[Peace] WEFT to consider DN! headlines in the morning
Kranich, Kimberlie
Kranich at WILL.uiuc.edu
Wed Aug 4 14:23:20 CDT 2004
To answer Dave's earlier question of why does WEFt play NPR headlines in the
first place: WEFT plays NPR headlines because it is a tradition. The
current Programming Committee is reconsidering this tradition and is looking
for other options.
To answer Al's question: DN! headlines only come to us once a day. They are
offered at 8am and are not updated. In the case of breaking news, DN! is
always behind unless the news breaks between 8-9am CST. NPR headlines and
other sources of headlines are updated on the hour. DN! headlines are
offered within the existing DN! program and are not offered separartely.
Kimberlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Alfred Kagan [mailto:akagan at uiuc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:19 PM
To: David Green; Kranich, Kimberlie
Subject: Re: [Peace] WEFT to consider DN! headlines in the morning
Kim,
I agree with David. Pretty crazy to pay for NPR! Also, they play
NPR headlines 4 times, so why not play DN! headlines 4 times?
At 6:22 AM -0700 8/4/04, David Green wrote:
>Why on earth has WEFT been paying so much money for
>NPR headlines in the first place? It's just ridiculous
>and discouraging to think that I'm paying WEFT for
>what anyone can hear by tuning in to WILL.
>
>David Green
>
>
>--- "Kranich, Kimberlie" <Kranich at WILL.uiuc.edu>
>wrote:
>
>> Dear Peaceniks,
>>
>> I know DN! is a program many of you enjoy on WEFT
>> and so I am sending the
>> following email to you which I also sent to the WEFT
>> listserv. Pardon any
>> duplicates.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Kimberlie Kranich
>> WEFT PC Chair
>> ___________________________________
>>
>> The WEFT Programming Committee (PC) is seriously
>> considering getting rid of
>> NPR headlines as early as when our new fiscal year
>> begins in October and
>> replacing it with something else. We first
>> considered this possibility back
>> in March 2004. The issue will be back on our agenda
>> at our August 11
>> Programming Committee meeting.
>>
>> The PC is also seriously considering adding DN!
>> headlines live at 8am to the
>> Morning Menu line-up in place of the 8am NPR
>> headlines.
>>
>> The above are related but separate issues and the PC
>> could act on one and
>> not the other.
>>
>> This email is quite long and I apologize, but I
>> would like to give some
>> context for why we are seriously considering these
>> matters and a summary of
>> the PC's thoughts thus far which are still evolving.
>> I will put hard copies
>> of this email in station mailboxes later this
>> evening. Your feedback is
>> appreciated as we sort out the pros and cons.
>>
>> Issue 1: NPR News headlines:
>>
>> We currently carry NPR headlines on weekdays at
>> 6:01am, 7:01am, and 8:01am,
>> and then again at 3:01pm.
>>
>> Summary of reasons for dropping NPR headlines:
>>
>> Cost. The cost for NPR Headline News is significant.
>> For fiscal year
>> 2003/2004, we paid $3,636. According to Mick, who
>> has been working with the
>> PC on this issue, the cost will go up another 25%
>> next year ($909 more for a
>> total of $4,545--more if there are increased costs).
>>
>>
>> After paying for Hour of Slack, DN!/Pacifica,
>> Grateful Dead Hour, Free
>> Speech Radio News, National Native News, NPR News,
>> satellite fee connect,
>> Counterspin and PRI, the PC typically has around
>> $1,000 left to spend on
>> other things. One year, we used this extra money to
>> buy the phone interface
>> and a DSL line to support our local productions.
>> Another year, we gave some
>> money back to the engineering committee for our back
>> studio. How much the PC
>> has left over also depends on the amount of our CPB
>> grant which is what we
>> use to pay for the above.
>>
>> Money spent on NPR could be freed up for the PC to
>> spend on other things
>> including a different news source and/or support
>> local news production costs
>> as other community radio stations do.
>>
>> Duplication of service: WILL-AM airs 7 hours of NPR
>> programming M-F at HIGH
>> power. WILL-FM airs NPR headlines every hour.
>>
>> Reasons against dropping NPR headlines altogether:
>>
>> What would we replace it with? So far, the PC has
>> not yet identified a
>> replacement for NPR News and we feel news is an
>> important part of our
>> schedule. Alternatives to NPR are as expensive and
>> in some cases, more
>> expensive, than NPR News itself. Examples include
>> the BBC and headlines
>> produced in the Netherlands.
>>
>> Ed Mandel also raised this concern: what outlet
>> would we have if we
>> cancelled NPR headlines and got breaking news, such
>> as another attack (on us
>> or from us)? My reply is that we have Pacifica and
>> it's already paid for.
>> The programming chair and the station manager have
>> the option of pre-empting
>> regular programming in the event of major breaking
>> news. We'd go to
>> Pacifica just like we did during 9-11.
> >
>> Issue 2: Adding DN! headlines at 8am
>>
>> One alternative to the 8am NPR headlines is running
>> DN! headlines live at
>> 8am.
>>
>> We currently carry Democracy Now! at 4pm Monday -
>> Friday as part of our
>> Pacifica costs. This year we spent $1,320 on
>> Pacifica. Free Speech Radio
>> News is a separate cost of $3,000 per year.
>>
>> Reasons in support of adding DN! headlines at 8am
>> M-F:
>>
>> DN! headlines come to us live every weekday at 8am.
>> They are fresh and
>> timely. They fit in the Morning Menu format of
>> mixed music and information.
>> We already pay for DN! By running the DN! open along
>> with the headlines at
>> 8am, we not only make it convenient for morning menu
>> airshifters to air DN!
>> headlines (which may not always start at the same
>> time within the DN!
>> program) we also promote the later DN! broadcast at
>> 4pm.
>>
>> If we were to do this, we would air the beginning of
>> DN! live through the
>> headlines. We would create a script for the morning
>> menu arishifter to read
>> before and after to let our listeners know they were
>> about to hear a promo
>> for DN! and live headlines and that the entire
>> program will be repeated at
>> 4pm. The script might read something like: "And
>> now, W-E-F-T brings you
>> daily news headlines and a promo from "Democracy
>> Now", airing daily on WEFT
>> from 4-5pm." (following the headlines) "...and
>> Democracy Now can be heard in
>> its entirety today at 4pm, as part of our afternoon
>> public affairs Courier
>> programming from 4 to 6pm. You're listening to
>> W-E-F-T, 90.1 FM."
>>
>> To insure a clean recording of the program, we would
>> also probably change
>> the time we record DN! to minidisk from 8am to 9am.
>> We will still have two
>> more re-feed opportunities at 10 and 11AM.
>>
>> Reasons against adding DN! headlines at 8am:
>>
>> Might be asking too much (technically) of the
>> Morning Menu airshifters.
>>
>> As always, when the PC is considering a programming
>> change, we would
>> appreciate your input. In this case, we are
>> especially interested in
>> feedback from morning menu airshifters regarding any
>> technical difficulties
>> they might foresee with such a change. General
>> feedback about this possible
>> change in content is also welcome from everyone. We
>> also encourage you to
>> come to our meeting on August 11th.
>>
>> If you need something clarified, I would be happy to
>> try to clarify for you
>> or provide you with more context.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Kimberlie
>> PC Chair
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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