“We (KUT) would definitely take advantage of that – local inserts on Morning Edition podcasts, for example.”

Right on! One of the thorniest issues for public radio’s Web presence has always been the lack of integration between national and local material. The old “eXploreRadio” did make an effort to display them side-by-side, but nothing much since then.

It forces listeners into answering questions that should be rediculous, like “was it a national or local story?” “When did you hear it?” etc.

Federated search should be a part of the solution, as well as ways of syndicating each to the other. Perhaps RSS or a similar technology so our local stories could appear on NPR.org and vice versa.

“We (KUT) would definitely take advantage of that – local inserts on Morning Edition podcasts, for example.”

Right on! One of the thorniest issues for public radio’s Web presence has always been the lack of integration between national and local material. The old “eXploreRadio” did make an effort to display them side-by-side, but nothing much since then.

It forces listeners into answering questions that should be rediculous, like “was it a national or local story?” “When did you hear it?” etc.

Federated search should be a part of the solution, as well as ways of syndicating each to the other. Perhaps RSS or a similar technology so our local stories could appear on NPR.org and vice versa.