Comments on: NPR Grapples With The Prospect Of A Post-Radio Future http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/14/npr-grapples-with-the-prospect-of-a-post-radio-future/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:21:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Mark http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/14/npr-grapples-with-the-prospect-of-a-post-radio-future/#comment-12603 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:16:44 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/03/14/npr-grapples-with-the-prospect-of-a-post-radio-future/#comment-12603 Another thing to consider (no pun intended) is NPR gets a large part of their income from radio station dues, not sure what the current percentage is, certainly less since the McDonalds $ fell at their doorstep and the growing income from the so-called underwriting announcements they run. I think stations would be wise to not define themselves as “NPR” It has always bugged me when a public radio station is described as “the NPR station” by listeners. What about the other public radio networks that carry great programming (some also made available via new media). There’s PRI: http://www.pri.org/ and APM: http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/ Many programs people assume are from NPR are actually from these other networks or from independent producers. Another thing to consider (no pun intended) is NPR gets a large part of their income from radio station dues, not sure what the current percentage is, certainly less since the McDonalds $ fell at their doorstep and the growing income from the so-called underwriting announcements they run.

I think stations would be wise to not define themselves as “NPR”

It has always bugged me when a public radio station is described as “the NPR station” by listeners.

What about the other public radio networks that carry great programming (some also made available via new media).
There’s PRI: http://www.pri.org/
and APM: http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/

Many programs people assume are from NPR are actually from these other networks or from independent producers.

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