Public Radio Exchange

Hi PRX producer,

Spring is in the air here in Cambridge, and PRX is rolling out the virtual red carpet for our annual Zeitfunk Awards, honoring the most licensed pieces, producers and stations of 2009!

We look forward to this each year because it’s a chance to honor the hard work that PRX members put into their craft.

And, it’s so exciting to see new names placing in the awards, that this year we highlighted (with our happy radio person seen above) each person and piece who has never placed in Zeitfunk before.

Congrats to all!

-Genevieve Sponsler
Member Support &
Editorial Associate

Gettin’ Zeitfunky

Here are the Zeitfunk first-place winners for 2009 (each will soon receive a trophy that is way more fun than an Oscar).

Many more of you placed; follow the links for the full list.

Most Licensed Producer
Phil Nusbaum (more)

Most Licensed Group
Vinyl Cafe (more)

Most Licensed Debut Producer
Chris Kuborn (more)

Most Licensed Debut Group
Music Mountain (more)

Zeitfunk is also a great resource of what’s selling and who’s buying it, including useful stats like the piece lengths that stations buy most.

PRX Can Do That?

Keep track of pieces you’ve sold
From My PRX > Carriage Reports, select a date range to download a CSV file that you can use in Excel. Each file tells you the purchase date, piece, purchaser, and any carriage the station provided.

Ira to go
About a month ago PRX’s developers released the This American Life iPhone App, with streaming access to every TAL episode, staff picks and special features. Heck, let Ira tell you about it.

Wake up to your favorite station
Our other (but no less awesome) iPhone app, the free Public Radio Player, has been downloaded over 2.5 million times, and we recently updated it with an alarm clock, faster performance and even a sleep timer.

Stuff We Dig

Recording on your iPhone/iPod
Recording from your iPhone would be so convenient, if only it sounded good. There may be hope — Transom reviews two new devices that you can attach to your phone.

Missed the Filmless Festival?
The annual Third Coast Filmless Festival, “a celebration of storytelling, sound and the art of listening,” took place on March 6 in Chicago. PRX has put together a playlist of some of the fantastic audio pieces featured at the festival. Take a listen.