Radio Open Source: "I have the same advice that the Ramones had:

[Kire]

Don't wait until you're any good."

How This Works

The Story Meeting
Every day we have a story meeting. We drink coffee and talk about radio read through the comment threads of our site and swear like sailors in the hope that, after an hour, we have come up with at least one new idea for a show and one clear, fleshed-out idea of the next show we’ll air.

Warming Up
Every time we agree on a new idea that we think can sustain a full hour of talking, we post it to the blog. Usually this is just a paragraph — a piece of truth and two unanswered questions — to help us as we frantically call and Google around to find the people who talk well and have something to say.

Now You
At this point, you are also producing the show with us. Register on the site, find a topic you know something out and start leaving comments. Comment on each others’ comments. Tell us we’re booking the wrong guests and don’t know what we’re talking about. As producers, we are all generalists — though some of us carry an unfortunate amateur obsession with the European Union — but you, you are a nation of specialists. You know more than we could ever possibly Google up out of the ether.

You know more people than we do. If we are talking about banking, you perhaps have an aunt who had an unfortunate experience with an ATM. Perhaps you are the great-great-grandchild of JP Morgan.

On Deck
Once we book a guest, even a single one, we’re on the hook for a show. It’s pegged to a date, a date that is rushing toward us and is most likely already upon us.

And Then
We’ll let you know what we’re doing. If we book a new guest, we’ll add the name to the website. We will keep radioopensource.org as an open production log; if we don’t know until a half-hour before the show starts who’s booked as the main guest, you’ll know it, too.

We Hope
That some good will come of this. But we have faith.

We Mean This.
It sounds a little fruity, we know. “Everybody join hands,” this seems to read, “and we’ll make beautiful radio together.” But it’s kind of true. We’re trying to produce radio in a completely new way. Hop in.

http://www.radioopensource.org/