Dang! You have achieved the sort of celebrity some of us only dream of. It's because you're one of those stupid people "listening online", aren't you. Well, kudos. And enjoy your year long subscription to Newsweek.
I know! I have secretly lusted after that celebrity ever since my first donation. I kind of kissed ass in my "reason for supporting MPR" bit, but it totally worked! After all, some bizarre fanatic from South Carolina who's donating to support streaming services serves as a good poster child for online listeners.
Man, is SC public radio really that bad? I've switched over to NCPR fulltime now. I just can't make myself care about the latest MNDoT, light rail or Stadium bill enough to listen to MPR...
I find that I like the programming on MPR better. Local news is local news, and I admit, I don't much care about the issues you listed either. They take a pretty minimal fraction of the overall programming time, though, the quality of which is markedly higher for MPR as opposed to ETV Radio. The main radio station here is one of those combo news/classical music stations. There's an all news one, but reception is tricky. In fairness, SC's strength is in its public TV -- I believe ETV is pretty well-respected in its field, and the radio division can't compare to the behemoth that is MPR.
Also, content aside, I find listening to our newscasters' drawls nearly intolerable. It's sort of pathetically comical, because they've clearly done their best to make their barbaric dialect as clean and educated as possible, but you can't make a southern accent sound intelligent.
Hehe. It's funny you mention accents. What I've noticed when I clip back to MPR once in awhile is that many of the MPR people have noticable midwestern accents (especially that guy who does the local news), whereas only maybe 1 of the NCPR guys has anything approaching a southern accent.
I guess NPR people feel the need to neutralize their southernness but not midwesternness? Which I don't really get because honestly, I perceive hardcore Minnesota/ND accents to be as rural/provincial/backward as some southern ones. Make me think of my dad's relatives... Nice people but...
Hahaha, I bet it is those past associations that make the difference. Cognitively, I know that the thicker the Minnesotan accent, the greater the hick, but since I never really had to deal with rural Minnesotans, my only reaction is usually "Oh for cute!"
Whereas, you know, lots of experience with southern accents. My elitism isn't helped by the fact that none of my friends or their families talked with local color.
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Also, content aside, I find listening to our newscasters' drawls nearly intolerable. It's sort of pathetically comical, because they've clearly done their best to make their barbaric dialect as clean and educated as possible, but you can't make a southern accent sound intelligent.
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whereas only maybe 1 of the NCPR guys has anything approaching a southern accent.
I guess NPR people feel the need to neutralize their southernness but not midwesternness? Which I don't really get because honestly, I perceive hardcore Minnesota/ND accents to be as rural/provincial/backward as some southern ones. Make me think of my dad's relatives... Nice people but...
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Whereas, you know, lots of experience with southern accents. My elitism isn't helped by the fact that none of my friends or their families talked with local color.
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