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Once again, I am confronted by people who have not only never listened to public radio, abut are absolutely clueless about how it works. No one listens to
NPR because in essence, such a radio station does NOT exist. I listen to
WPR or Wisconsin Public Radio. South of me, there is IPR or Illinois Public Radio. Each state has their own public radio which is by congressional mandate, part of the NPR system.
Each state does their own programming and picks up feeds from NPR or "programs and podcasts." All of them pick up their news feeds, usually headline news, on the hour and half. Specialty news such as "On Point" or "Fresh Air" are picked up individually or not at all. WPR, like all state public radio stations, also do their own shows that are of interest to the local population. This could include gardening, farming, music, cultural events, local news, etc.
Ask someone who whines about NPR about the name of the program that annoyed them and why, and you'll be met by double talk and babble. That is because they mindlessly repeat some ideological right wing mantra without ever actually listening to a program. It gets silly, if not just downright stupid, after awhile.
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