Marc de Giere, Web Assistant
WebsiteBy the time some of you read this, a new visual update should be live. In it, our main navigation menu has moved to the top of each page. This menu includes links to some new pages, including new pages focusing on music, public affairs, podcasts, playlists, and media training.
As the new visual format of the site is developing, it is moving more in the direction of a blog. The front page is now continuously being updated with new content in the form of teasers of news and recent audio. The interest our users have in the website depends on it’s content having visual appeal. This is why I am proposing a new effort to make our front page content engaging.
I’ll be meeting with some specific programmers to get them started with their own blogs that will be separate written content. This will draw in interest from web users who follow commentary and opinion blogs.
While our homepage will now focus less on KBOO “station business”, we’re still increasing capacity for this in other areas of the site. I’ve met with the board and some committee members to teach them how to start posting minutes and other content related to their groups.
We have now picked our final logo draft and are working with the designer to hone a final version. With this completed we will move on to contracting a new visual theme for the website.
October and early November has seen some surprising incidents where the website was down or the database was not loading correctly. Some of these resulted in lost content. Roger is looking into these.
Our NFCB lawyer Melodie has sent me draft legal forms we can use to be granted permission to . We also have been given new forms for recording work so I will be using this to replace our old form.
For a project of this magnitude to move forward, we need to increase KBOO’s capacity – both in terms of but also staffing. This is why I am proposing the creation of the new position of Online Music Coordinator. This is an official volunteer position, similar to that of the music directors, that will be able to show leadership and devote energy to innovate ways listeners can interact with our music.
Likewise, I will be looking to create a counterpart position for our public affairs. This position would work with sites like Public Radio Exchange to help syndicate KBOO’s shows to other stations and provide a new source of income.
I am also pursuing clarification on our ability to use digital images on our website under fair use and public domain laws.
There are a few prospective volunteers I will be meeting with in the coming week or so. There are other volunteers that have been on hiatus and I will be checking in with them. As I mention in the section above, I plan on creating some new “official” volunteer positions.
In addition to our plan to increase our use the audio distribution site PRX.org, we are also using the web to promote KBOO’s presence in Willamette Week’s Give Guide fund drive, which runs through December. As of November 17th this effort had raised $360.
We continue to get positive responses to the bulletin, including a respected publisher remarking that it was the coolest thing he had ever seen. As of 11/5, almost 100 people clicked through the email link to the website, many to our elections coverage. We’ve had less people mark us as spam than in recent months, but I will be meeting with Andrew to discuss how we can prevent this.
People signing up for trainings continue to decline, as these are mostly new volunteers. Rebecca will be scheduling a podcasting class once our podcast feeds go live.
There are still about 32 programs that have virtually no web presence; these are highlighted dark in the table. Some of these have been trained but have not followed-through while others are hosts who have been contacted but have not responded. Chris sends reminders of our new programmer requirements in his emails to all programmers.
I’m hoping to find a volunteer to focus on working with our latino/a programmers.
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Program
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Trained
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Description on Program Page
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Posted Playlists
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Posted Audio
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A Different Nature - Richard Francis |
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A Jazz World - David Lifton |
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x
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x
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Africa O-Ye! - Firefly |
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x
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Africa On Fire! - mariannef |
x
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x
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African Dance Party - garethj |
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Alternative Radio - David Barsamian |
x
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x
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An Evening of Afrotainment - Celeste Carey |
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x
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Anjali and The Kid - DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid |
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x
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x
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Anodyne - John B. Jones |
x
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x
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x
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x
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APA Compass - Liz Rogers, Marie Lo, Patti Duncan, Patti Sakurai, Priya Kandaswamy and Toni Tabora-Roberts |
x
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x
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Armando Puentes - armandog |
signed up
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Art Focus |
needs helper
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x
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Autonomy Hour - kathyf |
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Between the Covers - Ed Goldberg, Kathleen Stephenson, Lisa Loving and Mariane Barisonek |
x
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x
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x
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Black Book Talk - emmaj and Patricia Welch |
signed up
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x
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Blue Monday - Bill Rhoades |
signed up
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Blue Rhythm - Aunt Joan and Errol Shervey |
trained, no
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Blues Junction - Tom Wendt |
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Boneheads and Bigots - Pat McGuire |
signed up
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Bread and Roses - Brooke Kavanagh, Carole Scholl and Kris DeMaria |
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x
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Buscando America - Carmen Martin-Stiles |
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x
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Carijam - eslinc
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signed up
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Circle A Radio - Erin Yanke, Honna Veerkamp, Jodi Darby and Trillium Shannon |
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x
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Counterspin - pmnews
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Dawnbreaker's Breakdown - Henry Weeks and Moggy Vanderkin |
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Democracy Now! - Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez |
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x
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Disorienting Music - Numa |
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DIY, Portland - Julie Sabatier |
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x
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Domingos para Recordar - ramonj |
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Dr. Zomb's Stereo Obscura - Dr. Zomb |
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x
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x
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Drinking from Puddles - Brandon Lieberman |
x
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Early Morning Gumbo - Diane Karl |
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Environments Eastwest - Pervez Saleem and Victor Leo |
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Fiesta Caliente |
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Folk Espresso - Bill Murlin, Gordon Euler, Jack Bohl, John Risley and Jonathan Lay |
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x
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x
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Food Show - Kate Welch |
x
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x
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x
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Free Speech Radio News - pmnews |
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x
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Geet Sangeet - Pervez Saleem |
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Good Times with Reggae Bob - Reggae Bob |
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x
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Get This - res ipsa |
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x
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Grateful Dead & Friends - Andrew Geller |
x
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x
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Gremlin Time - Matt Clark |
x
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x
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Guess Who's Coming to Radio??!! - Jamilah Bourdon |
x
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x
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x
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x
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Healthwatch (weeks 1,2,& 4) - David Naimon |
x
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x
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x
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Heavy Metal Vomit Party |
x
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x
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x
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Higher Reasoning Reggae Time - Ras Danny |
x
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x
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x
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Hillbilly Noontime Jamboree - Aretta Christie and Wade Hockett |
x
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x
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x
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Hmong Voice - Chong Vang |
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Hole in the Bucket - Jay Thiemeyer |
x
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x
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Holland Hour - charlesd |
