WAMU going under?

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Anonymous wrote:The only thing I can say is that my family of politically moderate independents stopped our decades of donations recently because of WAMU's reporting that slanted toward Revolution. We won't be supporting Trump but we don't want immoderate voices from the other end to dominate, either. I guess, now that they're no longer an institution I can support, I don't mind if they feel the pain of lost audiences.

This this this!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of changes over the years/decades, from broadcasters to topics. Agree there seems to be a lot more lgbtq+ items covered, and that's not my cup of tea, but everyone should see themselves in the coverage, right? I could live with it. But Ayesha Rascoe finally did me in (had to look up how to spell her name). Every time she says "git" instead of "get," "wif" instead of "with," etc. When I heard her on the air, I turned WAMU off.

It's racist to mock her accent, just so you know. Ayesha is an accomplished journalist who cut her teeth in challenging trade news and worked her way up the ladder. And WAMU didn't add her, NPR did. You people make me sick.

Not speaking English is an accent? I know code switching is supposed to be a thing, but it hurts to listen to her speak

You aren't used to hearing Black southerners speak?

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Anonymous wrote:Which public radio station across the country would you listen to from your desktop at work? I am sick of the in your face agenda of WAMU and would like to listen to NPR programming on another more balanced station, and since everything is accessible through streaming there's no need to waste my time getting aggravated With WAMU.

WXPN but it's not news.

I haven't noticed the "angle" and the "in your face" news. I can't stand the reporters injecting their personal opinion/experience in the reports. I don't want to hear how the reporter feels about everything, I want to hear from the person being interviewed.

Also, and maybe this is the national news, but everyone greeting each other with "Hey, so and so..."

Hard to trust reporting from people saying "hey" and sharing their personal perspectives on everything.

Hate losing yet another source of local news though.

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PP again. I thought Ayesha Roscoe was fine.
That slam above was uncalled for.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of changes over the years/decades, from broadcasters to topics. Agree there seems to be a lot more lgbtq+ items covered, and that's not my cup of tea, but everyone should see themselves in the coverage, right? I could live with it. But Ayesha Rascoe finally did me in (had to look up how to spell her name). Every time she says "git" instead of "get," "wif" instead of "with," etc. When I heard her on the air, I turned WAMU off.

Now I listen to podcasts in the car, instead of the radio

long time WAMU supporter, now a former WAMU supporter

I once listened to an extended story intro by Ayeeeeesha RAAAAsco that seemed to be about mining for “ore.” I was confused that she didn’t specify what kind of ore. It was only until another reporter came on that I realized the story was about OIL. But Ms. Rascoe could not make the “il” sound. When your diction creates inaccuracy and confusion, it’s crossed a line into being unacceptable.

That sums up the new public radio and WAMU especially. The news is a distant second to the priorities of viz/black girl magic/#ownvoices.

That's really a horrible post, PP.

Yas kween!

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Anonymous wrote:I miss stained glass bluegrass

Bluegrass Country is (was?) still available on one of their HD stations.

Is. Totally separate from WAMU now financially.

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Anonymous wrote:I love watching the left implode. Think if Biden dies before November. What will they do?

Trump '24!

Anyone who thinks the demise of local news coverage is a good thing is anti-American. Irony much?

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Anonymous wrote:Again, WAMU is not experiencing "demise." It is not troubled. They are actually hiring.

They are shuttering DCist, which is a significant change and is regulating in nearly 20 staffers being laid off. DCist was never really successful for them financially, and the station itself already requires a lot of funding, so it just did not make sense to continue to run it if it wasn't generating substantive ad revenue, which it wasn't. They may still publish some written content to the WAMU site. But the focus will be on on-air content, as it was before the acquisition of DCist in 2018.

Thanks for chiming in, Erika Pully Hayes.

I'm the PP and don't work for WAMU, I just actually read the article about the situation which explained they are closing DCist but actually adding staff positions at WAMU. Sounds like by getting rid of DCist they are freeing up funding for on-air content.

So no, not in "demise."

This thread is funny though. I had no idea how many angry suburbanites needed an opportunity to explain how much they hate public radio. Hope y'all feel better I guess.

Seriously. They are not closing down. You guys just hate them. Apparently a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m shocked at all of these posters who think WAMU is a DEI/culture war fest 24/7. I listen all day, every weekday and while that’s a good chunk of their programming, it’s also huge national news! It’s one of the most important parts of the GOP’s platform, and part of a larger conversation happening in statehouses and school board meetings across the country. Do you expect them to just ignore it because you don’t like hearing about it?

Yes, they do. Because they're racist a55holes.

Why are you on dcum? To hear about crime, schools, housing, inflation? That’s what I’m here for too! I get way more info here than on wamu? And no one is being paid to “report” here. I used to hear it on wamu. Now it’s mostly not covered because they need to spend all their time apparently fighting a culture war they’ve decided trumps all other aspects of life. It’s useless virtue signaling and preaching choirs and is useful to noone least of all poorer people who could actually use the in depth coverage and accountability of schools reporting that previously was provided by people like kavitha Cardoza.

