http://schardtmedia.org ...connecting smart media insiders Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:57:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've neglected you, dear blog. Here's a few thoughts I circulated in an email awhile back, and decided to put it up here. I've been noticing over the last year or so what seems to be movement afoot of people who are bringing music to storytelling in new ways. I tend ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=122 I just had a look at Dale Hobson/NCPR’s “listening post,” one of the few, truly worthwhile e-newsletters. He distills in a wonderful way the real-life implications from a station POV the most recent news coming out of NPR...the acquisition of Public Interactive, and its decision to adopt Application Protocol Interface ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=117 I was commissioned to write an article by GrantMakers in Film and Video. What do we need to “forget,” then, in public radio? There are two sacred concepts that make a good starting point: the supremacy of content, and public service. Let’s start first with public service. Public service is public broadcasting’s ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=110 The year ahead will have its ups and downs, just like 2007. Ella, sweet harbinger, is my gift to you, with wishes for a prosperous, healthy New Year. Praise the good. [quicktime width="320" height="240" autoplay="false"]http://schardtmedia.org/productions/sounds/EllaMOODS8-4-07B.3g2[/quicktime] http://schardtmedia.org/?p=106 I've got a new assignment. On Sept 1, I'll add AIR, Association of Independents in Radio, to my roster....I've been named Executive Director. AIR is the largest professional membership organization in pubradio -- 600 strong -- representing a broad cross-section of the "makers," from station-based reporters to the ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=104 I’m presenting on Wednesday at the reunion of the The International Youth Forum, invited by a former client-colleague, Ginger DaSilva from Radio Netherlands. This group, founded in 1947, was a ground-breaking initiative of the New York Herald Tribune… Ginger is an esteemed alum. Fueled by post-WWII idealism, the newspaper ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=101 I love live radio best, and I’ve spent 19 years in a “secret corner” producing a live show on WMBR, MIT’s all volunteer, free-form station. In the Margin of the Other is an exploration of my wide-ranging musical tastes merging with sound/art and writing. I aircheck every show ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=98 I went to the One Hundred Club dinner this week hosted by one of my mentors, Norman Knight, honoring Peter Smythe. Smythe is Prez & CEO of Greater Media operating 20 radio stations around the country; one of the rare small to mid-size radio groups that didn't get gobbled ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=94 I loved the bit from the NY Times obit for the great, recently-late, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, of his close relationship to Dmitri Shostakovich, “Sometimes when I’m conducting, I see his face coming to me. Sometimes it’s not really a happy face — I conduct maybe a bit too ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=92 Coming back from a 2 day NPR "summit" in DC to today's new report on digitial media published by Bridge Ratings. Here's what jumped out: Internet listening tops the growth projected for 2007 for terrestrial, satellite, HD radio, and other platforms. On-line listening to terrestrial simulcasts ... http://schardtmedia.org/?p=90