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Incursion Rockera - Karen Galicia |
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Indian World - John Talley |
Signed Up
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Islamic Point of View - Omar Shabacz |
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Ital Vibes - DJ Ital Vibes |
x
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x
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x
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Italian Hour - luciag |
x
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x
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x
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Jay's Place - Jay Jay Johnson |
x
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x
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Jazz in the Afternoon - Bob Riddle |
x
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x
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Jazz Lives! - Nick Gefroh |
x
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x
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x
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Jazz Rap 2 - Yugen Fardan Rashad |
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x
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La Voz de la Comunidad |
x, no, no
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x
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Labor Radio - Al Bradbury, DeborahSchwartz, FifthMondayLabo..., kevinc, Lane Poncy and Tim |
x
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x
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x
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Lark In The Morning - Kurt Liebezeit |
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Life During Wartime - Erin Yanke and Fred Leeson |
x
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x
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x
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Locus Focus - Barbara Bernstein |
signed up
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x
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x
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x
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Lounge World - Joe Woods |
x
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x
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x
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Marlene's Electric Salon |
needs helper
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x
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x
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Midnight Mixtape - Leviethan |
x
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x
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x
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More Talk Radio - Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey |
x
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x
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x
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Morning Glory! - Flower Elliott |
x
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x
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x
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Movie Talk - Dawn Taylor, Doug Holm and Ed Goldberg |
x
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x
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x
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Movin' On - Jade Pekkala and Laurie Sonnenfeld |
x
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x
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x
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x
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Mujeres Bravas - cristinag and Elizabeth Perry |
signed up
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Music from the True Vine - Dave Elliott, garethj and rachelg |
signed up, x
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x
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Music From Your Neighbor's Basement - Jessica Rand |
x
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x
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x
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Nekropolis - Rabia Yeaman
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x
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x
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x
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x
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News - Evening - pmnews |
x
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x
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x
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News and Public Affairs Special - Jenka, Kathleen Stephenson, Mel and Patrik Kilpatrick |
x
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x
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x
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Noticiero - Alfredo Feliciano
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Nuevo Mundo - Lisa |
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x
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x
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Occidental Tourist - Kathy F |
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Old Mole Variety Hour - Clayton Morgareidge and Old Mole |
x
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x
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x
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On The Environment - Scott Forrester |
x
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x
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One Land Many Voices - Hala Gores and Will Seaman |
x
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x
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x
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Our Backyard - Edison Carder |
x
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x
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Out Loud - Carla and Soul Dancer |
x
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x
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x
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Pastues of Plenty - Bill Murlin and John Risley |
signed up, x
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x
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x
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Pathways - Paul OBrien and Tom Park
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Persian Art and Music - Pari Parizad |
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Pickle Feather Express |
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Plugged In - Marc |
x
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x
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x
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Portland General Eclectic - Rich Flaminio |
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x
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Portland Yiddish Hour - Reva and Yankl, Liz Schwartz |
x, signed up
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x
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x
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x
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Positively Revolting - aniraven and Melodie Silverwolf |
x
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x
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x
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Presswatch - Theresa Mitchell
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x
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x
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Prison Pipeline - Ruth Kovacs |
Using Helper
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x
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x
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Proverbial Perspectives - Celeste |
x
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x
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Radio Beyond Borders - Miae Kim |
x
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x
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x
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Radio Free Ireland - Per Fagereng |
x
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x
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Radio under the Influence - Devin |
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Randomonium - annelieseh, Chris Merrick, Jessica Rand, KBOO Youth Coll... and Tao Jones |
x
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x
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x
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Really Not Good - Callie Dean |
signed up
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Recovery Zone - Stephanie Potter |
x
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x
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x
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Rise when the Rooster Crows - Gordon Euler, Jane Keefer, Jonathan Lay and sandyb |
x
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x
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Roots of Rock & Roll - dalef and joeygee |
signed up
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x
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Roots, Rock, Reggae - Pablo I |
x
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x
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Shocks of Sheba - Michele Wellnitz and Teresa Kozic |
x
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x
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SongCircle - Jeff Rosenberg
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Sounds of Awareness - Paul Van Dyck |
x
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x
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x
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Sounds Unsound - Rolf Semprebon |
x
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x
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x
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Speaking of Animals - ? |
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x
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Stage and Studio - Dmae Roberts |
x
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x
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x
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Sudden Radio Project - Alexander Lumiere, Barbara Genovese, RSH and toddg |
x
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x
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x
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Swing & Country - Frederic Schroers |
x
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x
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x
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x
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The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show - Abe and Joe Uris |
x
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x
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x
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The Bike Show - Bike Show |
x
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x
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x