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Anonymous wrote:I stopped listening long ago when they couldn't ease up on their "angle"

I love WAMU local news coverage, politics hour, etc. but the agenda that the replacements for Kojo and Diane Rehm had was just too much. Everything had to talk about trans or race or social justice. I’m fine with insightful discussions of those topics, even if I disagree with the views discussed - but it was constant and to the exclusion of other interesting topics that used to only be covered (well) by WAMU and then didn’t get covered at all.

Exactly. “The Takeaway” that replaced Kojo was what did it for me. All about race all the time.

Wait, is there really no daily local politics show?

There hasn’t been one for a few years, since Kojo scaled back to just Fridays. They announced yesterday that they are developing a new one.

I’m shocked at all of these posters who think WAMU is a DEI/culture war fest 24/7. I listen all day, every weekday and while that’s a good chunk of their programming, it’s also huge national news! It’s one of the most important parts of the GOP’s platform, and part of a larger conversation happening in statehouses and school board meetings across the country. Do you expect them to just ignore it because you don’t like hearing about it?

I expect some reporting like on the insane Alabama embryo case. But I also want to hear about other things - education, environment, economy …

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Anonymous wrote:I stopped listening long ago when they couldn't ease up on their "angle"

I love WAMU local news coverage, politics hour, etc. but the agenda that the replacements for Kojo and Diane Rehm had was just too much. Everything had to talk about trans or race or social justice. I’m fine with insightful discussions of those topics, even if I disagree with the views discussed - but it was constant and to the exclusion of other interesting topics that used to only be covered (well) by WAMU and then didn’t get covered at all.

Exactly. “The Takeaway” that replaced Kojo was what did it for me. All about race all the time.

Wait, is there really no daily local politics show?

There hasn’t been one for a few years, since Kojo scaled back to just Fridays. They announced yesterday that they are developing a new one.

I’m shocked at all of these posters who think WAMU is a DEI/culture war fest 24/7. I listen all day, every weekday and while that’s a good chunk of their programming, it’s also huge national news! It’s one of the most important parts of the GOP’s platform, and part of a larger conversation happening in statehouses and school board meetings across the country. Do you expect them to just ignore it because you don’t like hearing about it?

I expect some reporting like on the insane Alabama embryo case. But I also want to hear about other things - education, environment, economy …

Then tune into WAMU. On Friday morning here's sampling of stories:

"Maine coastal communities prep for future storms when rebuilding old infrastructure"
"Despite having been governor, Nikki Haley lacks support from S.C. GOP leaders"
"The rise of crypto mines in the South raises concerns for the electric grid, rates"
"Popular social platform Reddit files to sell stock in an unusual IPO"

https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/

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Anonymous wrote:I have a game now where I turn the car radio to 88.5 and see how long it takes for race, gender, or trans issues to come up (always in an in-your-face, non-nuanced way). It's usually less than a minute. It's very clear that the agenda simply became DEI stuff all the time about 5 years ago. We used to give money, listen avidly, etc. It's not not listenable anymore. They obviously just ignored the disappearing audience and chose to ride this into the ground. It stinks because we desperately need a smart local news station.

I just drove 10 minutes to the grocery store with WAMU. Race came up in the second minute. I heard about how difficult it is for a metal band comprised of black females and also how underpaid black actresses are. I’m not doubting these challenges and those stories of course should be heard, but it seems to dominate what I hear whenever I listen. I want a broader set of topics and perspectives and I would think a mass audience (if that is what they are actually trying to appeal to) would want also.

Yeah dude. Based on the timestamp of your post you were listening to "It's Been a Minute," which is largely about black culture. So it's not surprising that you heard a a lot about black culture on a show about black culture.

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Anonymous wrote:The only thing I can say is that my family of politically moderate independents stopped our decades of donations recently because of WAMU's reporting that slanted toward Revolution. We won't be supporting Trump but we don't want immoderate voices from the other end to dominate, either. I guess, now that they're no longer an institution I can support, I don't mind if they feel the pain of lost audiences.

I stopped a bit before you. Revolution???! What is that about?

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Why are you on dcum? To hear about crime, schools, housing, inflation? That’s what I’m here for too! I get way more info here than on wamu? And no one is being paid to “report” here. I used to hear it on wamu. Now it’s mostly not covered because they need to spend all their time apparently fighting a culture war they’ve decided trumps all other aspects of life. It’s useless virtue signaling and preaching choirs and is useful to noone least of all poorer people who could actually use the in depth coverage and accountability of schools reporting that previously was provided by people like kavitha Cardoza.

It's very disturbing that you consider an anonymous message board to be your primary source of news and information. A place where anyone can say basically whatever they want at any time. I pity you and your family.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd like to see a Venn diagram of the people who are irate of Ayesha being made fun of for speakaing like an illiterate ratchet ho and those that were relentlessly mocking Trump for being... fat, orange, balding, a fast food consumer.....

If you don't see the difference between mocking a fascist authoritarian like Dump (and world's biggest public figure) and mocking a black woman's accent, then you are a raging racist.