All I can say is thank god for public radio stations like WXPN of Philly

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. I lived in the Philly/Wilmington area (West Chester, PA) from about 1981 to 1997.

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WXPN was about as fine a PUBLIC radio station as I've ever heard. It was never what I'd consider
a "typical" public station (most specialize in jazz or opera -- or USED to, anyways) and it was never
a typical "college" station, despite being connected to UPenn (I've always thought college radio
SUCKED and never understood its purpose, though the WCU student station manager explained
that I was pretty much supposed to think it sucked -- its raison d'etre being to expose young
students not brainwashed by the pop industry to new, fresh and avante-garde music).
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World Cafe was EXCEPTIONAL and Kid's Corner -- I don't have enough superlatives for that show...
and its quality and tone have much to do with its long-term host, Kathy O'Connell. If you ever had
doubts about "the younger generation", that show's YOUNG audience callers were extremely aware
and knowledgeable about all things liberal. VERY refreshing!!!
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They've moved since I was there (but I bet they've kept this) -- their BIG pledge drive contributors
(I think it may have been $500 or $1000/year) got first come/first serve dibs on their 20-seat
"audience room" off of their performance studio (and they had BIG-name performers come in and
do anything from a set to a whole concert to be broadcast live -- I'm pretty sure they donated these
shows out of an appreciation of what WXPN did and stood for).
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