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The Confessional - Contessa de la Luna |
x
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x
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The Dharma Wheel - Robyn Shanti |
x
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x
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x
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The Dirtbag - glena |
x
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x
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The Gospel Express - ? |
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x
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The Long & Dusty Road - Don Jacobson |
x
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x
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x
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The Melting Pot - Dr. J |
x
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x
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x
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The Movement - DJ KEZ |
x
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x
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x
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The Outside World - daniel |
x
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The Soundbox - deenab |
x
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x
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x
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The Talking Earth - Barbara LaMorticella |
x
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x
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The Underground - Ellie Kurowicki and KBOO Youth Coll... |
x
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x
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x
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x
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The Vinyl Pajama Party - briancom |
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Tiki Cha Cha Club - Joe Woods |
x
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Tonalli - Ruth Parra |
x
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x
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Ubu Hour - Rolf Semprebon |
x
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x
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x
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Veteran's Voice - Bill Bires and Marvin R. Simmons |
x, needs helper
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x
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x
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Voices from the Edge - Dave Mazza and joannb |
x
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x
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Voices of the Middle East - Goudarz |
x
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x
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We the People - Patrik Kilpatrick and Alejandro Queral |
Needs more training
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x
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x
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Wednesday Radiozine - Kathleen Stephenson |
x
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x
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x
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Whole World Music - Craig Burk |
x
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x
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Words and Pictures - Bill Dodge and SW Conser |
x
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x
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World Beat Connection - Charlie Rooney |
x
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x
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x
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World Music - Chris Merrick, kathyf and Yankl |
x
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x
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Youth Randomonium - Ellie Kurowicki and KBOO Youth Coll... |
x
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x
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x
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x
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ZBS Theater - Matt Clark |
x
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We continue to make record numbers in our website statistic as October brings a jump in both visitors and page view. However we see less of these visits stay on the site. The site going down for notable periods accounts for some of this.
November looks promising as well - with some record numbers of visitors on Election Day, we’re continuing to ride the wave of traffic in the week following. Overall, we’re seeing the minimum level of traffic each day increase.
I now have numbers to use for tracking our online memberships so for October we can see the results of the second part of the drive.
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May-08
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June-08
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July-08
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August-08
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September-08
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October
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Visits
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14,700
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15,316
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16,657
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16,357
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16,301
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19,057
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Visits per day
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474
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510
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537
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528
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543
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615
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Unique visitors
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8,481
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8,536
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8,738
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8,992
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9,167
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11,636
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Page views
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56,612
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61,721
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65,431
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60,569
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62,216
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73,306
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Time on site
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4:16
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4:09
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4:20
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3:46
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3:40
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3:17
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Pages per visit
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3.85
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4.03
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3.93
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3.7
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3.82
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3.85
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Reffering visits
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4,103
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4,959
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4,592
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5,206
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4,766
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5,102
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# of refferering websites
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484
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487
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530
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562
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565
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588
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Popular Page(s)
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/listen, high quality stream
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/listen, high quality stream
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/listen, high quality stream, schedule
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/listen, high quality stream, schedule
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/listen, high quality stream, schedule
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/listen, high quality stream, program directory, schedule |
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% of visits that leave immediately
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36.30%
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36.12%
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34.02%
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37.34%
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36.88%
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39.91%
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Online listeners
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Memberships
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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72
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Membership $
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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Waiting for data
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$3,833
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Trainings
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# Trained
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87
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93
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97
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100
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105
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110
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Trainings
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6
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6
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4
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3
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5
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5
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Web Volunteers
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25-30
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25-30
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25-30
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25-30
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25-30
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25-30
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