Earth & Sky Radio Series

地球

• 批准号: 9552550
• 负责人: Deborah Byrd
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: EarthSky Communications, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-01 至 1998-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9552550&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Earth; & Sky; Radio; Series

95-52550 Byrd ABSTRACT: Byrd & Block Communication, Inc. is continuing production and distribution of the widely broadcast two-minute radio spots which focus primarily on astronomy, earth science, or environmental science. Some programs also contain information about other sciences such as marine biology or chemistry. The series is carried on 519 affiliate stations in 627 carriage locations in the United States and can be heard in all 50 states. Of these stations, 315 are public radio stations and 204 are commercial stations. It also is broadcast by the Armed Forces Radio network and by the Voice of America. The current grant will enable the producers to enhance the series by: - Adding programs for weekend broadcast, thereby increasing the number of programs produced each year from 260 to 365. - Making a concerted effort to add more stations, particular commercial stations, that carry the series. - Working with Kalmbach Publishing, fulfilling listener requests for free copies of science magazines. - Producing and distributing classroom materials in collaboration with the Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Conducting a second and third annual "Earth & Sky Young Producers Contest." - Expanding "Earth & Sky's" on-line presence on the Internet. The writer/producer/host will continue to be Deborah Byrd and Joel Block, VP of Byrd & Block Communications, Inc., will continue as studio producer and co-host. The principal content consultant for astronomy is Derek Wills, a McDonald Observatory astronomer, and the primary earth content consultant is Cliff Frolich, a research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

95-52550伯德摘要：伯德块通信公司。继续制作和分发主要侧重于天文学、地球科学或环境科学的两分钟广播节目。有些课程还包含有关其他科学的信息，如海洋生物学或化学。该系列在美国627个车厢位置的519个附属电台进行，可以在所有50个州听到。在这些电台中，315个是公共广播电台，204个是商业电台。它也由武装部队广播网和美国之音广播。目前的赠款将使制片人能够通过以下方式加强该系列：-增加周末播出的节目，从而将每年制作的节目数量从260个增加到365个。- 共同努力增加更多的电台，特别是商业电台，播放该系列节目。- 与Kalmbach Publishing合作，满足听众对免费科学杂志的要求。- 与太平洋天文学会合作制作和分发课堂材料-举办第二届和第三届“地球和天空青年制作人竞赛”。- 扩大“地球天空”在互联网上的在线存在。作家/制片人/主持人将继续是黛博拉伯德和乔尔块，伯德块通信公司副总裁，将继续担任制片人和联合主持人天文学的主要内容顾问是麦克唐纳天文台的天文学家德里克·威尔斯，主要的地球内容顾问是德克萨斯大学地球物理研究所的研究科学家克里夫·弗罗利奇。