5 posts and columns on public radio

Indie Radio God Nic Harcourt Gets a New Gig: Picking Videos for "The Live Buzz"

in Media on September 28, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

For a certain kind of music fan, Nic Harcourt is a rock star. But the former radio DJ hasn’t had a full-time job picking and playing music in two years. So here’s his new gig: Picking and playing music videos for a new site.

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller at D8: The Full, Uncut Interview

in D8 on June 17, 2010 at 3:04 pm PT

At D8, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, a former New York Times (NYT) digital exec,talked with Kara Swisher about the future of radio, the prospects for high-quality journalism and the ways the public radio unit could help create a more powerful network of many stations.

NPR's Honchos Talk Digital at "Think In" in San Francisco (Also, Scoble!)

in News on October 12, 2009 at 6:14 pm PT

Last Friday, National Public Radio top execs came to San Francisco for a “Digital Think In” to pick the brains of some Silicon Valley types about where the public radio icon should go, digitally speaking. While NPR actually has been pretty fast-forward with podcasts and a robust Web site, it still has to think about what social networking means to it and whether a day is coming when broadcasting online will be bigger than offline. Also, what’s up with Twitter?
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Charlene Li and BoomTown Talk Yahoo on KQED's "Forum" Radio Show

in News on November 20, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

If you want to listen to an interesting discussion on what happened with Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang’s leaving his job and what’s next for the troubled Internet giant, well-known Internet analyst and now consultant Charlene Li and I talked yesterday with Forum host Michael Krasny for the “Forum” radio show on San Francisco’s KQED public radio. Click through to hear the show.