Radio Worth Your Time

It’s the final day of station WHYY 90.9’s fundraising drive. I know, I know, you don’t like to be asked for money, because you’re a stingy bastard, and you hate those annoying pledge drives, but just think of all the moments that you’ve spent with good old NPR this year. Checking the weather before you leave the house on Morning Edition; commuting with Radio Times host Marty Moss-Coane; picking-up great conversation starters on Fresh Air with Terry Gross; catching up on your national politics with Neil Conan on Talk of the Nation; giggling with delight over This American Life with Ira Glass; getting in-touch with musical history with Nick Spitzer on American Roots. Phillyist could go on and on. Let’s just say, NPR has got the good stuff. And they’re not just radio. This year they also brought us www.thenextmayor.com, a site filled with the real dirt on our mayoral election, minus the attack ads. If you’re still on of the 30% of undecided Philadelphians, check it out.

All NPR stations receive the majority of their financial support from listeners, so if you appreciate an alternative to pop radio - lame radio DJs with lamer songs and screeching morning hosts - show your love. If you pay by credit card, they’ll even give you a present, like a year’s subscription to Newsweek, Car Talk mugs or other NPR stuff. WHYY has been around for 50 years – let’s keep it around for 50 more.

Just go to www.whyy.org/support, or call (215)-351-0511 and be a better citizen.