WPFW Location Survey

1.Please identify your relationship to WPFW (check all that apply):

Management

Paid Staff

Music programmer

Public Affairs producer

LSB member

CAB member

Volunteer

Long time listener (5 years or more)

More recent listener

Long time member/supporter (5 years or more)

More recent member/supporter

I Choose not to answer

2.If a desirable building is larger than our needs, do you support us leasing or subleasing space to likeminded, socially responsible entities

Yes

No

If yes, with what type of entities would you like to see us share space (list as many as you like):

3.As many of you might know, most Public Affairs programs and some Music programs have been produced remotely, please share your thoughts regarding content and technical qualities.

I did not realize this

I did realize this and found no difference in quality

I did realize this and found a reduction in quality.

I am a Public Affairs producer and want to return to the studio.

4.WPFW’s Live at 5 program was suspended because of Covid. If a similar program of live music were to return, please share your thoughts regarding these events

If these were open to the public, I would attend regularly

If these were open to the public, I would attend occasionally

I would rarely attend or not at all

I am a programmer and would be interested in hosting such a program.

5.Likewise, in person meetings of the LSB, its committees, and other events were suspended because of Covid. Please share your thoughts

I would like a return to in person meetings at the studios

I would like a return to in person meetings, but they could be at libraries or other public facilities

I would like meetings to remain online

I am in favor of hybrid meetings, both live and online

6.We have discussed having podcast production studios. Please share your thoughts.

I am a producer who would like to use these

Renting them to the community could be a good source of ancillary revenue for the station

These should be made available free or at reduced rates for non-profits in the community

One or more of these would be valuable for programmers/producers to produce WPFW PSAs and other content

This market is saturated; don’t build them

Inexpensive technology allows people to do this from home; don’t build them.

7.WPFW’s news department has shrunk due to attrition, and there is no longer a dedicated newsroom in the studios. Please share your thoughts.

News is a crucial part of the WPFW mission. Rebuild the department and provide a dedicated newsroom.

News is a crucial part of the WPFW mission. Rebuild the department, but these staff members can continue to work and report remotely.

There are already too many sources for reliable news.

I am part of the news department and would like to have a dedicated newsroom

I am part of the news department and prefer to continue to work remotely

9.Using phone bank volunteers during fund drives saves the station money compared to an answering service. In new studios, how should they be accommodated?

Phone banks should be setup in the studios

Phone banks could be setup at a remote location

The station should just use an answering service

I am a phone volunteer, and I want to be at the new studios

I am a phone volunteer, and am okay being at a remote location with other volunteers

I am a phone volunteer and wish the station would employee technology to allow me to answer phones from my home

10.Perhaps most importantly, what have we forgotten to ask you? What might the future of community radio look like that we haven’t considered and what physical space is needed at the studios to accommodate your ideas? Send us an email with your thoughts: membership@wpfw.org