Re: West Coast Live: San Francisco! (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

OK.  Certainly, makes it easier if we ever want to attend another live
show.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:51:26 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:52:31 -0400 (EDT)
 >  > From: Sedge Thomson <http://www.wcl.org/~producers>
 >  > 
 >  > Dear noelle,
 >  > 
 >  > We've made a significant change.  You can now hear each week's show, clearly 
 >  > and simply, via the listen again button in the center banner on the West 
 >  > Coast Live web site, WCL.org
 >  > This is a vast improvement over the previous method.  Now you can listen on 
 >  > your iPhone or iPad, laptop, android, internet radio in high quality, 
 >  > wherever you are, anytime.  The same is true of our highlights, and we're 
 >  > putting up more great interviews each week.
 >  > 
 >  > In the past 22 plus years, our live broadcast time was Saturday mornings, 
 >  > 10a to noon.  In July, it is changing to noon-2pm in our hometown, San 
 >  > Francisco.  This has ramifications for our many affiliate stations who carry 
 >  > us live, or shortly thereafter.  So we must change our production methods.
 >  > 
 >  > Some shows will be live, but only in San Francisco.  Some will be produced 
 >  > elsewhere at other times, or live.
 >  > 
 >  > We're sorting this out and investigating new technologies and will keep you 
 >  > apprised.  The reality is, and it's in the name, the show is live radio,  
 >  > That is the magic for me, why I chose to shape it, produce it this way, keep 
 >  > it going through the years.
 >  > 
 >  > Of course, the guests, the conversation, the audience are all vital elements,
 >  >  too.  Yet it is that rare element of actual live radio, no delay, that 
 >  > keeps our edge.  Sometimes we got cut, and other times ineffable magic 
 >  > blossomed.
 >  > 
 >  > Whether that it's live is important to you, I don't know.  To me, though, 
 >  > that's the reason I've made over 1100 broadcasts.  The immediacy, the 
 >  > spontaneity, the simultaneity of the connection. When that second hand 
 >  > reached 10:00:00 we had to go on the air, ready or not, not knowing for sure 
 >  > how the next 1:59:00 would go.  That was our thrill, our energy,
 >  > 
 >  > If we're not doing our show live, perhaps we should simply do more as 
 >  > podcasts  We're looking at that, too.
 >  > 
 >  > warmly, and with gratitude
 >  > 
 >  > Sedge