"Talk of the Nation" and replacements
I'm moving this discussion from b.a.broadcast.moderated after
one of my fellow moderators pointed out that my posting had drifted away from a Bay Area focus. :-) Someone else had said about the cancellation of Talk of the Nation: "many/most NPR affiliates wanted a stronger news show in their afternoon schedule than what TOTN was providing." My reply follows: Well, that's certainly NPR's party line. They said they got that information by talking to some of their "largest stations," yet the CEO of the largest one [KQED in San Francisco] said a couple of months ago that they had not talked to him. Nonetheless, perhaps he would have said that KQED wanted the same thing. Personally, I'm not concerned about what NPR's largest stations need or want. It's the little stations I worry about, especially the ones in rural areas where every other talk station is filled with either Bible-thumping preachers or right-wing blowhards. Those are the areas that need a sane call-in show. I sure hope that those stations can afford to pick up The Takeaway or some other news/talk program to replace TotN. Patty |
"Talk of the Nation" and replacements
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