Re: NHPR Chief Named Chairman of NPR Board

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:10:44 -0500 "Aaron 'Bishop' Read"
<aread@speakeasy.net> 
> BTW - don't forget that NHPR is consciously tying itself to the hip 
> of 
> WBUR...not surprisingly given the number of WBUR "refugees" at NHPR 
> these 
> days.  WBUR made the big bucks by focusing on news and getting rid 
> of 
> music, and it worked fabulously from a budget and community-respect 
> perspective.  I don't know about respect, but from what I've heard, 
> NHPR's 
> fundraising has gone up since they went all-news.

Who are the refugees from BUR up north?  BTW for you BUR fans Jay
Clayton, director of marketing left the station following the last
fundraiser and has formed his own company consulting NPR stations on how
to do successful onair fundraising.  Based in his success at BUR I'd say
he'll do well.
df