A marriage made in NPR heaven

By Megan Wagner

Ah marriage. The courtship, the engagement and then the joining of two people is always such a happy and momentous occasion. After months (or even years) of courtship, a couple makes the decision to take the next step.  Friday at WNED, we celebrated an exciting betrothing of our own – the engagement of WNED AM 970 to WBFO 88.7 FM.

Blazing a trail of local innovation

By Suzanne Kashuba
 
In 1998, after living in Ohio for more than 15 years, I decided to move back home to Western New York. As I announced my decision to colleagues, the anticipated question was posed: “Why would anyone want to live in Buffalo?”

Everyone knows the stereotype: Buffalo is a snow-bound, beaten-down, old-hat, rust-belt kind of town. But few out-of-towners know the reality.

The Tom Ashbrook Experience: All Along the Radio Tower

By: Annmarie Dean

On June 10^th, Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s “On Point,” made a pit stop in Buffalo to broadcast his show live. He then attended a luncheon right here in one of our studios. While this event was very exciting, what made it even more neat is the fact that WNED’s own Daniel Robison was featured as a guest on the program!

I got the chance to sit down with our Innovation Trail reporter to discuss his “On Point” experience.

Where has all the local radio news gone?

By Suzanne Kashuba

I’m an admitted news junkie – it’s like a hobby. I like to stay informed – knowing I’m barely scraping the tip of the information iceberg. I get my news from myriad sources: the Web, newspapers, magazines, TV—even radio. Radio? Remember when radio stations routinely covered local news?