But leaders urged the candidates to seek agreement on a format, and talks were continuing.
He wanted to modulate the action, let the plots wander, abjure the standard panel-format, and "talk about heartbreak": in other words, to write and draw for adults.
"Our experience of launching new online brands such as FactCheck, experimenting with on-air formats and talking to our viewers every single night has given us fantastic insight into what news consumers want".
The format adds food and talk to the music: the food is for the audience, and the talk, via an "interview" with Faye Emerson, the actress and television host played by Christine Jordan, provides biographical information about Fitzgerald.
In the last decade, public radio stations could not get rid of classical music fast enough, as station after station abandoned the format for news and talk, alienating classical fans.
Two years ago, WGEM Radio had shifted to a twenty-four-hour news-and-talk format, and this was more than a routine weather bulletin.
In 1977, with audience numbers down by almost half from the peak, of some two hundred thousand, during the antiwar protests, WBAI planned to adopt a format with more music and talk aimed at Hispanics and blacks.
In "Soundtrack" they tweak the traditional archives-and-talking-heads format by pausing for music-video-style performances of spirituals and protest songs by contemporary artists including Joss Stone, Wyclef Jean and the Roots.
Once one of the New York area's top stations, K-Rock has seen its share plunge in recent years, going from a rock format to talk and back to rock again.
It's hard to love that sing-and-talk (belt and blab?) format, because the talk often feels forced and more expository than dramatic.
