Carl, I really liked the sound of that upcoming "Bite" program, the other is interesting too. I emailed both Bite and "You are not so smart" for confirmation of permissions to air a few minutes ago.
DJ Frederick is familiar to some programmers for his "Radio Thrift Shop", and has come up with a new show called "Not Entirely Classical".
As we Part 15 stations chose our programs it is natural to have a particular flavor of programming in mind that is likely to match our own interests.
In the case of talk programs we often learn as we go what we're willing to air or not air.
For KDX our main niche audience is the secular 20% of the population who are non-religious, but unavoidably some religious preaching creeps in from shows like Alex Jones, Allan Weiner and the occasional psychologist on Dr. Dave Van Noys program, but some of it is tolerated because the large share of their programs contain highly informative information.
KDX is not racist, viewing humanity as we do as an international species of many cultures, whose main disagreements seem to be religious and political, but we reject programs that label a particular race, because that is an exclusionary practice and does not amount to "fair time" since all our shows are for the entire audience.
Sexism is another hot button issue especially with the splintering of gender preferences into so many variants. KDX is ultra feminist, viewing women as the equal other half of the species who have a natural power of choice (pro-choice), and KDX honors the right of individuals to choose their gender identity, but when a gay show was pitched the answer was no because such a show speaks to a limited fraction of the total audience, and an all woman show got canceled when it became apparantly misandrist propaganda; women who hate men.
Recently a news service was introduced but arrived wrapped in Biblical quotes which spoiled the contents.
The experience of programming ends up being educational for those of us who do it.
The educational component is one of my main reasons for spending all this time on programming Artisan Radio.
As I gradually grow my playlist for the new jazz/blues format, I have to research each and every song and songwriter to ensure that the material is in the public domain. The early jazz period was full of interesting personalities, unlike today, where it seems that every artist and song is interchangeable.
There were some incredibly popular musicians back then that are virtually unknown today. You've all probably heard of Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, etc. But how about Charlie Spand, a pianist in the late 20s who only recorded for a few years, but sold a ton of records and then disappeared? Or the Harlem Hamfats (they weren't from Harlem, and they weren't hamfats, i.e., slang for 2nd rate) of the 30s? Then there was the Goofus Five in the mid 20s, named for a strange instrument that looked like a saxophone, but sounded like a harmonica. And there's lots more that I can't wait to get to.
I'm having a lot of fun doing this.
Wow, Artisan, you've uncovered some artists I've not run across.
For awhile I was collecting old 78 RPM downloads from archive.org like they were dollar bills falling out of an airplane, thinking they were in the public domain.
It is my opinion that old recordings in the US are imprisoned in copyright jail as a means of killing the old and promoting the new, giving the buying public no free opportunities.
Canada seems like a suberb of heaven for having public domain music and New Zealand for allowing useful field strength on FM.
In the U.S. the U stands for ugly.
Of many great news/talk programs available for part 15 is "Law and Disorder" produced weekly in the studios of WBAI New York hosted by three major civil-rights attorneys with outstanding guests.
This week's guest, presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein, candidate for the Green Party speaks lucidly and intelligently, unlike the GOP or Democratic candidates who mostly shout nasties at each other.
Leading speakers on serious subjects one hour weekly free to terrestrial and streaming noncommercial radio stations upon request.
http://www.alternativeradio.org/
This is a thread dedicated to free programs available for part 15 stations, and there have been a few good science programs, so here's another one.
As you scroll through the program's recent topics you will find them exceptionally attractive.
Here is a 7-day per week once per day 5-minute newscast available free.
It's called FPPR News (I am not sure what the FPPR stands for).
It is produced by one of the guys affiliated with "Free Talk Live" in Keene, New Hamsphire, and he is ultra dedicated to getting the news posted early every day.
To get the most recent show I always need to correct the date in the web address to find the news for today's date.
See if this link will work from day to day without altering the date:
It did work to download the current file.
Very helpful, Bob. Now I don't have to type in different numbers every morning.
You know a thing or two!
We'll need to try it out a few times to see if it works repeatedly.
I will set it up for automated download everyday to see how it goes.
Seems the link is still downloading May 7th, even on their webpage.
I tried changing the date in the original link above but the same file downloads.
Do they update the file everyday?
Visiting the FPPR site I find you must register in order to listen to the audio files. Must be a bit more needed than just changing the date in the link?
Here will be today's download address for FPP News
http://www.spreaker.com/user/fppradio/2016-04-09-fppradionews?tab=messages
At this moment they don't have today's newscast available yet, but it should come online soon.
Note that this link comes from Spreaker.
I did not know it was possible to register for FPP News, I would like to do that so I'll do it.
The actual FPP web pages have been confusing in my experience.
Here is the home page for FPP News
MORE INFO: It seems that the FPP website doesn't have downloads available, it sends people to Soundcloud which requires registering.
KDX will just keep getting it from Spreaker, which requires a manually updated date correction in the download address every morning.
Yep, not quite as simple as changing the date code. Probably take some clever macro to bring up the page and then execute the file download button using task scheduler to automate it.
Have to put on the thinking cap...