NCPR Quarterly Public Meeting Wednesday, October 28, 1:30-3:00 pm
The quarterly public meeting of North Country Public Radio’s Executive Council, which acts as the station’s community advisory board, will be held Wednesday, October 28 from 1:30-3:00 pm. The quarterly meeting is held as an audio phone conference.
The meeting audio will be streamed live in the window below. It will also be available by listening in to the conference on your telephone:
To dial in to listen:
- Call 1-888-585-9008
- When prompted to enter conference room, enter 538-511-334-#
The public is invited to participate by listening in and posting questions and/or comments on this post, at the Livestream event link, or by calling toll-free: 1-877-388-6277. Or you can email questions and comments in advance of the meeting or during the meeting to Jon Sklaroff ([email protected])
Minutes of the meeting will be posted in the Executive Council blog within a few days of the meeting.
Members of the NCPR Executive Council in 2015:
- Rod Giltz, Plattsburgh, NY (chair)
- Cali Brooks, Lake Placid, NY
- Michael Clarke, Lake George, NY
- Linda Cohen, Old Forge, NY
- John Ernst, North Hudson, NY
- Steve Hopkins, Keene Valley, NY
- Sarah Johnson, Canton, NY
- Nancy Keet, Saranac Lake, NY
- Dale Kramer, Massena, NY
- Alan McLeod, Kingston, ON
- Dick Munro, Clayton, NY
- Cathy Pircsuk, Watertown, NY
- John Rosenthal, Lake Placid, NY
- Mark Scarlett, Hammond, NY
- Marion Roach Smith, Troy, NY
- Melissa Farmer Richards, Canton, NY
The governing board of North Country Public Radio is the Board of Trustees of St. Lawrence University.
One of the lost advantages of the old phone bank fundraising model was the opportunity it afforded the station to directly poll a full spectrum of listener/members on their favorite (or least favorite) programs. The loss is significant in a largely rural market that doesn’t have Nielsen/Arbitron statistics to fall back on. As a person who rarely offers feedback under other circumstances (online questionnaires, for example) I would find myself particularly open to sharing my thoughts at those times I reached out to renew my membership.
In the absence of that reliable, broad and regular feedback or any substitute, NCPR may risk losing a valuable mechanism for keeping its programming fresh and relevant to its audience.
At the same time, by hanging on to programs that may have lost audience or relevance, NCPR may also be missing opportunities to reach out to newer, younger listeners. From time to time while listening to certain NCPR programs, both local and network, I wonder if my station might not be falling hostage to tradition and/or nostalgia. The continuation of Car Talk springs readily to mind.
I would appreciate any light the staff might shed on the process of program selection and/or elimination.
Thanks.