NPR is changing it's name

mtn wrote:

wbjones wrote: my local NPR (WNCW 88.7) no longer receives any money from the state.... they lost their funding late last yr (NC has no money) so now we have fund raisers 2 times a yr instead of 1... don't listen to the news there or anywhere else on a regular basis, so the left leaning slant isn't a problem... but their music content is incredible .... Sat mornings: jazz, from 11am sat to 7pm sat: bluegrass, 7pm to mid-night (I think):blues, 6am Sun to 9am: bluegrass gospel, noon Sun to 3pm: celtic, and 3pm to 6pm: oldtime.... the weekdays are a continual mix of all the above + any and all forms of rock, reggae , alternative .... just about any thing you could want.... you never know what's coming up next

I agree, one of the only times I'll ever hear some good bluegrass or oldtime music on my radio is for this or another segment once a week on the classical station. I gotta move to Appalachia or something.

being the Luddite that I am, I don't know how to do it, but WNCW is available over the interweb...

WilberM3 wrote: from people i've talked with about car talk i seem to be the only one who doesnt like them,

I'm with you. They are asshats.

our NPR dropped the show some yrs back... during the annual fund raiser that show had the least support of all (and it cost them a ton of $$)

Car Talk isn't that bad, but I have found the more I advance in time as a devotee to automobiles and someone who does at least a majority of my own work anymore, the less I enjoy the show. I loved it ten years ago. Today, much less so.

I will say though they take calls in advance. People call with problems and basically leave a message about themselves and the issue they are dealing with. If you're going to be on the show they call you back and work out the details. Any reviews or weird answers are planned ahead of time.

I will say one thing that really gets me going when I listen to it is to hear callers recount clearly bad advice they've been given by mechanics.