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Friday, May 30, 2003
WBUR needs to let in Fresh
Air. According to this
story on TownOnline.com
(via Romenesko),
WBUR Radio (90.9 FM) spokeswoman Mary Stohn says the station will
bring back Fresh Air "very soon."
Fine. How about this
Monday?
Look, I don't get to listen to
Fresh Air much these days, mainly because even when 'BUR
was running it, it was on at 1 p.m. -- not exactly prime
listening time.
But it's one of the best shows on
NPR, and host Terry Gross is just about the best interviewer in the
business. I can still remember her classic interview some years back
with Nancy Reagan, who nearly walked out on her. And how about Gene
Simmons of KISS, neatly emasculated by Gross about 10 minutes into
his moronic sex-god shtick?
Maybe WBUR could justify taking the
show off the air during the war in Iraq. But even though it remains
an important story, it's no longer the sort of white-hot breaking
event that must be followed every minute of the day. Few people are
going to mind a little less BBC now.
So bring back Terry
Gross!
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
