tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129842382024-03-08T06:29:32.000-08:00WUNC (but not affiliated in any way with WUNC)Chapel Hill, North Carolina -----
An occasional blog commenting on WUNC-related matters and connecting WUNC listeners with more of public radio, other media throughout North Carolina and beyond.....Sign up below to receive new additions. [Disclaimer: While we hope WUNC will participate in this blog, WUNC exercises no control over what is said here.]Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.comBlogger514125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-57166075743822735322018-11-26T20:16:00.001-08:002018-11-26T20:16:21.599-08:00WUNC Public Radio, LLC Board of Directors | WUNC<a href="http://www.wunc.org/wunc-public-radio-llc-board-directors#stream/0">W</a>hat's not here is striking.Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-2803176282717617672018-04-05T11:30:00.001-07:002018-04-05T11:30:54.613-07:00WUNC | Bringing the world home to you.I am increasingly convinced that the role of the on-air WUNC people with the exception of the longer format programs like the State of Things is principally to read announcements, press releases and other content bearing only a tangential relationship with news.Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-84274326095962249492016-02-17T18:29:00.001-08:002016-02-17T18:29:20.362-08:00The Daily Tar Heel :: New WUNC podcast explores heartbreak and hardshipHmmm.Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-22968835310038490052015-06-01T06:56:00.001-07:002015-06-01T06:56:40.169-07:00The Changing Carolina Coast: Managing The Threat Of Rising Water | WUNCIt's amazing but not surprising that there is no list of resources at the end of this piece. Are there any? Or was this just a few audio interviews woven together?Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-53453501554563771422015-05-21T18:22:00.001-07:002015-05-21T18:22:41.192-07:00The Daily Tar Heel :: WUNC buys Fayetteville radio stationAnd what does this do for WUNC? More ego-enhancement driven by egoistical contributors?Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-80140242373227854712015-04-07T08:08:00.003-07:002015-04-07T08:08:53.538-07:00Links, other material??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Why is it that WUNC does not provide a wide range of supplemental information on stories it reports only in audio form? For example, links to statistics on gun ownership in Orange County to go with the story on guns a couple of days ago, or the one today on NC Bar pass rates - e.g., a link to the State Bar? Audio is not the only medium, and some of us want to know more than the brief words spoken on air. </div>
Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-77361005566951603912014-04-30T12:26:00.004-07:002014-04-30T12:26:52.297-07:00Charity Navigator<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I sent this on 19 April to the main WUNC e-mail address, and no response:<br />
"I don’t seem to be able to find WUNC on Charity Navigator <a href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/">http://www.charitynavigator.org/</a>
Can you help me locate it there?"</div>
Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-54170952729325159622014-04-26T12:45:00.001-07:002014-04-26T12:45:25.909-07:00News | WUNCEither there has been no news for the last 30 hours, or WUNC simply does not cover whatever may have happened in whatever they consider to be the market they are licensed to serve.Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-2956743239228855102014-04-24T06:31:00.001-07:002014-04-24T06:31:50.361-07:00BBC World Service - Newshour, 24/04/2014The "world's radio station" is a great moniker for the BBC. You can listen to Newshour here.Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-88133173770370365722014-03-24T18:48:00.001-07:002014-03-24T18:48:26.815-07:00Now Cleared, Alert Carolina Sirens Sound On UNC-CH Campus With Reports Of Armed Person Near Campus | WUNCAnd the rest of the story? Or because this happened at the weekend, is this no longer an item for the massive WUNC newsroom to address?Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-19105644906330245522014-03-24T18:46:00.001-07:002014-03-24T18:46:52.297-07:00UNC sirens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It would seem to me that WUNC ought to have a "reporter" on duty 24/7 so that the station can do more than read postings off the UNC website when there is an emergency, for example. How many people work on WUNC? Is no one ever working on the weekend that know whether the news pyramid is right-side up or inverted? For radio, they don't even have to be able to spell!</div>
Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-78764738932674325962014-03-07T15:05:00.001-08:002014-03-07T15:05:19.114-08:00The Latest News On The Coal Ash Spill in Eden, NC | WUNCHow refreshing to see something done as well as this continuing coverage appears to be. Did I miss a mention of it on-air or on WUNC's home page?Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-926957636329483882014-02-28T18:09:00.001-08:002014-02-28T18:09:07.265-08:00Ash Spill Shows How Watchdog Was Defanged - NYTimes.comWith all the money WUNC raises, one would think - as I do - that the station could do some first-rate, in-depth, multiple media reporting on major issues. Even if all of the words of this article don't get said on the air, a story such as this could have been researched and written by someone else. Whether WUNC would ever hire such a person - and give her or him free reign to report - remains an open question.Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-184015273263973402014-02-25T07:31:00.001-08:002014-02-25T07:31:36.936-08:00The Latest News On The Coal Ash Spill in Eden, NC | WUNCWUNC's website leaves so much to be desired. This link is now buried.