Livio's NPR Radio tunes more than just NPR, contrary to popular belief
By Darren Murph 
posted Oct 20th 2009 6:59AM
posted Oct 20th 2009 6:59AM
New Internet Radio Makes it Easy to Listen to Everything NPR
The NPR Radio by Livio Makes All NPR Stations, Programs, Content and Podcasts Accessible to More People, in More Places
Washington, DC; October 19, 2009 - Bridging the gap between the online and broadcast worlds, the "NPR Radio" by Livio is the first internet radio with an exclusive menu dedicated to NPR stations and programs. With one device, NPR fans can now personalize their NPR experience, and easily switch back and forth between the local NPR Member station they know and love, and on-demand content and programs from NPR.org and stations across the US.
The NPR Radio by Livio makes it possible for listeners to:
* Access more than 1,000 NPR station streams, more than 800 podcasts and audio archives of NPR programs.
* Quickly store and access their favorite NPR stations with a convenient "my NPR" button on the front of the device.
* Access a comprehensive list of more than 16,000 validated Internet radio stations from around the world through Reciva®, a global market leader in Internet radio technology, in addition the NPR stations and content.
* In mere minutes, through a wireless of Ethernet connection, search by genre, location or keyword, and find NPR content and other world programming for free.
"Now public radio fans can easily discover more of what they love about NPR by easily exploring other NPR stations and content," said Barbara Sopato, Director of Consumer Products for NPR.
The NPR Radio sells for $199.99 and is currently available in the United States at shop.npr.org or www.LivioRadio.com. Proceeds from the sale of the radio support NPR programming and NPR stations.
"There is such acclaim and prestige associated with the NPR brand," said Greg Kim, Livio's sales and marketing manager. "We are honored to be partnering with such a notable influence in American culture and are thrilled to help our customers share in the NPR experience."
The NPR Radio by Livio Makes All NPR Stations, Programs, Content and Podcasts Accessible to More People, in More Places
Washington, DC; October 19, 2009 - Bridging the gap between the online and broadcast worlds, the "NPR Radio" by Livio is the first internet radio with an exclusive menu dedicated to NPR stations and programs. With one device, NPR fans can now personalize their NPR experience, and easily switch back and forth between the local NPR Member station they know and love, and on-demand content and programs from NPR.org and stations across the US.
The NPR Radio by Livio makes it possible for listeners to:
* Access more than 1,000 NPR station streams, more than 800 podcasts and audio archives of NPR programs.
* Quickly store and access their favorite NPR stations with a convenient "my NPR" button on the front of the device.
* Access a comprehensive list of more than 16,000 validated Internet radio stations from around the world through Reciva®, a global market leader in Internet radio technology, in addition the NPR stations and content.
* In mere minutes, through a wireless of Ethernet connection, search by genre, location or keyword, and find NPR content and other world programming for free.
"Now public radio fans can easily discover more of what they love about NPR by easily exploring other NPR stations and content," said Barbara Sopato, Director of Consumer Products for NPR.
The NPR Radio sells for $199.99 and is currently available in the United States at shop.npr.org or www.LivioRadio.com. Proceeds from the sale of the radio support NPR programming and NPR stations.
"There is such acclaim and prestige associated with the NPR brand," said Greg Kim, Livio's sales and marketing manager. "We are honored to be partnering with such a notable influence in American culture and are thrilled to help our customers share in the NPR experience."
LISTEN: Satellite radio with Wifi desktop clock radio please.
And would it be too much trouble to throw an HD tuner in for good measure. Because sometimes the internets don't work.
FM HD radio tuner.
Streaming over WiFi.
Alarm function.
That's all I need. -_-
Ambien would be cheaper.
where's the engadget podcast model?
I hate NPR (way too pretentious), therefore I immediately don't want to buy this radio. I'm serious. That is a poor marketing decision by Livio.
Now if it had Tool's logo all over it...
Way too pretentious? Sounds like engadget lately. I like engadget... but if I had to give up either NPR or engadget... engadget would get the boot without a second thought.
@ millermatic - Agreed 100%
Too pretentious = You can't see the blond Fox news lady talking about who to hate next
I listen to CBC (Canadian equivalent to NPR) here in Canada because it's the only source of news that hasn't been saturated with fluff, crappy gossip about stupid celeberties, and sensationalist over-reporting on non-issues. I sometimes tune in NPR when I'm driving between Hamilton and Montreal, and find it to be of similar quality to the CBC. It's nice to know that my friends south of the border have the same opportunity to tune in to something that might actually provide them with useful information once in a while.
I'd disagree that NPR is pretentious, sometimes I don't want to listen to a radio station filled with commercials about credit card debt relief or T-Pain.
