Chris Lydon Rules Radio

One of our earliest inspirations in this blogging business was Chris
Lydon, who bounced back from getting shafted by WBUR by becoming a force
in the New Media, and the effort to break the major media monopoly on
America’s minds.

We are not embarrassed about being jealous of his many and varied
talents – the encyclopedic memory, the rapier wit, the ability to gently
but doggedly draw his subjects out, the mellifluous voice and stentorian
air. His recent successes stand in stark contrast to the mess upstairs
at
WBUR.

An article in today’s New York Times reviews
Chris’ new show: “Open Source”

With its long reliance on talk formats and call-in programs, radio
was arguably the first open-source media form. Now a new Public Radio
International
program, "Open Source from P.R.I.," will test whether the
collective intelligence permeating the Web can make not just loud radio,
but smart
radio. Not only does the program pull from unfiltered voices and opinions
found on blogs, Open Source uses its
own blog (www.radioopensource.org)
to cull ideas and sources from its listeners.

Listeners are invited to make suggestions on Open Source’s blog, where
they are openly posted along with ideas from the program’s five producers.
When the comment flow starts and suggestions are made – including recommendations
for guests – the audience can watch the program come together, sometimes
over the course of a week, other times in an afternoon.

Definitely worth a listen. The show is available in live streaming format or as a downloadable podcast at the Open Source web page.

article from the New York Times