WAMU 88.5 – Worst Traffic Reporting in the Area
Ok, so I love NPR, I love NPR enough so I listen to 2 hours of NPR every morning, but their traffic reporting is about the worst I have ever heard. Seriously... since when is 270 only slow between 109 and 121 in the morning? 270 is almost always slow from route 80 to 121 and then slow again from Father Hurley on down. Unfortunately it apparently doesn't matter what the true situation is and every day it is always the same... "270 is slow from route 109 to 121 and then slow again from Father Hurley to the lane divide."
So who has better traffic? WTOP has much better reporting. Not only do they report the truth, that 270 is almost always backed up further than WAMU assumes but they also even tell you why the road is backed up. Some times it is an accident at the truck weigh station, other's it is the construction at Dr. Perry Road but at least they provide an explanation.
Come on WAMU, for a station that brings us all the awesome NPR sponsored shows, The Big Broadcast and more, why can't you put together decent traffic reporting. We do happen to live in the city with traffic second to only LA after all.
We Will Miss You in the Morning Scott Jagow
This past Friday when I heard that Scott Jagow was not going to be hosting the morning report for Marketplace on NPR any longer, I think it was one of the most depressing things I had heard in a while. Now don't get me wrong, he will still be hosting the "After the Bell" show and leading Marketplace's blog efforts but he did make the financial crisis we are in now bearable. It is a radio show that people made sure to listen to, not just catch when they could. I had to be in my car by no later than 7:50 am in order to listen to this show each weekday because I new that I wanted to be up to speed on what was happening in the world of finance.
Not only did I listen to the show but many of my co-workers did as well. We would get to work and discuss what we had heard in the car that morning on the report and then try and figure out how our little credit union was going to survive another day in this crappy economic reality. Ultimately it was Scott that kept us somewhat hopeful that we were going to make it through this thing and come out the other end better off than when we went in. Between him and his regular commentators like Alan Sloan it kept us all sane in this insane world that we have been living in for years now.
We wish you the best of luck Scott and yes we will all be listening to your podcasts and reading the blogs.
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