Since having the pleasure of getting to know him personally through “Open Source” which will be marketed and distributed nationally ”My vision is that we will have an open forum," said Lydon. ”There The announcement also laid out a larger relationship between Lydon It is good to see Chris delving into OUR bailiwick – higher education. from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Great news on the local media scene. Former Berkman fellow and blogger brain-trust stalwart Christopher Lydon will soon have a regular gig on the airwaves once again. Ever since our upstairs neighborWBUR (90.9 FM) made the most spectacular gaffe in … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/chrislydon.jpg\")
Great
\n news<\/a> on the local media scene. Former Berkman
\n fellow and blogger brain-trust stalwart Christopher
\n Lydon<\/a> will soon have
\n a regular gig on the airwaves once again. Ever since our upstairs neighborWBUR<\/a> (90.9
\n FM) made the most spectacular gaffe in a truly horrendous recent string
\n of management missteps and broadcasting boners by canceling
\n Lydon’s "The Connection," we have anxiously been awaiting the inevitable
\n news that some other savvy station had snatched up the multi-talented
\n media personality. <\/p>\n
\n blogging, we have regarded Chris with the sort of affectionate envy and
\n awe usually reserved for Big Brothers who can do everything better than
\n you, but don’t rub it in. On top of his mellifluous, stentorian voice,
\n his encyclopedic knowledge of politics and culture and his uncanny ability
\n to get people to relax and open up on microphone, Chris is an authentically
\n nice guy and understands the ongoing transformation of journalism like
\n few mainstream media figures ever have. We are sure his new show, "Open
\n Source" (scheduled to debut on UMass-Lowell station WUML-FM<\/a> 91.5
\n this summer) will be an instant and overwhelming success. Of course,
\n we are
\n hoping Chris will make sure the broadcasts are also available as RSS-fed
\n podcasts, so we can listen to them anytime, not just at the scheduled
\n 7 to 8 pm live slot (possible conflicts: blogging meetings and Red Sox games). <\/p>\n\n
\n by Public Radio International, will be similar to ”The Connection," with
\n an hour long talk format featuring guests and discussions on specific
\n topics, Lydon said during a phone interview from the Lowell campus.
\n He will also draw on his experience hosting a website and webcasting
\n from
\n his Internet site christopherlydon.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n will be a ten-day to two-week cycle of conversation, argument, and
\n preparation before a broadcast and . . . after a broadcast . . . a
\n distilled list
\n of links about what we were talking about." <\/p>\n
\n and the UMass-Lowell. In addition to hosting ”Open Source," Lydon
\n will host a show in the fall to be produced and engineered by students.
\n He will also work with the school to design a new communications
\n major and contribute to the student-run station’s programming, staff
\n training,
\n and recruitment. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n If he needs any advice on how to put the fear of God into smart-ass undergraduates
\n or itty-bitty-balled academic administrators, we hope he calls the Dowbrigade….<\/p>\n