<a href="http://www.npr.org/search/index.php?searchinput=duke+coal"> Why doesn't it contain all of these?</a>Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-55281558172028619482014-02-24T17:25:00.001-08:002014-02-24T17:25:45.114-08:00The Latest News On The Coal Ash Spill in Eden, NC | WUNCThis is so embarrassing.Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-3190092079988706072014-02-21T19:11:00.001-08:002014-02-21T19:11:04.142-08:00WUNC | Bringing the world home to you.The last couple of times that I've tried to play WUNC from my laptop, the audio has not worked at first and I've had to fiddle with downloads, etc. Of course, as is so typical of this station, there is no help offered on the site for problems like. What, you think we should be customer-oriented?Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-69923907353604047592014-02-20T19:19:00.001-08:002014-02-20T19:19:30.350-08:00Natural Gas Drilling in North Carolina: Impacts of Fracking on Health, Water | NRDCI find it hard to believe - in the same spirit as my comment about the Gov. McCRORY "news" item on WUNC - that this James TAYLOR message is somehow worthy of a press release just because the NRDC has paid to place it on various television stations in the state. My views on fracking are not relevant; nor should they be for WUNC, but more important, is something news just because someone pays to say it? If so, at least every political message deserve a news "story", no? How about that woman who attacks Sen. HAGAN over the Affordable Health Act? Who is she? Why not a story about her message? (I'd love to know who she is so I could be sure not to go to any film in which she might appear!)Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-4077461509974307612014-02-18T11:04:00.001-08:002014-02-18T11:04:00.133-08:00Search | WUNCI'd love to see WUNC do some actual investigative reporting on the NC Governor. For example, why did WUNC run what I imagine a press release from the Governor's office lauding his 45 second appearance on "national" TV for anyone watching Sunday AM? Where is the WUNC piece laying out his relationship wit Duke Energy, whether he recuses himself, whether he owns any shares, etc?Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-67099403294457291072014-02-12T08:29:00.001-08:002014-02-12T08:29:47.508-08:00Charity Navigator - Your Search ResultsHmmm. Why is WUNC not here?<br /><br />
And, by the way, exactly how are the winners of the station's travel lotteries selected? What, specifically, is done to select these winners? Pieces of paper in a hat? Algorithm? Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-86818855521414112092013-12-16T10:43:00.000-08:002013-12-16T10:43:01.901-08:00The News & Observer and WUNC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In listening to WUNC describe a News & Observer story just now, it occurred to me that WUNC could very well become the audio voice of the newspaper with little effort. The announcers on WUNC simply read copy as it is, and often with errors, so working with a professional news organization would be good for everyone. WUNC could reduce its staff, the N&O would get more exposure, and, most important, we would all be so much better served.</div>
Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-89297370257419182922013-10-25T06:13:00.002-07:002013-11-11T19:49:06.011-08:00Support?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On air, the announcer this morning said, I think, that 3,200 (updated to 3,900 on 25 Oct 2013) people had bought a chance for free trips and favors this go-round. Where on the WUNC site are the numbers of "sustainers"? Evolution of number of people giving money to WUNC? Is the average amount annually, per person, going up or down? That last announcement said the 3,900 was in addition to "sustainers". Numbers, please! At some point in the course of this, I think they mentioned 525,000 but not sure if that was goal or money that they had either received or was pledged. (That was back when they said that 2,600 had participated in the pledge drive to that point.) They said more than 4,000 on 1 November 2013.</div>
Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-31018125405525328932013-10-21T06:17:00.001-07:002013-10-21T06:17:49.169-07:00BBC World Service - NewshourTo avoid the bingo game fund raising on WUNC, you can listen here to the BBC Newshour without commercial interruption!Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-20818907912801057912013-03-29T11:23:00.001-07:002013-03-29T11:23:51.489-07:00NPR to End ‘Talk of the Nation’ - NYTimes.comYou have to wonder what the relationship between this announcement and "The Story" may be in the minds of WUNC management. Now would be a good time for a full accounting of the successes and non-successes of The Story for WUNC. How much has it cost WUNC? How much revenue has it earned WUNC?Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-22483155233407829302013-03-27T09:05:00.001-07:002013-03-27T09:05:31.510-07:003.500?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Was it about 3,500 who gave to WUNC the last pledge drive? I heard 3,300 on 15 February and then 3,440 a little later. Still not sure if that is new people, "sustainers", or some other group.</div>
Terry MAGUIREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122923576942592897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12984238.post-4832529791579116212013-02-14T07:34:00.001-08:002013-02-14T07:34:37.883-08:00Heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When did "heart" become a verb? I missed that.</div>
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