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Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
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Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
I don't like this move. Michigan Public Media would've been a much better name than "Michigan Public."
There was nothing wrong with the Michigan Radio name, either. They should've left it alone.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2633 ... an-public/
There was nothing wrong with the Michigan Radio name, either. They should've left it alone.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2633 ... an-public/
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
I don't give them any money although I do listen for 4 or 5 minutes at a time during my commutes if 97.1 is not engaging me.
If they made some effort to appear middle of the road I might consider a donation but that ain't happening any time soon.
If they made some effort to appear middle of the road I might consider a donation but that ain't happening any time soon.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
What changes would they have to make in order to be considered "middle of the road"?craig11152 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:19 amI don't give them any money although I do listen for 4 or 5 minutes at a time during my commutes if 97.1 is not engaging me.
If they made some effort to appear middle of the road I might consider a donation but that ain't happening any time soon.
A friend of mine worked in donor development at public station and I sent her link the website of the national network to what I believed to be unfair bias.
I asked if stuff like hurt your donations? She said yes. She had taken donor calls from families that enjoyed the likes of programs of likes Sesame Street, and she said they would cancel because of the national feed's bias.
We both agreed there is no need for them to do this to themselves, they just need to put on solid educational programming.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
PBS is separate from NPR. They do both receive some funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
For the past several months I have counted the number of times I have heard some version of a phrase " far right" , " right wing" , "extreme right" , " right wing extremists" etc versus a similar phrase inserting "left" instead of "right" . At the moment my score is 283-0.
Almost suggests they can't imagine anyone further left than they are.
Almost suggests they can't imagine anyone further left than they are.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
Can't say about WUOM, but a WKAR staffer a while back did admit to me their programming is slanted to the left.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
What should those right-wing extremist groups be called instead?craig11152 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:52 amFor the past several months I have counted the number of times I have heard some version of a phrase " far right" , " right wing" , "extreme right" , " right wing extremists" etc versus a similar phrase inserting "left" instead of "right" . At the moment my score is 283-0.
Almost suggests they can't imagine anyone further left than they are.
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Jason Kragt wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:44 pmWhat should those right-wing extremist groups be called instead?craig11152 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:52 amFor the past several months I have counted the number of times I have heard some version of a phrase " far right" , " right wing" , "extreme right" , " right wing extremists" etc versus a similar phrase inserting "left" instead of "right" . At the moment my score is 283-0.
Almost suggests they can't imagine anyone further left than they are.
I don't think my point was remotely obscure. So I am not going to respond other suggest you read my short post repeatedly until you grasp it. Then go ahead and engage me.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
Give the majority of the non-com content is conservative leaning religious programming. I am refreshed to get some moderate educated programming that reflects the opinions of a majority of the country.audiophile wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:02 amWhat changes would they have to make in order to be considered "middle of the road"?
We both agreed there is no need for them to do this to themselves, they just need to put on solid educational programming.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
I bet this decision was made by some higher ups at Umich to make changes just to make changes, like when they randomly decided to change the name of UofM Health system to Michigan Medicine in 2017.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:02 amI don't like this move. Michigan Public Media would've been a much better name than "Michigan Public."
There was nothing wrong with the Michigan Radio name, either. They should've left it alone.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2633 ... an-public/
Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
Damn Craig, does EVERYTHING have to do with politics??
Give it abreak man.
Give it abreak man.
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
And they sold WFUM-TV 28, CMU bought it at a lowball price and then turned in the license at a huqe profit.
Michigan Radio should sell WFUM-FM to Smile FM. That ought to get a rise out of you.
I feel that UM-AA lacks Vision in general, and is running on the fumes of past glory.
Michigan Radio should sell WFUM-FM to Smile FM. That ought to get a rise out of you.
I feel that UM-AA lacks Vision in general, and is running on the fumes of past glory.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
No. No more non-comms. No more translators. No more jamming signals 10 miles apart. Cut that shit.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
Guess who has the more urgent extremism problem right now? The left wing in this country is very weak. That said you need some other hobby or something.craig11152 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:52 amFor the past several months I have counted the number of times I have heard some version of a phrase " far right" , " right wing" , "extreme right" , " right wing extremists" etc versus a similar phrase inserting "left" instead of "right" . At the moment my score is 283-0.
Almost suggests they can't imagine anyone further left than they are.
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Re: Michigan Radio drops "Radio" from its name
PBS and NPR obviously don't cater to those whose idea of "solid educational programming" is PragerU. Fortunately, if that describes you, you have other options where you can rest assured you'll never hear anyone who isn't a heterosexual, cisgender WASP described in anything less than demonizing terms. Instead of complaining that an outlet for a worldview that's different from your own exists, listen to, or watch, something else. It's that simple. It's why I don't listen to any of Crawford's stations or watch OAN.
Back to the original topic of this post... dumb name change, I agree, and just about everyone on their Facebook page concurs. It seems to be part of a wave of public broadcasters across the nation making similar moves, though.
Back to the original topic of this post... dumb name change, I agree, and just about everyone on their Facebook page concurs. It seems to be part of a wave of public broadcasters across the nation making similar moves, though.