRN is high-quality, independent, news
programming, It would fit with the IMC vision and, as you note, IMC
members will be contributing to the program.
Andrew
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> Since we will be producing for FSRN, shouldn't WRFU carry FSRN? How
> do I make this happen? - Danielle
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> Date: 2009/3/26
> Subject: [RFU] Bring Free Speech Radio News to Your Community!
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> Free Speech Radio News reports national and international news, as
> it affects real people and communities.
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> News & Headlines from around the world in a concise, twenty-nine
> minute package.
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> Aired on over 100 Community, College, Micro-Power and Internet radio
> stations across the country.
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> For more information about adding Free Speech Radio News to your
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> Reporters all over the U.S and Globe
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> Free Speech Radio News has more than 200 reporters who file stories
> from all regions of the United States and 57 countries around the
> world. FSRN's network of reporters brings your listeners important
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> Living in the communities they report from
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> FSRN reporters live and work in the communities they report from,
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> their stories. Knowledge of place that helps explain a story and
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> FSRN covers the critical stories of our day - Obama's first months
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> It's important to cover the actions of elected officials and
> decision-makers, but it's equally important to show how those
> decisions affect real people - people like your listeners. We find
> the real people in the top news items and highlight their stories.
> Covering stories that are left out of U.S. media.
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> FSRN finds important stories that aren't being told elsewhere and
> brings them to your listeners. Stories that investigate social
> problems and abuse of power, stories that show the human costs of
> war and poverty. But also stories that connect people and places,
> stories about people making positive change in their communities.
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> Distribution:
> FSRN feeds live on the Pacifica Ku satellite (Left channel) and as a
> high bitrate webstream at http://audioport.org/live (left channel)
> at the following times:
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> _ 4:45pm Eastern | 3:45pm Central | 2:45pm Mountain | 1:45pm Pacific
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> _ 6:30pm Eastern | 5:30pm Central | 4:30pm Mountain | 3:30pm Pacific
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> (Note: FSRN does not currently distribute via PRSS Content Depot.)
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> Pricing:
> Free Speech Radio News is a very affordable program for stations to
> add to their grids. Carriage rates are on a sliding scale depending
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> from hosts and reporters from the newscast to use as part of your on-
> air solicitations. Beginning in summer 2009, FSRN will offer
> affiliate stations suggested premiums to pitch to listeners.
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> to pitch and produce stories for the FSRN newscast. Our production
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