[Imc-newsroom] IMC News Hour vs. FSRN

[Mike Lehman]

Danielle,
I think running the FSRN headlines is an excellent proposal to at least
partly resolve this conumdrum for the time being.

I am not normally involved with the Newshour, so this just a thought off
the top of my head. Making the Newshour into a NewsHalfhour might be
another option, particularly if it could be a more than weekly show (not
daily, but maybe Monday-Thursday or some other combination.) This would
be a big change in some ways, but not so big in others. It would also
make the show have to be a little more tightly produced while keeping
the news fresher. Just a suggestion if you need some other options to
consider in the future.
Mike Lehman

Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> 
> We have been granted the IMC News Hour Mondays 5-6 PM at WEFT starting
> this Monday.
> 
> Unfortunately, we will be bumping Free Speech Radio News which used to air
> during the first 30 minutes of this slot.
> 
> As an listener of, journalist for, and ally of FSRN, this bothers me.
> 
> As a person who loves WEFT, I'm also concerned about some (respectfully
> submitted) concerns about this bumpage from WEFTies which have been
> written to the WEFT-A listserv.
> 
> For these reasons, I would like to propose at Sunday's News/Radio meeting
> that the IMC commit to airing Monday's FSRN headlines which run 5-7
> minutes at the beginning of all IMC NewsHours.