Public Radio Exchange http://blog.prx.org Making Public Radio more public Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:42:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 News for Producers: Embedding and Zeitfunk http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/news-for-producers-embedding-and-zeitfunk/ http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/news-for-producers-embedding-and-zeitfunk/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:41:55 +0000 Genevieve http://blog.prx.org/?p=6156 Get the latest PRX producer news below!


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Hi producers,

PRX’s mission is to use technology to get your best work to millions of listeners. We made a big change that will help do just that: ALL pieces on PRX.org can now be embedded, whether you have a paid account or not. Post your work; embed and share it almost anywhere. Juicy details below.

Plus, don’t miss the Zeitfunk Awards, our list of the most licensed pieces and producers of 2011. Wait ’til you see how many pieces were sold last year.

Keep up your amazing work!

-Genevieve
Member Support and Editorial Associate

Embedding for All

Share your pieces with the world!

You don’t need to have a paid PRX account or even have to log in to share work on PRX.org.

Embeddable players are now available to ALL PRX producers, and complete streams of all NEW pieces posted to PRX will now be open for people to listen to without logging in. The Facebook player will also play the full piece rather than 30 seconds.

We know embedding works: Almost all of the most listened to pieces of 2011 were open for embedding and were shared on websites.

See the embeddable player in action on a producer’s website, HuffPo, and Remix.

You’re still in control: Embedding, Facebook streaming, and non-logged-in listening are all part of what we call Open Streaming, which you can turn on or off per piece. Here’s how:

Allow Open Streaming | How to Share | In Our Blog

Top of the Charts

The Zeitfunk Awards for 2011 are here!

They show the Most Licensed Producer, Most Listened-to Piece, which stations bought the most, and more — think of them as the PRX Oscars.

Plus, we love helpful stats! Some highlights:

  • 8,000 individual pieces were licensed; many of those more than once. The total number of licenses was 17,488 (that’s 4,062 more than 2010).
  • 437 individual producers and 176 groups sold pieces on PRX in 2011
  • 185 producers sold pieces for the first time!
  • Hour-long programs continue to be the best sellers at 9,664 licenses last year.
  • In second place, pieces under 5 min. sold 3,184 times.

See all the stats, new categories (like Most Embedded), and fun stuff at the Zeitfunk Awards.

More News

Remember the purchasers

Not just a home for terrestrial stations, PRX has “Outside Purchasers” — internet radio, national shows, podcasts, and more — that license pieces with your permission.

Opt-in and let OPs buy your pieces.

Speaking of Public Radio Remix…

The 24/7 channel of pieces from PRX is now on KALW/San Francisco, KUNM/Albuquerque, and WFPL/Louisville.

See all the stations and ways you can hear Remix.

New opportunity for U.S. doc producers

The BBC World Service is looking for documentaries that will show their global audience an America they didn’t know existed. Ideas are due March 2. Get the details.

February 2012
Embedding for All Zeitfunk Awards More News

Programming Hooks

  • Valentine’s Day
  • Presidents Day
  • Women’s History Month
  • St. Patrick’s Day
  • Election
  • Economy

We’re always looking for new things to feature — evergreen stuff AND pieces on timely topics. If you publish a piece, let us know.

PRX Tip

Do you format your hour-long pieces with space for a newshole and breaks? Pieces that do are more likely to be picked up:

1-minute billboard, 5 min. newshole, two 1-min. breaks, and end at 59 min.

Here are some examples.

PRX Podcasts

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Mars Lands on PRX

You might know the talented Roman Mars as the program director of Public Radio Remix.

But we’re proud to announce that his amazing 99% Invisible podcast is the newest signature show on PRX. We’re big fans. So are 1,000s of others. Join ‘em!


PRX Site Numbers

As of February 9, 2012 PRX has…

40,704+ published pieces

140,589+ members (listeners, producers, station staff)

In the fourth quarter of 2011…

PRX paid $52,290 in royalties to producers.

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Have you ever wondered who PRX’s most licensed producer is? Or what about the station that licensed the most pieces? Maybe you’ve asked yourself what piece gets the most listens? Or maybe what new group sold the most? You can find all of this out and much, much more in the PRX Zeitfunk Awards: 2011.

