NPR and Upper Midwest Folksy Programming (Brown, dollar, money, Ohio)

[totsuka]

NPR should not be receiving 440 million dollars from the taxpayers. We have better things to do with our money like not spending what we don't have.

[BullCity75]

Originally Posted by totsuka

NPR should not be receiving 440 million dollars from the taxpayers. We have better things to do with our money like not spending what we don't have.

I disagree. I think it is a great use of my money.

[mensaguy]

Originally Posted by padcrusher

And what's with the weird accent on their BBC news segments???

You mean the British reporters with their British accents?

[chielgirl]

Originally Posted by totsuka

NPR should not be receiving 440 million dollars from the taxpayers. We have better things to do with our money like not spending what we don't have.

Yeah, that's about the cost of 2 hours of war, deaths of innocent people not included.

[mensaguy]

Originally Posted by totsuka

NPR should not be receiving 440 million dollars from the taxpayers. We have better things to do with our money like not spending what we don't have.

According to my quick search, NPR receives no direct federal government grant funding.

Please cite a reliable source showing USD 440M coming from the federal government to NPR in a recent budget year.

[Old Gringo]

A few years ago.

Each morning as I get up and have a cup of coffee and get ready for work, I like to have the radio on so I can catch up the news. For years, I tuned into a local "News station" on AM that was pretty good with national and local news. But then they slowly got to the point where they'd have 5 min of news followed by 5 min of LOUD OBNOXIOUS commercials. And every 5 min, they'd repeat the same LOUD OBNOXIOUS commercials.

I got sick of it real quick.

Now, I keep my clock radio tuned to the local NPR station. Each morning they give a straight-up account of the news and the never have LOUD OBNOXIOUS commercials assaulting me.

I don't listen to much besides the morning news, but it's SO much better than the commercial stations in this area.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by BullCity75

I disagree. I think it is a great use of my money.

Me, too!

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

A few years ago.

Each morning as I get up and have a cup of coffee and get ready for work, I like to have the radio on so I can catch up the news. For years, I tuned into a local "News station" on AM that was pretty good with national and local news. But then they slowly got to the point where they'd have 5 min of news followed by 5 min of LOUD OBNOXIOUS commercials. And every 5 min, they'd repeat the same LOUD OBNOXIOUS commercials.

I got sick of it real quick.

Now, I keep my clock radio tuned to the local NPR station. Each morning they give a straight-up account of the news and the never have LOUD OBNOXIOUS commercials assaulting me.

I don't listen to much besides the morning news, but it's SO much better than the commercial stations in this area.

Ditto! I have a 10-12 minute drive. On commercial radio, sometimes that would be all commercials. I often miss the NPR news, but they have really good stories.

I like PHC, esp. the news from Lake Woebegone.

[mensaguy]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Me, too!



Ditto! I have a 10-12 minute drive. On commercial radio, sometimes that would be all commercials. I often miss the NPR news, but they have really good stories.

I like PHC, esp. the news from Lake Woebegone.

It's the only station I have tuned in on my car radio.

Personally, I like the PHC stories about the Lutheran church and the Guy Noir detective stories.

[chielgirl]

I only get PHC by podcast.

I was taking a 6-hour train ride yesterday and listened to the most recent APR/NPR offerings: Wait, Wait; This American Life; PHC; What Do You Know?; The Splendid Table and some Firesign Theatre that I haven't heard in years.

It was a wonderful listening day.

[Who?Me?!]

Originally Posted by robbobobbo

That's one thing I love! Actually, they lost their sound effects guy recently, and in a later show they "featured" him speaking from the afterlife, putting down Garrison.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going for a bit of ketchup, to brighten my day.

I, too, find ketchup an invigorating boost to my day