# NPR

Category: Broadcaster's Lounge

## Post 1 by Polka dots and Moonbeams (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2009 13:39:49

Are you a fan of NPR, national public radio? List your fave station, program, or are you a member?
I listen to:
KPLU, KUOW, WDUQ
Some of my fae offerings on these stations are:
bird note, rhythm sweet & hot, the swing years, puzzle master, piano jazz
A couple of those may be local offerings only, not sure.
When I'm flipping around the didal, I love when I fall onto the local npr station, and occasionally there is a story being read or poetry. I like listening to the news features. Everything is described, we are all in the same boat, only listening not seeing what is going on. It's brilliant!

## Post 2 by marrie1 (Veteran Zoner) on Tuesday, 07-Apr-2009 15:25:28

I used to listen to "wait wait don't tell me."It was a very funny take on the news and it forced you to stay abreast of the current events. I listened to knpr 90.5 some years ago.

## Post 3 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Friday, 12-Jun-2009 16:24:04

*sigh* NPr is a bit too liberal for me. I rather listen to the conservative news

## Post 4 by BaritoneAu (Regular Zoner) on Saturday, 07-Nov-2009 11:14:53

About August of last year while exploring Shoutcast, I discovered KUOW Seattle. At 9am Saturday morning my attention was drawn to the catchy bluegrass signature tune for Car Talk and I've been a fan ever since; those guys are just soooooo crazy!
I also listen to Wait Wait, Says You, The Swing Years and other misc programming; and yes, I did make a donation. I like the fact that they have a 128Kb stream.

## Post 5 by Senior (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Saturday, 07-Nov-2009 14:45:46

I don't like NPR. It is supposed to be a public service, but it only seems to serve snobs. What is there on the station for ordinary folk?

## Post 6 by Polka dots and Moonbeams (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Saturday, 07-Nov-2009 16:50:22

Are you ordinary folk? What is it you desire?
I find such a veriety on npr. Especially, when you take into account the internet. Stations in each state offer different content.
I appreciate when I contribute, I can split my financial gift up. Look how much I pay for cable tv, I rather contribute to radio!
I remember I came across a program a few times called Thistle and Shamrock, or something to that effect. It was all celtic music. Very cool!

## Post 7 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Thursday, 24-Dec-2009 6:31:49

I like WSB750 out of atlanta. My favorite guys would be Neal Boortz, Herman Cain, and Clark Howard.

## Post 8 by Deadnight Warrior (Zone BBS Addict) on Saturday, 21-Aug-2010 17:59:14

I listen to 89.3 KPCC. My favorites are Car talk, Wait Wait, and This American Life. I also listen to A Prairie Home Companion from time to time.

## Post 9 by Cousin Cap (Zone BBS Addict) on Saturday, 21-Aug-2010 23:02:21

I listen to NPR every now and then, usually WNYC FM, which has Jonathan Schwartz's American Standards from 12 until 4 PM eastern every Saturday and Sunday, though only Saturday's, (the more eclectic show), is broadcast online.
I'll also dip in for A Prairie Home Companion, This American Life, and Selected Shorts.

## Post 10 by Senior (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Sunday, 22-Aug-2010 12:15:39

There's no pop music, no sports commentaries, no proper current affairs phone-ins, etc, so NPR isn't serving members of the public who want to hear those things on the wireless.

## Post 11 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Wednesday, 25-Aug-2010 14:23:49

Okay npr is really just a copycat station of wbai which is based in New York.

## Post 12 by SilverLightning (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 25-Aug-2010 14:34:47

personally I think NPR is over-rated and boring. Car talk is fun, but that's about it. I find the talk radio extraordinarily boring, and the monotonous tone of the voices makes me think of a hospital waiting room, or really bad elevator music. Plus, if its one of those times they're trying to get you to pay for them, which happens about six times a week or so it seems, then its impossible to listen to. They spend the entire time going, send us money and we'll give you this senseless trash that you could buy for fifty cents at the local drugstore, and yet we'll charge you 1500 dollars for it. Its stupid. If you want good radio, get satellite, they have all the channels you could possibly want, on all the subjects you could possibly think of, and its cheap. Its 13 dollars a month, that's less than I spend on coffeee.

## Post 13 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Wednesday, 25-Aug-2010 23:04:44

To be fare, not all the premiums are trash. Often they have great products.

## Post 14 by mat the musician (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Wednesday, 22-Dec-2010 20:42:22

I listen to WBUR, and really like some of the shows. I agree that sometimes some of the talk shows might be tedious at times, but I don't think it's all that bad. I listen to this american life, wait wait, all things considered (if it's interesting), and only a game. My friend works for NPR, and has done several stories for them. He is also doing a story for This american life, which I think is pretty cool.
Silver Lightning, if you want sports and such, there are other stations that specifically focus on sports and such. NPR just has a mish mash of random interesting news.

## Post 15 by KC8PNL (The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.) on Wednesday, 22-Dec-2010 21:14:50

I enjoy Wait Wait and This American Life. Also listen to aphc from time to time. For talk stuff, I'm more in to things like Opie and Anthony. I also like that a lot of NPR stations carry the BBC World Service at night.