Children's radio program now online

For years we have listened to The Children's Hour -- an hour of talk and music on the "local" public radio station KUNM. We've had terrible luck buying children's music -- so much of it is cloying. We've found a lot of children's music we really like through The Children's Hour but the big problem is that if we forget to turn it on at 9AM on Saturday, that's it, it's over.

Now two weeks of archives are available at their website. The archive format is a bit awkward -- rather than select a show, you must select a time slot, so remember, Saturday 9AM to 10AM. So next time you need an hour of kid-friendly cheerful music, The Children's Hour will be there (maybe even two hours!).

If you listen often, please do remember to donate to KUNM. Public radio, like everything else, is suffering a lot during the economic downturn. Streaming and podcasting makes it seem like the programs come out of nowhere, but in fact there are real people who need real salaries (and health insurance!) behind the programs.