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...satellite radio. Outside, boiling up on both sides of Interstate 80, black prairie thunderheads sizzled with greenish lightning. Inside my car the only sound was that of an E! Entertainment biography of celebrity rock-widow Courtney Love. I reached for the dial and turned to CNN, then Fox, then NPR. But because all the news was national rather than local, not a single voice I came across could tell me that the town near the next exit--where I'd reserved a motel room for the night--was being shredded at that very moment by winds of over 180 m.p.h...
...minutes an hour. Why not turn it into a radio the rest of the time? That's the thinking behind MSpot, which offers 13 channels of on-demand radio through Sprint for $5.95 a month. There are eight channels of music (from pop to hip-hop and R&B), NPR, sports and weather. Founded by Daren Tsui and Edwin Ho, serial entrepreneurs with several successful start-ups, MSpot will soon be interactive, allowing you to buy an album (through Amazon.com or download a ringtone of a song you're hearing. "We're trying to build an interactive experience," says Tsui...
National Public Radio too is rebounding following a financial crisis that necessitated major cutbacks two years ago. Many of the cuts have since been restored. NPR's news and information shows, including the highly regarded Morning Edition and All Things Considered, increased their audience by 15% this year over last, and a new show, Weekend Edition, will be added on Saturday mornings, starting this week. In the meantime, NPR's friendly rival, American Public Radio, has nearly doubled its total programming hours in the past year. (NPR and APR both supply programming to public radio stations; NPR is best known...
...sounding British woman (Sue Endicott). 9 A.M. to noon, "Unfiltered": the woman comic (Lizz Winstead, who was also he network's program director), the elder statesman of black rap (Chuck D.), the Jewish lesbian with some radio experience (Rachel Maddow). Noon to 3, "The O'Franken Factor": Franken and NPR refugee Catherine Lanpher. 3 to 7 P.M.: Randi Rhodes ("I'm Jewish, I'm from Brooklyn"), who had built strong ratings in South Florida. 7 to 8 P.M., "So What Else Is News?": a magazine-show-style survey hosted by Hollywood producer Marty Kaplan. 8 to 11 P.M., "The Majority...
...August 2004, the idea has snowballed and there are now more than a thousand podcasters. The content could use an upgrade, but at least there's variety. Podcasts range over such topics as religion (see godcast.org), filmmaking (skinnybones.net), cover songs (coverville.com) and tech talk (engadget.com). Traditional radio outlets like NPR, the BBC and Air America are increasingly posting podcasts as well. If you want to get a handle on it all, PodcastAlley.com is emerging as an easy-to-use portal to the podcast world. The site features ratings, discussion groups and lists of some of the newest and most interesting...