Summary:
A limited series of 6 hour-long programs (w/ more in the works) on the art of radio. Host Jay Allison, creator of the website Transom.org, presents new work and interviews producers. Like the website, the series has a practical and instructional tone, encouraging people to do it themselves.
Website:
http://www.transom.org
Additional Credits and Funding:
Producers, Pejk Malinovski with Viki Merrick. Host, Jay Allison. Production assistance from Emily Sapienza and the staff of Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole Massachusetts, including Helen Woodward and Sydney Lewis. Thanks to the Cape and Island NPR stations. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art, and by the Ford Foundation.
Tones:
Engaging,
Informational,
Personal
Language:
English
Description:
The Transom Radio Hour grows out of the web site Transom.org which is devoted to the art and practise of public radio. It's the first and only stand-alone website ever to win the Peabody Award. It's an open master class for story-telling in sound.
Each hour-long program focuses on a theme, category or format (e.g. radio diaries, portraits, interviews) and offers thoughts on informed listening and even producing that sort of work. The series is hosted by Transom founder Jay Allison, in conversation with exemplary radio producers, like The Kitchen Sisters (Talking to Strangers), Dave Isay (Family Interviews), Joe Richman (Audio Diaries), Rob Rosenthal (Learning the Craft), David Greenberger (Conversations with our Elders), and Benjamin Walker (Experimenting with Sound). The hours showcase the work of those producers, and new work from the new voices featured on Transom.
The series is dedicated to helping citizens be involved in their own public media.
We think it would make sense for stations to air as a warm-up to fundraising, to prove to listeners that we want their participation, not just their dollars.
