Roller COAsters on NPR

Right now there is a whoole hour dedicated to Roller coasters!!!! Sandor Kernacs is on!

Haha they just rode MF live.

Did Kernacs mention again how a few deaths here and there are statistically insignificant?

Ok, completely n00b comment, but what is NPR?

New's Public Radio. Not really a noob comment to this site, but a noob comment to life...

Ummm...actually NPR is an acronym for National Public Radio.

LOL! Topthrill420 is an actual noob to life!

As I suspected all along. :)

MrScott

And even more of a n00b comment, is it still on and if it is what station is it on?

Oh, my. It is/was on an NPR station. That's a NETWORK and carried on various stations. It depends on where you live on if you'll be able to hear it.

MrScott

What program was it? Hmmm...3:12pm...Must have been Fresh Air today...

...Nope, not Fresh Air. What else is on at that time...

Ah, here it is. "Talk of the Nation." Here's a link to today's show.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Thank goodness they didn't have MF stall going up the hill, it would have been George Bush and the election in 2000's fault,like they say everything else is...

You people should get to know your local NPR, they have a lot of great music, especially at around dark and later.

Maybe. All public radio is not created equal.

Public Radio is divided up into several categories. Most public radio stations carry programming from some combination of National Public Radio, Public Radio International, Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, Pacifica Radio Network, and a couple of other public radio syndication services. That includes several forms of news (including NPR News, Monitor Radio, Pacifica News, Marketplace, and BBC World Service), classical music, jazz, public affairs, talk programming, and more and more of this "AAA" music stuff. Best known beyond the news is probably the entertainment programming such as Car Talk, This American Life, and A Prairie Home Companion, radio programs the likes of which you will hear NOWHERE else.

There really is no such thing as an NPR radio station; NPR is a programming, production and distribution service, and stations elect to carry (or not to carry) NPR programming. So while you can hear certain NPR programs live in most markets (Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk, etc.), what you hear will be highly dependent on the station you're listening to.

If you have the good fortune of having a *cool* public radio station, such as WCBE, WYSO, WXPN, and the like, you can get some really good music programming from the AAA-format stations. Back when I was working for 'CBE, it was still a relatively new format, probably best described as "college radio for grown-ups" :) although that isn't quite the best description. There is a lot of cool music, much of it independent or 'rising star' kinds of stuff. I remember when Cheryl Crow got dropped from the local playlist because she crossed over to CHR (Top-40), for example.

If you are stuck with an old-time 'castor-oil' public radio station like WOSU, on the other hand, you'll mostly get stale music and fund raising pledge drives. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

LOL. Wow I thought for my whole life that if was News Public Radio... kind of embarrassing. I don't know what to say about Rideman's last post but... great programming.

Yeah, I luckily have a good NPR station near me. I don't listen to it often, but every now and then I get some kicks from the contests they do and the people they host on their shows.

-Eagle-