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The 23rd annual Public Radio Programming Conference

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 HOTEL ROOM RESERVATION 

• CONFERENCE AGENDA (pdf)
• Agenda Grid
• Opening Session
• Featured Speakers
• Pre-Conference Workshops

Join us in the Mile High City for a robust agenda covering the many-faceted world of content - both on radio and digital platforms.

Share ideas with colleagues and hear from some of the top thinkers from within the industry and beyond.

Content Development * Diversity * Streaming * Mobile * On‐Air
News * Music * Talk * Hosting * Fundraising * Changing Media

The latest research into Middays on public radio News and Information stations was the subject of a recent webinar presented by NPR Research's Ben Robins.  Listen to Midday Audience Study - NPR News Listeners for insight of what factors cause listeners to stay tuned and what makes them tune-out to midday talk.  PRPD and NPR are now working on a year-long research experiment to take these findings further.

Looking for information on the essential aspects of Talk Show programming?  The Public Radio Talk Show Handbook, public radio’s comprehensive online guide to creating and producing local news/information/talk programming,identifies a broad array of best practices and tools to help stations deliver high quality local shows on a consistent basis.  And the following webinars help you use the Handbook and demonstrate some real-world applications:

• Using the Talk Show Handbook
• Building the Machine: Talk Show Systems and Tools:  Susan Davis, Senior Producer of WUNC, The State of Things
• Talk Shows: Globalizing Topics and Sense of Place: John Dankosky, News Director and host, Where We Live- WNPR/Connecticut PR.
  
• Pulling Together:Full Station Editorial Integration: WFAE, Charlotte Staff Members

There are some startling findings in the results of the second annual Public Radio Technology Survey.  Our recent webinar clearly demonstrates the speed of change in our listeners' use of  technology.  The webinar recording is now available to PRPD members.

Everyone can listen to the conference session audio by Jacobs Media on the 2009 Public Radio Tech Survey.

2009 (PRTS2) Results (pdf ) '08 (PRTS1) Results (pdf)  Summary of '08 Findings  

Hear to how stations have put the research into practice in midday music selection.

Listen to the sounds that most polarized listeners in our Midday Classical Testing Project.  While Serious listeners like them, they were rated extremely Negative by Casual listeners.

See our webinar on Applying the PRPD Midday Classical Research.