Station programming

[progdirjim(Admin)]

OK, a few ground rules.

We will not remove the ability to request music on Aural Moon.

All current shows are staying on Aural Moon as long as the hosts want to do them.

Marketing is great, but we are not lacking for listeners. We are lacking for money. I am dropping close to $300 a month into the streams. Patron donations offset part of that, but trust me, it costs me a lot. (The more patrons we get, the more we have to pay for the 128K stream. I can explain the cost structure offline.) If we can figure out a way to parlay more listeners into more revenue, that's great. I am OK with subsidising much of the cost, but adding to the costs becomes harder for me to justify personally.

We can also discuss shows offline. I can offer a justification for each of our shows. I just wish we had more streams available, to give people choices. We have way too much music that doesn't get played as it is. The main reason I got involved with AM in the first place was to hear new (to me) music, and I want that to continue to be one of the focuses of AM.