Also included is useful stats and interesting facts about PRX and some funny stuff from staff.

Zeitfunk means “you’re awesome.” Keep doing what you’re doing!

Did you make the list? Tweet it, Facebook it, let the world know: use #Zeitfunk2011 on Twitter.

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February 7, 2012

Bring in da Zeitfunk

Hi friend of PRX,

PRX gets the jump on the Oscars every year. Our annual Zeitfunk Awards honor the stations and producers with the mostiest — most licensed, most listened-to, most playlisted, and all-new categories!

We’ve noticed exciting changes over the years: new producers rise to the top; some shows we suspected would have juice actually do; indie producers rank right up there with the big boys.

Trophies are being ordered. No need for tuxes, Ryan Seacrest or Harry Winston jewels. Just scan the ZF list and say…”wow!”

-John

Valentine’s Day

Love on the air

More pieces for your Valentine above and to the right!

Transom Story Workshop

New producers, new stories

Last Fall, Transom held a Story Workshop to train new radio producers. Now, their pieces are up on PRX!

Many more pieces in the full Transom Story Workshop Playlist

Black History Specials

Gems you might have missed

Try these and more Black History Month pieces above and to the right under Timely Picks.
  • Author Russell Goings has adapted his epic poem “The Children of Children Keep Coming” into a spoken word performance that delineates and celebrates the too often unsung African American cultural history. (WNPR | 51:01)
  • Prime Time Radio’s documentary Zydeco Nation traces how the Louisiana Creole music found a new home 2,000 miles from its birthplace in California. (1:02:45)
  • Race and the Space Race explores how the greatest technical achievement in the last 50 years advanced civil rights. Narrated by Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space. (Richard Paul/Soundprint | 59:18)

Other Good Stuff

  • Exciting news: PRX’s embeddable audio players are now available to all members — paid and unpaid. Embed station work and producers’ pieces you air on your station website. AND, pieces are now open by default for anyone to listen without logging in. Learn all about this.
  • Calling indie producers: The KUOW Program Venture Fund is OPEN. Series, docs, short audio pieces about the Puget Sound region: Apply here.

Timely Picks

Black History Month: Hours

Black History Month: Series

Black History Month: Segments & Interstitials

Valentine’s Day

Presidents’ Day

Exclusive Weeklies

The Moth Radio Hour

Season 5 still available. Don’t miss these stories.

How to Do Everything

Half advice show, half survival guide.

State of the Re:Union

Stories from The Bronx, Miss. Gulf, Wyo., Cleveland, and Sacramento.

Sound Opinions

Jim and Greg rock weekly. Valentine’s show coming this week.

American Routes

Amazing musical Americana of all kinds.

Snap Judgment

Fate, fights, gratitude, Snap.

LA Theatre Works

Contemporary radio drama.

Vinyl Cafe

Stories about the world’s smallest record store.

Help fund local journalism that matters.


Public Radio Remix

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PRX Podcasts

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Valentine’s Day image by clarescupcakes.co.uk. Black History Month image by YesterPrints.

]]> http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/bring-in-da-zeitfunk/feed/ 0 Open your piece, share with the world http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/open-your-piece-share-with-the-world/ http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/open-your-piece-share-with-the-world/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:02:38 +0000 Jake http://blog.prx.org/?p=6092 share

PRX’s mission is to harness technology to bring significant stories to millions of people. We’ve primarily focused on opening broadcast opportunities for producers with stations.

Last year, PRX introduced embeddable audio players — included as part of what we call “open streaming” — for producers with paid PRX accounts to use on an opt-in basis to share their work online. Not surprisingly, when we looked at last year’s stats the most listened-to pieces of 2011 allowed open streaming.

So we are excited to announce that as of now all new pieces on PRX will allow open streaming by default for all producers (producers can still opt-out to limit streaming if they prefer).

With one checkbox, open streaming allows:

  • Access to an embeddable player that plays the piece on websites and blogs.
  • Ability to share the full piece through Facebook’s player, rather than 30 seconds.
  • Full-length streaming on PRX.org without requiring log-in.

For producers there are big advantages to opening your stream: more listening, more sharing, more ways for stations and audiences to find and connect with your work.

