Each spring the Public Radio Exchange releases the results of the “mostiest” stations, producers, and listeners for the previous calendar year. It’s like a zeitgeist — only funkier! And once again many of our clients won ‘prestigeous’ Zeitfunk Awards!

For the second year in a row, The Vinyl Cafe was the Most Licensed Series, and Most Licensed Group.

The highly popular Canadian program hosted by master storyteller Stuart McLean has been steadily gaining carriage in the states and is now heard on over 100 stations across the U.S.

Fred Flaxman, the creator, writer, producer, editor and host of the classical music series Compact Discoveries was the 2nd most licensed producer for the year.

Aaron Schwartz’s one-hour documentary special, Chasing the Crescent Moon: The Story of Dr. Frempong and Sickle Cell Disease, an inspiring story of one physician and the lives he has touched, was the Most Licensed Youth-Produced Piece for the second year in a row.

Congratulations to all of our winners!

In 1970 Fred Flaxman was the founder and first manager of public radio station WETA-FM in Washington, D.C. He later served as a vice president of WETA-TV and as assistant general manager and director of programming and production for KUAT-TV, the public television station in Tucson, Arizona.

In 1978 he founded Public Broadcasting International, headquartered in Paris, France.

Flaxman was vice president for national programming of WTTW/Chicago for six years. There he was in charge of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, which received nine international awards, and he received an Emmy award as executive producer of Messenger to Poland.

He was an occasional commentator for the nationally-syndicated public radio program, Marketplace. His commentaries were also heard throughout southern Oregon and northern California on Jefferson Public Radio’s daily newsmagazine program.

As a writer, his articles have appeared in leading newspapers across the country including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and San Francisco Chronicle among other publications. He is the recipient of a first-place award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

He and his wife, Annick Story Flaxman of Dinard, France, live in Weaverville, North Carolina. The Flaxmans have two grown children.

Compact Discoveries is a series of one-hour, classical music radio programs, with a relaxed, informal and light approach. Fred sometimes uses humor, sound effects, personal essays, clips from old-time radio programs, and non-classical music to make his theme-based hours interesting and fun. The music is always carefully selected to appeal to the widest possible audience for classical music and to attract new listeners to the genre.  Fred’s amusing themes range from Discs for Dishwashing” to “Aaron Copeland, the Brooklyn Cowboy”.   The programs often feature little-known composers who have written pieces that people will like on first hearing such as Ernesto Nazareth, Kurt Atterberg, Rene Touzet, and Clara Schumann.Cecile Chaminade, Tyzen Hsiao and Joaquin Nin.

Compact Discoveries can be heard on Public Radio Stations throughout the country or on the Public Radio Exchange.

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Compact Discoveries is a series of one-hour, classical music radio programs, which, true to its title, introduces listeners to some of the most exciting and unusual compositions to be found on compact discs.   Award-winning host-producer-writer Fred Flaxman organizes his weekly hour of classical selections thematically:  “Brazilian Beats,” “Discs for Dishwashing,” “The Tune that Drove Composers Wild,” “The French Gershwin,” “The Cuban Gershwin,” “Best Music For Backrubs,” “Aaron Copland: The Brooklyn Cowboy,” “Fauré’s Fiascos”…and on and on.  Fred’s easy-going manner and wit, combined with his masterful grasp of musicology make him an ideal presenter and guide.  Listeners love the show, and broadcasters have nothing but praise for it: “If there is any hope of interesting more radio listeners in classical music, it will be because of programs like Compact Discoveries. The host, Fred Flaxman, makes this music accessible, fascinating and fun. Program directors across the country owe it to their listeners to add this terrific, imaginative, creative series to their schedules.”
– Jerry Carr, President and CEO, WXEL-TV-DT-FM

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