This could be some serious fun…XMPR, the public radio channel of XM Satellite Radio on Channel 133, is going to run an election eve special beginning this evening at 9:00 pm eastern, 6:00 pm pacific, and running for six hours. They advertise that they will use all of the resources of the “XM Nation” to cover this important story…whatever the heck that means. (Don’t look for info on their web page, though…these guys fail miserably in communicating anything on the Net. I’ll touch on this failure sometime later in a public letter to XMPR - stay tuned to this blog for more info,)

This could be seriously cool, though…something like the early days of NPR, back when they had little money, not a lot of experience, but boatloads of heart, soul, and pluck (contrasted with the sterile blandness of today’s NPR). My gut tells me there will be lots of minor technical mistakes throughout the evening, coupled with an earnestness and drive to over-reach that should get all of us listening rooting for this underdog, and very likely give us more information than the “usual suspects” doing a constant stream of one-on-ones on the big network.

And who knows…maybe Bob Edwards will participate, and in the evening no less!

If you’re a fan of public radio, you owe it to yourself to take the money you’ve been giving to your terresterial NPR member station and use it to purchase an XM radio and subscription. What you gain in all the public affairs stations available on XM (CSPAN Radio, BBC World Service, and of course XMPR) is greater than what you lose (NPR’s deciding for you what you do and don’t want to hear, while still constantly begging for your money).