Over 8,000 individual pieces were licensed by stations from PRX last year, some more than once: 17,488 total licenses by hundreds of stations, reaching millions of listeners. Even as broadcast continues to get the biggest bang for distribution, increasingly producers want to get their work heard immediately on the web and PRX is continuously improving the ways we can help.

We’ll have more improvements to these streaming and sharing options coming soon, and are eager for feedback.  For some more explanation check out:

]]> http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/open-your-piece-share-with-the-world/feed/ 2 “Watson, come here. I need PRX…” http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/watson-come-here-i-need-prx/ http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/watson-come-here-i-need-prx/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:31:23 +0000 John http://blog.prx.org/?p=6083 More than a newsletter, our weekly station communication highlights exclusive weeklies on PRX, timely content, and unique specials you may not have heard of. Check them out below.


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February 1, 2012

“Watson, come here. I need PRX…”

Hi friend of PRX,

Thomas Alva Edison is a hero for anyone who works with audio. Recorded sound? He’s the guy. So, when archivists found some old wax cylinders with the voices of Bismarck and other long-dead Germans hidden at Edison’s place in NJ, we had one thought: audio archives RULE.

If you’re in radio, you have ‘em. Blank on Blank is pioneering work with this sort of stuff. Check out the Kitchen Sisters’ and Jay Allison’s Lost and Found Sound, a PERFECT example of rich archives.

You don’t need the gems of a scratchy old German voice. You have a goldmine of your own somewhere. Put some of it on PRX…

Ja!
-John

Black History Month

Make it special

Explore two eras of Harlem history:

Much more for Black History Month under Timely Picks above and to the right.

Pet Projects

Give ‘em a home

  • Ned Ryerson wants you to air the free Memories of Groundhog Day. Do it and he’ll stop trying to sell you insurance. (52:05)
  • A man and his dog, plus a law. A personal story about the pitbull ban in Miami. (9:01)

Recorded Folklore

Happy Birthday, Alan Lomax

Other Good Stuff

  • Congrats to all of AIR’s Localore winners. Lots of PRX stations and producers are in there — can’t wait to see your work on PRX!

Follow Us for the Latest


PRX Podcasts

HowSound: Latest episode features NPR Baghdad correspondent Kelly McEvers.
YouthCast: The next generation of sound.

Timely Picks

Black History Month: Hours

Black History Month: Series

Black History Month: Segments & Interstitials

Valentine’s Day

Presidents’ Day

Exclusive Weeklies

The Moth Radio Hour

Season 5 still available. Don’t miss these stories.

How to Do Everything

Who lets in bad presidential jokes?

State of the Re:Union

Stories from The Bronx, Miss. Gulf, Wyo., Cleveland, and Sacramento.

Sound Opinions

Jim and Greg rock weekly. Shows free to all.

American Routes

Amazing musical Americana of all kinds.

Snap Judgment

Fate, fights, gratitude, Snap.

LA Theatre Works

Contemporary radio drama.

Vinyl Cafe

Stories about the world’s smallest record store.

Help fund local journalism that matters.


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Original old timey image from soundofthehound.com. Harlem image from aawomeninhr.blogspot.com.

]]> http://blog.prx.org/2012/02/watson-come-here-i-need-prx/feed/ 0 PRX’s Red Carpet http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/prxs-red-carpet/ http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/prxs-red-carpet/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:31:36 +0000 John http://blog.prx.org/?p=6077 On PRX this week: Voices from Tahrir, Memories of Groundhog Day, and How To Do Everything.


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January 24, 2012

PRX’s Red Carpet

Hi friend of PRX,

The Oscar noms are out. Yawn. We all know the best images are on the radio! Here are a few choice pieces of radio art that rival what you see on the screen:

All right, Mr. DeMille. I’m ready for my close up,
John

Voices from Tahrir

Jan. 25 marks 1 year since the uprising

In this new one-hour special, participants in the people’s revolution in Egypt give first-hand accounts of their historic 18 days in Tahrir Square and discuss the challenges they face in a post-Mubarak Egypt.

Human Rights Watch and Barrett Golding/Hearing Voices offer this dramatic program for free.

Memories of Groundhog Day

Movie magic for around Feb. 2

“Ned… Ryerson!”

If you remember that name, you probably remember the movie Groundhog Day and actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who pushes insurance and friendship on Bill Murray’s character daily on the street.

