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Will miss hearing his voice. He was the epitome of the evening rush hour radio news!
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Originally Posted by raidgirl
David Branchccio/Kai Risdahl/Molly Wood from Market place
Love Kai Ryssdal. He has that SoCal/Western U.S. laid-back voice but recently found out that he was born and raised in Westchester County/NYC.
Also Diane Rehm will always bring me back to my college days during the commutes for mid/late-morning classes. Sad to hear her voice slowly deteriorate and then come back to the news for a story about her health problem and the "Death with Dignity" movement.
Will miss hearing his voice. He was the epitome of the evening rush hour radio news!
Love Kai Ryssdal. He has that SoCal/Western U.S. laid-back voice but recently found out that he was born and raised in Westchester County/NYC.
Also Diane Rehm will always bring me back to my college days during the commutes for mid/late-morning classes. Sad to hear her voice slowly deteriorate and then come back to the news for a story about her health problem and the "Death with Dignity" movement.
I agree. Kai and Diane are high on my list also. Yes Diane has had her troubles with her voice. It didn't stop her though she was right there with the interviews.
Its so sad fpr me to say as I end up my show playing Chuck Prophet and JaCK wHITE SEGUING INTO npr NEWS. Commie subversive nsnsense. Talks about a third wave. I shrug, exit the studio, and go to the bar. The movement of people who listen to cool music, but are pretty Republican is growing.
I liked LuLu Garcia Navarro, who hosted a show (“Weekend Edition”) on Sunday mornings. But, she left in October, 2021 after being with NPR for 17 years, in various roles.
NPR has/had mostly good hosts. That's based upon what I've heard in past. They have good grammar, good pronunciation (especially of) non-English names/places and pleasant enough voices. It's been awhile though since I could bear to listen to NPR more than an hour or so before turning their broadcasts off.
My issues with NPR are, although NPR affiliates purchase independently produced content which is decent enough, that content is overrun by constant self-promotion, sponsorship ads, schilling for donations (plenty of schilling for dollars outside regular NPR fund drives). I'd be interested to see what NPR pays their hosts and what compensation packages they have. Yes none of my business, but they get some government funding and they fund drive like nobody's business, so just curious how their salaries/benefits compare to hosts at big commercial radio stations.
I joked to a friend that NPR stands for ”Nattering programmed repetition.” How anyone can listen hours and hours everyday to NPR escapes me, but by nature humans can become addicted to so much stuff. In all the states I've lived, I search out good college radio stations that have news and good variety of music. At my age new things that challenge me could be beneficial (less brain atrophy than I already have). College students usually have broad areas of interest, in media, domestic/international political issues, and most important to me, in music. I don't listen much at all to music of I grew up with. I like discovering new music, new entertainment media and fresh points of view. Maybe that's you too-huh?
our local NPR has good LOCAL hosts.
regarding national hosts, my favorites
have died/retired (Deford, for one).
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