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One might think, as I do, that the NPR report on eugenics compensation in NC today on All Things Considered might have resulted in some meaningful organization of at least this material on the WUNC site. But no, that did not happen. Probably everyone left early for the weekend when NC news only exists on WUNC if it happens on one of the feeds they broadcast from other organizations. I find WUNC's management of all this to be utterly astounding.

Record Corn Crop Predicted for NC —

Gee, if you hear/read this report, you'd think no one in NC eats any corn grown here - "nearly 100%" goes to feed animals and 1/10th of one percent goes for ethanol, it says. If we eat less than ethanol uses, what's wrong with this picture and what's wrong with WUNC that this doesn't pop up on the air or - God forbid - on their website by way of expanded coverage of the subject. I am increasingly convinced that WUNC consists of a group of entertainers/announcers who are much more focused on the way their voices sound than they area on what those voices say.

Last Motel —

During the day yesterday I heard a couple of promos for Last Motel saying that Trombone Shorty would be on the show. It sounded like a pretty big deal and having seen him perform overseas, I was interested in what he might have to say. So I tuned in at 6 PM. The first words out of the announcer's mouth were something like - "we'll get to Trombone Shorty" a little later, but first....". That lasted at least 30 minutes, when I turned it off in order to watch the network news on television. Commercial television is very good at this trick - telling people about something "coming up" and then making them wait through commercials and much wasted time in order to see whatever it was. There is no place for this in public radio. Either tell people that this is going to be in the second half of the show, spend some extra time and create a transcript, or stop the commercial promotion trick!

Federal Funds Called Vital for Many Public Stations - NYTimes.com

North Carolina Public Radio WUNC — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC

Sometimes there is no point in commenting. Look at the link above that will take you to search results on the WUNC site for the word "edwards".

An Energy Efficient Eyesore — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC

Why no transcripts?

From WUNC & NPR — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC

You might think that WUNC would post a little report on the results of the recent set of travel raffles that they ran earlier this month. On air, I caught something about 3,500 people but was not clear on what that number was.