KAXE - Morning Poetry and Beat Café Morning Poetry
Morning Poetry and Beat Café Morning Poetry is a segment where poets read their own work every weekday morning. It includes both established poets and students as writers and readers.
Survey: Survey results will show most respondents will answer these questions in the affirmative:"Has Morning Poetry and/or the Beat Cafe woven art, culture and history more strongly into your life?" "Does Morning Poetry and/or the Beat Cafe help arts, culture and history thrive in MN?"Facebook reach/other online: KAXE will post poems online daily. They can track the number of impressions, or reach, of each FB post and the number of visits to the poetry page on our website over time.Estimated broadcast audience: Morning poetry will have a prominent place in morning drive time each weekday. KAXE will estimate the number of people who listen to the broadcasts.Participant comparison to census data: KAXE will track the age and ethnicity of poets so that the program reflects the makeup of the people in our part of the state.Fiscal audit: The organization will assure fiscal responsibility through a clean audit that fairly represents the finances of Northern Community Radio.Participant comparison to program goals: A list will be kept to assure that at least 20% of poems are produced by or aimed at youth. To assure MN content, KAXE will also keep a list of each poet and poem.Attendance at Beat Cafe: KAXE will take a head count of the audience.Artist feedback: KAXE will collect notes, email and ask producers to report informal feedback from poets about the impact of the program on their art.
- Online survey: Does The Beat help the arts, culture and history thrive in Minnesota? 90% of survey respondents said yes, 10% no Has The Beat woven art, culture and history more strongly into your life? 82% of respondents said yes, 18% no
- Facebook reach: As of the end of February, 80 poems had been posted on Facebook. (All were posted on Northern Community Radio’s website and uploaded to Public Radio Exchange for sharing with other stations.)
- The top posts were as follows: 854 impressions: Marsh Muirhead “Head Cold” 667 impressions: LouAnn Muhm “Breadcrumbs” 638 impressions: James Wright “A Blessing” 573 impressions: James Armstrong “Deadfall” 558 impressions: Sean Hill “Postcard Series” 554 impressions: Louis Jenkins “Mudhole” 494 impressions: Joyce Sutphen “How to Listen”
- Estimated broadcast audience: 7,000/week. Each poem is aired 3 times per day each weekday
- Comparison to census data: Poets featured on The Beat were 92% white, 1% American Indian, 3% African American and 2% Asian. Ages were 4% 0-19, 9% 20-30, 15% 31-40, 12% 41-50, 28% 51-60, 30% 61-70 and 2% 71-80. 45% of the poets were male, 55% female In general, the program demographics are a reasonable match with the population of the area, although the poets seem to skew older and female. KAXE is currently working with several schools to increase the participation of school-age children
- Participant comparison to program goals: One goal of the Beat Café is for at least 20% of the poems to be written by or aimed at children. 4% are currently written by children. 53% of the poems to this point have been designated “for all audiences” (which includes children) and 47% were intended for adults