Listener Comments

Hello,

I am so happy to be listening live in Portland, OR! It is wonderful to be able to hear the music provided by WWNO and the voice of James Arey! Thank you for posting on your website that all of our friends at WWNO are safe and accounted for.

Thank you for continuing to provide such wonderful music! All of you are in our thoughts and prayers.

Sincerely,
Kandace Z

Sorry that there is no contribution attached to this note -- that is not possible yet.  I just wanted to say how glad I am that you are back on the air and what a wonderful service you are performing in keeping your local service area informed of developments regarding rebuilding efforts.  I am very impressed at how you have managed to return to the air under no doubt extremely difficult services.  I just had to commend you on the wonderful things you are doing for your community -- proving that public radio is not a luxury but an important necessity.  Additionally, your fun programming is lifting everyone's spirits.

Keep up the good work.

Sharon H.
Sacramento, CA

I’m not overstating my reaction when I say I was thrilled when you came back on the air. Hearing NPR news, Car Talk, Prairie Home Companion and Saturday Night Jazz told me that there can be something normal. I’ll be even more thrilled when all of you can return to New Orleans. The people that will come out of this are the people like you who didn’t sit around and wait for someone else to fix things—you got things going with the resources you had, and recovery is just that, getting things going.

Sean M.

You are all doing a spectacular job. I know how miserable I was the several all too long weeks I was in Houston, so can only imagine how hard it must be, all this time tied to New Orleans by radio waves and news releases, with only the rare tangible, personal glimpse of the city. Godot for the 21st century. . . .

As wonderful as NPR news reports are, they miss real bits of wonder and encouragement. The number of houses on Canal Blvd. being renovated - the bank oh Harrison Ave. already under reconstruction, planning to open soon - small bakeries flourishing in a way impossible before Katrina - the remarkable friendliness of stranger. . . .

WWNO's broadcasting is an important part of the Crescent City Renaissance. Your presence and courage are appreciated and spoken of widely here, even in conversations that I haven't initiated!
Congratulations.

TSJ, NOLA

I suppose it is time for my monthly comment on your temporary operation.....
In the first place you are doing a poor job of communicating with your members, who you claim are the bedrock of the station. We can all surmise why the station has such limited offerings, but it would be nice to hear it from the station itself, along with plans to transition back to a full schedule. It seems to me also that you're missing the boat in not informally, at least, encouraging members to renew if fall is their time. It continues to amaze me that you consider PHC and especially Car Talk to be essential programs, after, of course, NPR news. . . .

dan p.

Congrats to all at WWNO for continued great programming and presentation during the most trying of times!! The station sounds wonderful and New Orleans is so pleased it is back on air. . .
New Orleans remains the most unique city in America and will only be a better one in the coming months and years. And WWNO remains one of its most unique assets. . .
Please tell everyone involved that WWNO sounds as good as ever.
Joe B

I have been listening to you guys here at work as I always do. I returned to N.O. about a month ago now. I hear in your voices that you are really homesick. . . . When you get home it will be better, but not the same. . . . However, slowly it is getting better. Your banishment to Atlanta won’t last forever. . . . Strange times! Anyway, good to hear your voices on the air. Hurry home!

Barbara S
NOLA

I am thrilled that you all are on the air. We still don't have tv and it is so nice to hear national news every morning.
Sherry R

It is so great to have WWNO back . . . .
Lucie T

Congratulations on catching yourself on the word “unique.” As they say in New Orleans, “You rite.” There are no degrees of unique. . . . Keep up the good work. It’s so nice to have our station back on the air. DC

I heard [Fred Kasten's] report this morning that intrigued me very much, so much that I want to contact the person being interviewed. . . . The topic had to do with the "public" snapping out of somnambulant passivity and assuming genuine, democratic responsibility for both the "public" and the "private" sectors through active engagement. I want on this man's team, whoever he is, and you can help me get connected.

Thank you sincerely,
Paul L.
NOLA

Instead of giving to my local NPR station this fall, I would like to make a donation to NPR New Orleans. I don't know how badly you were affected by Katrina -- depends on you location I guess -- and I don't know if you are still open for business and planning to stay open. If you are still in business and could use a donation, please get in touch with me.
 
Sincerely,
Judith F
Durham, North Carolina

I've been listening to you for quite a while now, via the 'net (what, a year or more?). I've a good friend from NOLA who got me in the habit. . . .

I truly wish we had a public radio station here in Atlanta that was of the calibre of WWNO, both in terms of people and programming. One would think that Atlanta, being such a major market, would have one of the finest, but alas, I gave up over a decade ago.

You and your colleagues do wonderful work. I'll keep listening.

Thank you,
Carter R
Atlanta GA

Thanks for coming back on the air so soon.  You're my solace in all  this mess.  I'm enjoying that new variety of music played during the day  also.  Keep up the good work!

A. M. F.

P.S.  I've listened to you all since the 1970's when you first began broadcasting and it was so hard to tune you in.  Glad you're still  around!

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