WWNO

WWNO is out local NPR affiliate and is a top notch station for talk radio on many topics. I like getting news, Splendid Table cooking talk, and All Things Considered. Bonus points for Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. But what’s really awesome is the local programs, like All Things New Orleans. And to top it off, great programs of jazz, classical music, and opera.

Are you freaking serious? This is the worst NPR affiliate station I have encountered in any city.
2 hours of news in the morning, and then classical music for the whole damn day?! Even in a small town in rural upstate New York there were programming segments punctuating the classical drivel.
They have regular programming on the weekend, but if you are like me – enjoy listening to NPR programs, have a job that you can listen to the radio during the day, and usually spend my weekends doing better things than listen to the radio, WWNO is the bane of your existence.
Plus, no news this morning because, shocker, PLEDGE DRIVE. Why would we pay you to hit the start button on a classical playlist for 10 hours a day?
I worked a construction non-​profit job a couple of years ago with a bunch of other NPR listeners and we knew at 9:00am it was time we had to switch the radio to some garbage repetitive Clear Channel muck like Power 102.9.
5 stars? You must be outcha mind!

When I am not listening to WWNO, I am listening to BBC news, or sometimes the Democracy Now program, either on line or on TUL. But most times, I have WWNO on the radio, which is usually on my cell phone. I coordinate bike rides and other activities that I can do with head phones on so I can enjoy all my favourite programs, such as All Things Considered (4PM), The World (3PM), and Morning edition week days AND weekends, This American Life (on the weekends, which THIS weekend was great!), and le show, which is done by The SImpsons voice guy who lives in New Orleans.
If there is something that I am not especially fond of, I look for alternative programming, rather than go to a commercial station, or forbid, television. I have been listing to WWNO and have been a member for YEARS. Their on air staff is not abrasive or poor spoken like other stations. I enjoy the depth of their stories and they make me think about what is being reported and being offered, weather it be information, an opinion, or a multi part, in depth story with regard ti a particular issue or current event.
WWNO is where I leaned about Story Corp. which I have participated on two separate occasions, and it has enriched my life and that of my families. I also make a point of patronizing the sponsors of WWNO such as Eat, Mat and Naddies, the Crescent City Farmers Market, among others. Oh, Youngs’ Cleaners, but that turned out poorly for me, at least I tried to give them my business.
I think the more recent programmes such as Louisiana Eats and The Reading Life have added to my listening experience. One show that I have not heard in this market (but was on an NPR affiliate in SD) was a programme on words and the origin of words and sayings, the title of it escapes me, but if it was to be picked up by WWNO, it would be a great addition. I would like to think New Orleans as a literary and a «thinking» persons city, but as we know, that is NOT always the case. Listening to WWNO makes me feel a little wiser, more informed, unlike if I watch something incredible stupid on TV, which would make me feel dumb (i.e. Houswives of any location).
I do agree with Jen that WAIT WAIT is some what obsessionable (if that is a word) it IS a lot of fun to listen to. I can only imagine what the host looks like, as his voice is a DEAD giveaway to his orientation. It always seems like they are having a good time.
Having the past 4 days off has given me a lot of time to listen to WWNO and enjoy this excellent and incredibly worth while station.

I’m a big fan of WWNO. I get most of my news from them (NPR affiliate) or from Twitter. I know that’s weird. I also like the classical music, opera, and jazz shows. And, of course, there is my small obsession with Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.
Good stuff all the way around.