tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post7291032949127855692..comments2023-06-08T04:15:43.908-05:00Comments on The Lost Albatross: Do you need WYOU?Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-22342314737914649452008-10-04T13:12:00.000-05:002008-10-04T13:12:00.000-05:00I dunno. I'm having a hard time justifying the exi...I dunno. I'm having a hard time justifying the existance of Wisconsin Public Radio and WYOU. Both for the same reason. Anything they have, I can get online. The programming on both is so hit and miss as to make it just unwatchable except when I know someone on the air.<BR/><BR/>WYOU may just be the Joy Cardin of television. You can stand it (and her) for about 15 minutes, but then you almost want to pay them to turn off the transmitter because it gives you such a headache.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-86514185227376532582008-09-29T19:49:00.000-05:002008-09-29T19:49:00.000-05:00PEG funding hasn't ended yet... it's just slated f...PEG funding hasn't ended yet... it's just slated for demolition in 2011. This is partly why some felt it was insult to injury to yank the funds now, when its days are already limited.<BR/><BR/>Mayor Dave announced today that he will, indeed, back off of WYOU's PEG allocation for this year - but the expectation is to cut these funds in half for 2010. WYOU will fight that idea over the next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-85304426759165757862008-09-29T16:04:00.000-05:002008-09-29T16:04:00.000-05:00Good points, and thanks for bringing them up.Good points, and thanks for bringing them up.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-44228446024288708492008-09-29T15:29:00.000-05:002008-09-29T15:29:00.000-05:00Your article leaves out the top reason WYOU is nee...Your article leaves out the top reason WYOU is needed: education and facilitation.<BR/> <BR/>YouTube is great for some purposes, but it doesn't teach the skill of editing, doesn't provide a studio space, and doesn't have cameras available for checkout. <BR/><BR/>What you see on YouTube usually reflects this, as most of the videos are low resolution versions of commercial productions (music videos, etc.) or one camera/one cut shorts (guy hurting himself on a skateboard or girl singing some pop song in front of a webcam).<BR/>Mayor Dave shared this lack of understanding when he mentioned YouTube and suggested WYOU can share a space with the long-overfed City Channel 12. Can CCTV be open for late productions? Does it have space for an editing lab? Camera checkout? Can WYOU use their studio as a classroom? <BR/>These questions weren't thought through when the initial suggestion was made... we'll see if Dave stands corrected.<BR/><BR/>PS- PEG funding is paid for by cable subscribers for the explicit purpose of Public and Government Access channels (Education is within the school district). If the City is under financial duress, shouldn't it be a problem for the $280,000(!) City Channel receives from the general fund before it effects PEG funding for Public Access?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com