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Boston Camerata and Klezmer Conservancy Band

This week on Radio Boston! We bring you some of the magical sounds of the season...with Chanukah music from the Klezmer Conservancy Band, and Christmas music from the Boston Camerata. This week on Radio Boston. Friday at 1. WBUR.
or go to www.radioboston.org.

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What if WBUR extended Pledge Week to Twitter?

'BUR new-media type Ken George wonders, both Twitterishly and bloggerishly:

... Do pledge Tweets (and mind you, I will be very conservative in this regard) make you feel like I've crossed a line? How about YouTube-hosted videos asking that you give. Flickr pledged-themed photo galleries? And what about Facebook? Is requesting you forward along a pledge link violating the unspoken yet code of contact? ...

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Radio Boston on the World Financial Crisis

Because of the growing crisis affecting our financial system, Radio Boston will be changing up our show this week, to look at local impacts. Let us know what you think at radioboston.org.

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WBUR Re-launches Radio Boston!

This Friday, October 3rd at 1 p.m., WBUR will be re-launching its weekly local news/talk program, Radio Boston. We've got a new in studio host, award winning journalist Jane Clayson, and David Boeri will continue as field host of the program. Visit our website, www.radioboston.org for more information, and new video and pictures. This week we'll be doing a show about the new Rose Kennedy Greenway, which is scheduled to have its grand opening on Saturday October 4th. We're definitely interested in what you think about the program, and about what topics you think we should be covering.

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Twitterers: What should David Boeri cover on Radio Boston?

Hit him up with a full 140 characters @davidboeri.

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Cutting back on the Globe

Gene Koo decides to cut his Globe subscription back to just Sunday (too many ads, too little relevant stories, too much plastic, etc.), but says he'll keep donating to WBUR.

Earlier:
Should he cancel the Globe?

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Just start taking the bus because of high gas prices?

Meghna Chakrabarti at WBUR would like to talk to you. In fact, she wants to ride the bus with you for a story. Contact her at mchakrab@wbur.bu.edu.

Even if you're not a new busser, check out her new blog, which is all about working at 'BUR, and where she wonders how the station can really break into hyperlocal reporting work:

... I want to strap us onto a NCC-1701E nacelle and kick it up to warp 10. ...

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What's wrong with WBUR's Web site?

Tell their Web guy what's wrong with wbur.org. And don't hold back: One critic wins a Car Talk mug. But you'll need to go full-bore kvetch by the end of the week.

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The latest Globe reporter to leave

But Pulitzer winner Sacha Pfeiffer isn't going far, Adam Reilly reports: She'll become health and science reporter at WBUR.

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Name a blog, win a T-shirt

Ken George, new media honcho at WBUR, is having a bit of trouble coming up with a name for his new blog. Come up with a good name and a This American Life T-shirt (in Chinese) is all yours.

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