tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post5668505022815075175..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: I don't know why public radio broadcasters sound so different from commercial radio broadcasters.Ellen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-18740033002299500312008-12-15T14:09:00.000-05:002008-12-15T14:09:00.000-05:00I worked at KWMU, the big public station in St. Lo...I worked at KWMU, the big public station in St. Louis when I was in college and just after. They mocked me shamelessly about my southern accent, then proceeded to teach me how to speak in that rather bland Transamerican way.<BR/><BR/>I think it has a lot to do with the announcers' backgrounds. Few of them come out of commercial radio--they start out announcing classical music or jazz and have to have some facility for languages. Public radio draws a very different sort of personality.<BR/><BR/>Also, most of the people you hear on NPR are journalists--and they're not really trained in radio first, so they can be easily trained by the affiliates. People who go into public radio tend to stay there--or go work for non-profits.<BR/><BR/>When I was there, you could really tell the difference between the people who were going to go on to the commercial world and the ones who were going to stay in the public biz. They were way more cheerful!Laura Benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-78050939050194706252008-12-10T19:09:00.000-05:002008-12-10T19:09:00.000-05:00It is a risk switching radio stations, you never k...It is a risk switching radio stations, you never know what's going to happen. Just going from song to song can be risky.<BR/><BR/>I adore Mandy Patinkin-somewhere I have a CD of him singing a variety of songs from musicals he's been in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com