NPR Music, an overlooked prime source for music

By Kaitlyn Affuso

To hear and learn about favorite musical artists, there is more than YouTube, Wikipedia and social networking site rumors. NPR Music has everything from recorded interviews, to behind-the-scenes videos and music videos from artists of all genres – folk, hip-hop/rap, classical and more.

Happy (Fiscal) New Year! WNED Celebrates Multiple Milestones

By Suzanne Kashuba

Break out the champagne and the noisemakers. July 1 marks the start of a brand new (fiscal) year—that’s right, FY 2013 is about to begin! Since I happen to be a fiscal new year baby, I’ve always felt this day should be given more significance (why wait three more days for parades and fireworks!?).

Landing smack dab in the middle of the year, it’s a good time to look back and reflect. Although my own fiscal year was fairly uneventful, fiscal year 2012 will go down in history as a significant era for WNED public broadcasting. As I’ve been gathering information for our upcoming annual report, I wanted to share some impressive highlights. So here’s my Top 10 WNED Triumphs for Fiscal Year 2012.
Drumroll, please …

Way Back Wednesday: A Radio Roadmap

By: Annmarie Dean

Last week, I brought you a timeline of WNED’s television technology. This week, I’m proud to present an abridged version of the history of our radio stations, WNED AM 970 and Classical 94.5 WNED.

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.

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?