Category archives: NPR

WNYC-FM Is Latest Public Radio Station To Slash Music

WNYC-FM, one of New York City’s top non-commercial radio stations, is canceling most music programming in favor of news and talk. Disturbingly, other public radio stations are making similar moves or shifting music programming to less listened to time slots and secondary HD channels. It’s a trend that has independent…

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Before moving on to another full week of music industry happenings, we revisit some notable articles from the past seven days, including a look at how Gen. Z is consuming music, why Spotify users are angry over the platform’s latest updates, how one major MP3 ripping site has been shuttered,…

NPR Launches Curated Music Playlists

National Public Radio’s NPR Music has launch a new series of curated playlists featuring music from the broadcaster’s radio programs such as Morning Edition or All Things Considered. The playlists, which will also feature ‘curated’ selections from NPR personalities, will include music from across a variety of genres, such as…

The Breeders Are Back! See Them Perform Live At Tiny Desk.

The Breeders Are Back! See Them Perform Live At Tiny Desk. After many iterations, hiatuses and returns, The Breeders will always be Kim Deal’s band, […]

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Chance The Rapper: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Chance The Rapper: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Robin Hilton | July 5, 2017 — Chance The Rapper knew he wanted to try a different […]

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Watch: Slowdive: NPR Music Field Recordings

Watch: Slowdive: NPR Music Field Recordings Before a month-and-change ago, Slowdive hadn’t released an album in 22 years. So you’d be forgiven for watching the […]

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Half of NPR’s Federal Budget Is Required to Protect Melania Trump In New York

Taxpayers will pay an estimated $53 million just to protect Melania Trump at Trump Tower in New York this year alone.  That’s more than half the entire budget for all National Public Radio (NPR) programming and station costs, both of which are getting eliminated. If you’re unhappy that the US Government is eliminating funding for […]

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Does the World Really Need NPR?

Trump wants to cut federal funding to National Public Radio (NPR).  Is that such a bad thing? Before you rip me a listener-supported new one, I’ll start with this.  I listen, without fail, to NPR every single day.  Sometimes for just a few minutes, other times for hours on end. I’ve also donated more than […]

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Does High-Fidelity Music In Streaming Really Matter? Probably Not, Says a CNBC Test

With Tidal initially launching a $19.99 service for hi-fi audio fidelity, Deezer offering hi-fi as well, and an iPhone 7 without a headphone jack supposedly due to physical analog headphone jacks not being able to deliver high quality audio, music companies, music streaming companies, and manufacturers are pushing more and more for listeners to enjoy […]

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