Stephen — an extraordinary storyteller — shares his Memories of Groundhog Day, in a FREE special from the series The Tobolowsky Files.

“When we test-piloted [The Tobolowsky Files] in the evening we received more positive response than with any other new program we’ve tested. We then chose to air it Sunday afternoons at 1:00…” -KUOW/Seattle PD Jeff Hansen

The Oscar nominations are announced — a great time to try another show about the movies, too: Behind the Scenes from Andrea Chase.

How to Do Everything…

On the radio

How to Do Everything is a new podcast from NPR, now available for broadcast. It’s half advice show, half survival guide.

Learn something new each week, like how to make your own Twinkies, become a sniper, and avoid asteroids.

HTDE is exclusively on PRX in 3- to 7-min. segments perfect for dropping into your station’s programs.

Announcements

This Week’s Newsletter

Voices from Tahrir

Groundhog Day

How To Do Everything

Announcements

Timely Picks

Black History Month: Hours

Black History Month: Series

Black History Month: Segments & Interstitials

Valentine’s Day

Presidents’ Day

Public Radio Remix

Are you listening yet?

PRX’s Signature Shows

The Moth Radio Hour

More true, amazing stories.

State of the Re:Union

New cities and connections.

Sound Opinions

Jim and Greg rock weekly.

Snap Judgment

Are you hip enough for this show? ;)

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Original Hollywood sign image by adrianblack. Tahrir image by Platon for Human Rights Watch.

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“Ned… Ryerson!”

If you remember that name, you probably remember the movie Groundhog Day and actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who pushes insurance and friendship on Bill Murray’s character daily on the street.

Stephen is an extraordinary storyteller whose series The Tobolowsky Files has aired on KUOW/Seattle and WFPL/Louisville Public Radio. Now you can get the story behind the story of the movie, as Stephen shares his Memories of Groundhog Day.

If you’re with a PRX member station, Memories of Groundhog Day is FREE for you to air. It’s a great chance to add some whimsy to your early Feb. schedule and give the program a try with your audience.

Questions about your station’s PRX membership or anything else? Just shout.

What KUOW’s Program Director has to say about the series:

“What I like most about The Tobolowsky Files is the intimacy and the intelligence of the stories. By intimacy I mean that it seems as if Stephen is leaning across the table telling ME personally a story. By intelligence, I mean that the stories are both entertaining and that I learn something. The Tobolowsky Files is the perfect alignment between story-telling creation and presentation.

“When we test-piloted the program in the evening we received more positive response than with any other new program we’ve tested. We then chose to air it Sunday afternoons at 1:00 right after another of the best story-telling programs available, thereby helping us extend listening further into the day.” – Jeff Hansen, Program Director at KUOW/Seattle

]]> http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/memories-of-groundhog-day/feed/ 0 Why Public Media Needs an Accelerator http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/why-public-media-needs-an-accelerator/ http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/why-public-media-needs-an-accelerator/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:26:46 +0000 Jake http://blog.prx.org/?p=6032 PRX has been busy gearing up for the launch of the Public Media Accelerator to take place at SXSW in March. The project is run by PRX and supported by a $2.5 million dollar investment from the Knight Foundation.

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As we approach the launch, we’re already getting questions from people across media and technology. What is an accelerator and what role will it play for public media?

I address some of these questions in a new post today on the MediaShift Idea Lab blog.

It’s clear that public media needs its own accelerator — attuned to the needs and assets of the industry and connected to the talent and energy in the broader technology and media world… [O]ur measure of success is not profits and exits per se — it’s furthering the values and impact of public service media, with sustainability and revenue being critical to create a lasting effect.

Read the full post, “Why PRX, Knight Created an Accelerator for Public Media” over at the MediaShift Idea Lab blog.

Learn more and sign up for updates at http://publicmediax.org.

]]> http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/why-public-media-needs-an-accelerator/feed/ 1 PRX Time Continuum http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/prx-time-continuum/ http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/prx-time-continuum/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:21:02 +0000 John http://blog.prx.org/?p=6026 We’re highlighting picks for Black History Month. Plus, get some movie magic right before Sundance, and listen in to new music specials of all kinds.


