Todd Mundt

I was busy Friday and didn’t have time to say all that I wanted to about The Mediavore. So, another point.

The blog serves a national audience, but the appeal is also local. We want listeners to our three formats (WUOL, WFPL and WFPK) to appreciate public radio more, to discover more of the stuff they enjoy, from segments they may have missed on shows we broadcast, to shows we don’t offer.

But this blog is designed to be national in scope, mining NPR, APM, PRI, CBC, BBC, independent and local shows and pieces from all stations for interesting content. As we grow, maybe you’ll come to think of us as PRX without the massive infrastructure (and royalty payments). The Louisville Public Media brand is minimal because the point is discovering and extending the value of a wealth of public radio (and public TV) content, wherever it comes from.

What do I want from you? Three things.

First, I want tips - pieces you’ve heard, shows that are excellent; particularly local shows. I’m importing every RSS feed from every station and network that I’m aware of (the amount of content we’re generating with $2 billion a year in funding is staggering) but I could benefit from your curation. As the audience for The Mediavore grows, we’ll also depend more and more on readers for suggestions.

Second, if you want to contribute a piece - a single piece, or something regularly - I’d love to talk to you about it. I don’t want to be the sole byline on the site.

Third, once you think it’s good enough, you should place The Mediavore RSS in your web site sidebar somewhere. We hope that The Mediavore will help fans of public radio and TV discover more new stuff, which in turn will deepen their appreciation of public media for the ways in which it enhances their lives.