The Jason Salas Experience

Congrats and props to NBC5.com in Chicago! The station was honored with a regional Emmy for its podcasts (the first for the station's site), which recognized the fist major-market station to successfully launch podcasts. The station produces VOD and audio content for desktop, portable and mobile devices. I've subscribed to their feed since they launched, and it's very impressive.

NBC5.com RSS feed: http://www.nbc5.com/vodcast/topstory.rss

I'm not at all about awards, but I do realize they make a big competitive statement (I've previously won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News Site (Small Market)). Man, I hope someone recognizes what my station's doing with multiplatform apps over broadband, too. We're outside of the Emmy selection committee's radar, but it'd be nice to get the press to help propagate the practice and give the distribution of time-shifted media some credence at the affiliate level.

I've been critical of affiliate podcasting, mainly for its lack of quality control or low production value.