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January 17, 2012

PRX Time Continuum

Hi friend of PRX,

We’re in the midst of a presidential campaign, some parts of the Internets might go dark for a protest, and there are signs of an even newer iPad this Spring. The future is upon us!

And today Betty White and Mary Tyler Moore are the two TOP search items on Google. Whaaat?? Two sit-com stars who actually shared a series back before those new fangled VCRs.

PRX knows that whatever is older is new again — it’s why the PRX catalog totally rules: new relevance, new connections, fresh meaning.

We know Sue Ann Nivens and Mary Richards would totally love PRX.

-John

Black History Month

Ideas for February

Try these and other ideas for Black History Month. Look to the right under Timely Picks.

Movie Magic

Get your popcorn

With the Golden Globes behind us and Sundance coming right up, here are some picks about movies:

  • Filmspotting is an hour-long weekly program about film that includes movie reviews, interviews, top five lists, listener feedback and insightful film talk. (WBEZ)

Sing, Swing, Listen In

New hours of great music

If you missed it in person, Savannah Music Festival Live just added 10 new hours to their series of music from the 2010 event.

Full series

Announcements

This Week’s Newsletter

Black History Month

Movie Magic

New Music

Announcements

Timely Picks

Black History Month: Hours

Black History Month: Series

Black History Month: Segments & Interstitials

Valentine’s Day

Public Radio Remix

Are you listening yet?

PRX’s Signature Shows

The Moth Radio Hour

More true, amazing stories.

State of the Re:Union

New cities and connections.

Sound Opinions

Jim and Greg rock weekly.

Snap Judgment

Are you hip enough for this show? ;)

Help fund local journalism that matters.


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Black History Month image from the Library of Congress.

]]> http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/prx-time-continuum/feed/ 0 PRX Ponders Twinkie http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/prx-ponders-twinkie/ http://blog.prx.org/2012/01/prx-ponders-twinkie/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:07:46 +0000 John http://blog.prx.org/?p=6018 Moyers & Company coming soon — get all the details. Plus, ideas for Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.


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January 10, 2012

PRX Ponders Twinkie

Hi friend of PRX,

Bankrupt? Say it ain’t so, Twinkie! Times are tough for the sweet concoction that almost never goes stale.

Rising prices for the ingredients, at least the ones we know of, are being blamed in part for a possible second bankruptcy filing by Twinkie’s owners.

PRX, by contrast, is always fresh. Our ingredients are updated constantly — lots of new radio pieces show up daily. And, almost all of them are nutritious. Plus, we show you what’s inside every piece before you buy.

Ring Ding!
-John

Moyers is Back

Coming this week

Bill Moyers is back, this time on public radio with a new weekly program available free to PRX member stations.

Just in time for the election year and starting Jan. 13, the first hour-long programs will probe the reasons for financial inequality in America.

Also new: America’s Test Kitchen Radio.

Voices and Stories

For MLK Day and Black History Month

  • Who Is This Man?: The “I Have a Dream” speech may not have been heard if it weren’t for Bayard Rustin.

Explore the life and legacy of Mr. Rustin, a black, gay, Quaker who brought non-violent protest to the Civil Rights movement in America. (State of the Re:Union | 58:23)

Many more choices above and to the right under Timely Picks.

Coachella 2012

Radiohead is a headliner

Coachella, the California music festival that gets bigger by the year, announced its lineup today.

Announcements

  • What else have we been doing besides writing fabulous station newsletters? Find out in our Monthly Update.
  • Meet Laitan, a Modern Culture and Media student at Brown University who is helping us over her winter break.

This Week’s Newsletter

Moyers is Back

MLK and Black History Month

Coachella 2012

Announcements

Timely Picks

Martin Luther King Day

Black History Month: Hours

Black History Month: Series

Black History Month: Segments & Interstitials

Valentine’s Day

Public Radio Remix

Are you listening yet?

PRX’s Signature Shows

The Moth Radio Hour

More true, amazing stories.

State of the Re:Union

New cities and connections.

Sound Opinions

Jim and Greg rock weekly.

Snap Judgment

Are you hip enough for this show? ;)

Help fund local journalism that matters.


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HowSound: Subscribe to the “new” podcast.
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Original Twinkie image by Christian Cable.

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