Charlottesville Podcasting Network

The Charlottesville Podcasting Network was created in February of 2005 by Sean Tubbs, a radio producer who saw podcasting as a way to create a new platform for his work. CPN features stories on arts and culture, interviews with newsmakers, lectures and public forums, theater previews and more. We also podcast radio programs such as WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot and WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call.

“For me, podcasting is an evolution from broadcasting,” Tubbs said. “Broadcasting is an agricultural term originally, meant to describe the mass throwing out of seeds, hoping some of them will grow into plants. Podcasting is more about the seeds being thrown into the waiting soil of those who want them.”

“Podcasting is a transition medium, meaning, it’s a temporary thing that will continue to change as the Web matures into something a bit more manageable,” Tubbs wrote to a journalist in 2006.

“I’ve entered into this stuff because I want to create great programming, original programming, and podcasting offers me a chance to take risks I can’t take in actual radio. My aim is to use podcasting as a way to drive grass roots attention back to the foundations of why public radio was founded in the first place.”