I listen to NPR a lot, but I can listen to it through an app on my phone or through my home theatre system. Livio claims a portion of the proceeds go to the local public radio station, but I would probably have to look further to on their site to see how much.
They often give out tickets to local shows during pledge drives as a donation gift, so I'd rather donate $200 to a station directly.
NPR and public television choose to cover a very narrow spectrum of music, film, science, literature, etc. They rarely run stories on new alternative rock bands, films which do well at the box office, or best-selling literature. Instead, they turn to Vivaldi and Verdi - again. To me, they come off as snobbish - and pretentious.
Regarding donations to public radio made by Livio: Good for Livio in donating a portion of their proceeds to the organization. I'm glad that they are able to do so.
NPR has a heavy political slant in both their news and entertainment shows. And they have every right to lean as far to the left as they want. But I am disappointed that any of my tax dollars go to the organization.
NPR, on their site, states "NPR is an independent, self-supporting media organization." Yet on the same page, they state that their operating revenue comes "11% from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which is federally funded" and "5% from local and state governments". To me, self-supporting means that you get your operating revenue through means that don't rely on a government handout. I'm sorry, but I don't see government funding for commercial talk radio. Instead, Congress is pushing for a return to the fairness doctrine. If NPR were to accept regular, commercial advertising, they could easily dump governmental funding.
I doubt very much that government funding going to Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh would last very long.
They might as well call it the 'cure for insomnia' edition.
Oh joy... Oh bliss... a radio dedicated to feed my NPR obsession... *yawn*
I wonder if this will be a gift during one of the pledge drives. IF it is it would be for a hefty pledge, but at least it would make the purchase tax deductible.
Guess I'll be the first adult and say I like NPR, it's good for news and reports, and breaks up the music stations when they play loop top 40 shit.
I too love NPR- no commercials every 5 seconds and generally good programming. If I want music I've got my own, if I want anything else I've got NPR. Course I didn't start liking NPR till I moved to Ann Arbor... must be something in the water here.
Right on. NPR's pretty much the only radio station I listen to. Sure, it has its share of utter shite (I'm looking at you, "Prairie Home Companion"), but the quality of their other programming more than makes up for that.
I still won't pledge, though. ; )
This thing is specially designed to organize the many different podcasts, NPR shows, morning news feeds, and live broadcasts NPR offers online. That and the awesome NPR logo make this a easy buy decision. NPR is the last credible news source in the US
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Cool. Obama radio. Just what we need.
Is it me or is this a clone of the Terratec Noxon iRadio?
http://www.terratec.net/en/products/NOXON_iRadio_2212.html
NPR is "liberal" only if you define Fox News to be the center of the political spectrum. If anything, they are TOO neutral - repeating statements from both sides as if they have equal weight, even when one side is telling the truth and the other is telling obvious lies. Then again, that's true for almost all American news outlets.
Not that anyone seems to care about the actual product in question here, but the original Livio is pretty lousy. Cheap build, terrible sound quality, total ripoff of Tivoli design (and, sorta, their name, too).
Logitech Squeezebox Radio is out at $199. multiple alarms using multiple playlists, flickr, widgets, Pandora, lastfm, internet radio, network tunes ... I would go with Squeezebox any day.
@NHAnimator
I would call you a troll, but your pat's icon explains your ignorance.
NPR is a real news channel, it isn't your cookie cutter clear channel station that only has entertainment news. They do cover music, film, science, literature, etc through their many programs, both national and local. Last week they devoted an episode of Fresh Air to the new movie "Where the Wild Things Are". Fresh Air also has movies reviewed by David Edelstein, a film critic from New York Magazine.
Wiretap and The Sound of Young America are two shows that focus on alternative bands; This American Life helped Ok Go get discovered. Wait Wait Don't Tell Me has discusses news from the week that involves music, movies, pop culture, etc. The most popular show is Car Talk, the only thing pretentious about the show is that it is taped in Cambridge Mass.
NPR doesn't slant to any side, they report the news that is out there; and report actual news and not publicity stunts. The only slanting was by the former chair of the cpb, who tried to Foxificate CPB's programming.
NPR won't run ads because then it won't be public radio. Once you take money for ads, you tend not to bash on that company because you lose that ad money. The money that NPR and NPR local stations get is to cover shows that focus on just a city or state, it isn't just thrown into the pot.
Government shouldn't got to rush or beck because they are just gop mouthpieces and not reporters or credible commentators.
You're right.
Another version of a cheese piece Chinese gear. It'll be in a landfill in 6 months. And who thought it would be a good idea for it to sound SO weak. Have you LISTENED to one of these things . . . unbearable.