"The Auctioneer" by Ned Sublette is featured today. A lively composition of voices that will introduce you to the skills and insights of master auctioneers, and to the aspirations and experiences of their students at the Missouri Auction School in Kansas City. While presenting a delightful array of counting practices, bid-chants, and anecdotes, The Auctioneer also reflects the economic realities of rural America, where the number of little towns are dwindling and you hate to go in there and sell out the backbone of the whole community: the general store... Commissioned by New American Radio.

In ten years as a weekly national series, 1987-1998, New American Radio (NAR) commissioned and distributed over 300 original works: conceptual new drama, associational documentary, language explorations, sonic meditations, environmental compositions, musical explorations and works that pioneer new dimensions in acoustic space. Wave Farm is thrilled to be partnering with New American Radio to ensure these works remain available to listeners today and into the future through this streaming online radio channel, a weekly radio show on Wave Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM, and an online archive at https://wavefarm.org/radio/nar/.

New American Radio was organized by Helen Thorington, Executive Producer and Regine Beyer, Associate Producer. A special thanks to both Helen Thorington and Jo-Anne Green for their generous support and collaboration of this partnership, and their contribution to the field at large!