Community Advisory Board Meeting: Weds. Feb. 20th from 7-9pm
Wednesday February 20th at 7pm at the Baltimore Museum of Art (Meyerhoff Auditorium). Doors open at 6:30pm.
Parking for this event
BMA East and West Lots: entry tickets may be exchanged for free parking vouchers in the BMA Lobby
On-Street Parking along Art Museum Drive: $.50/hour pre-paid via pay-to-park machines
JHU South Garage: entry tickets may be exchanged for free parking vouchers in the BMA Lobby
On-Street Parking along North Charles Street: free after 6pm
Coat Check
Please place backpacks and any bags or items larger than 11×15 inches at the free Coat Check in the BMA Lobby
Food & Drinks
Please keep food and drinks out of the Auditorium
Photography & Videotaping
Photography for personal use is welcome in the auditorium - without flash, lights or a tripod. Please use existing light. Videotaping is not permitted.
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That was quite a meeting last night. Person after person griped about putting “public” back into WYPR, but I didn’t hear anyone talk about what it really takes to run a radio station.
The best way to ‘democratize’ public radio would be if the public were more willing to fully support the station. If the 300 or so people at last night’s meeting could gather the resources to run a radio station, then they could run it any way they please- to hell with corporations, employees and sponsors! Until then, we might need to accept the reality the YPR needs to attract a larger audience and can’t support shows which lose support.
Too bad Mr. Steiner and management could not reach some reasonable compromise.
Chris, I hope you are joking. If the problem is the declining audience, since it has been declining across the board and not only for Marc’s show, maybe tony brandon should be the one to be fired…
i am a member- i have not been able to download the audio on the cab meeting- can anyone help me?my name is dave and my phone is 443-668-6203 and my email is mozela9@surfglobal.net
i have been relieved to find dan’s shows really second rate- as it would have REALLY killed me to have to listen to some one GOOD who had committed the bad deed of taking a star’s job in the face of public disapproval
i had asked for a rebate on my money- but- of course, that was not attended to
what has happened is too bad because there were quite a few good programs other than marc’s on ypr- just that the decision will cost the station more than it has dreamt- all due to a few people from outer space
i hope the cab has some cohones and duende
I’d like to add my two cents to the controversy over Marc Steiner’s sacking since I was out of town when it all went down. I am new to Baltimore but over the last few years I have had the opportunity to get to know four public radio stations in three different states. I considered WYPR a very good station in large part to Steiner’s show and would often find myself calling family and friends to say “…I wish you could have heard this show today on the local NPR station…” He genuinely seemed committed to the city, the station, and to providing a public service with his show. I was therefore stunned at his dismissal and further disappointed by the dissembling of station officials over what happened. Not a good management performance at all. I am now a much less enthusiastic member and will be listening and watching carefully at how the station responds to the public reaction.
With that in mind, station officials explained that declining show ratings were partly to blame for Steiner’s dismissal. Was it his show only or were the declining ratings across the board? Where can a member listener find this kind of information?
I have been listening to Public Radio for about 8 years…Since my early 30’s. I have an issue with WYPR and CAB’s desire to attract younger listeners.
Personally, I was too busy in my teens and 20’s to sit still and listen to regemented programming like that presented on WYPR. If today’s technology were available to me then, I would most likely go to the source and download the podcast of ‘This American Life’ or ‘Wait, Wait’. Don’t get me started on ‘Car Talk’ and ‘What do you Know’. I still can’t bear to listen to those shows. My 25-year-old self would have had nohing but ridicule for them!
Does anyone else think that the idea if WYPR chasing a younger audience is a waste of time?
It is good to have programming that interests the public. I am 57 years old and would like to hear more local music, interviews with artists, educators, etc. on WYPR-provided that there is a future for the station. It is a bit ironic that the aforementioned attributes were regularly part of the Marc Steiner Show. Young people need to get involved with public broadcasting, so having programming which appeals directly to them should be in the offing. By the way, we mustn’t forget that youth means diversity as well. Hip-Hop, rock, jazz, folk, and other genres represent people under the age of twenty-five in Baltimore. And, Peabody still turns out great musicians, as does Morgan, Towson, etc. And besides, I’m not even 80 yet! Hooray youth!!