The NY Times reports that a new Public Radio International program, “Open Source from P.R.I.” will be made available. Not only does the program pull from unfiltered voices and opinions found on blogs, Open Source uses its own blog to cull ideas and sources from its listeners.
“Part of the goal here is to get off the island and burst out of the bubble of traditional media,” says host Christopher Lydon, co-creator of the program, who adds that the idea is “both getting the signal out and harvesting the energy and insight that comes on the web.”
The program is produced at Boston’s WGBH-FM and broadcast on KUOW in Seattle and KCPW in Salt Lake City. It is available online as live stream audio and a podcast. PRI is negotiating to begin broadcasting Open Source on XM Satellite Radio on August 1.
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