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WBUR-prod. Here and Now expands, Talk of Nation to end

raccoonradio

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/29/175677788/talkofthenation

>>NPR announced Friday morning that it will no longer produce the Monday-to-Thursday call-in show Talk of the Nation. It will be replaced by Here and Now, a show produced in partnership with member station WBUR in Boston.

I guess H&N which was one hr expands to 2 and will be offered nationwide, etc. (already syndied to some 170 stations.) NPR $7M debt (less
than 4% of annual budget). Network execs insist the debt isn't part of it.
Show is co-hosted by Robin Young (Evening Magazine on CH 4, WBOS etc)
 
raccoonradio said:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/29/175677788/talkofthenation

>>NPR announced Friday morning that it will no longer produce the Monday-to-Thursday call-in show Talk of the Nation. It will be replaced by Here and Now, a show produced in partnership with member station WBUR in Boston.

I guess H&N which was one hr expands to 2 and will be offered nationwide, etc. (already syndied to some 170 stations.)
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And carried on Sirius XM on its SiriusXMPR channel. Remains to be seen if the additional hour will be carried. I don't believe the channel carries Talk of the Nation.
 
dyeingeye said:
raccoonradio said:
>>The expanded program will provide a total of four hours of news programming from noon to 4 p.m. and serve as a brdge between NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered” programs, officials said.

http://bostonherald.com/business/media_marketing/2013/03/npr_wbur_partnering_to_expand_here_now
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What does that mean? Is that just referring to updates for the time zones?
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Yes. According to the news release I received, "Here & Now" will expand to two hours (from one), add a co-host, and NPR will encourage public radio stations to replace "Talk of the Nation" with "Here & Now" and also contribute editorial muscle to the expanded show. The four-hour window will allow updated info for time zones other than ET. This "is partly in response to long-voiced demands by member stations calling for more robust news coverage during the workday" between
"Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered."

If anyone wants to see WBUR's news release, you can find it at
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/03/29/here-and-now-expands-talk-nation-end

That's verbatim what they sent out.
 
Does this affect Science Friday??

That's the only time I listen to TOTN.
 
EJM said:
Science Friday is completely unaffected. Apparently, NPR will offer both SF and a Friday edition of the revamped H&N.
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Yea, but which will most stations pick? My guess is that if most stations decide to go with a consistent M-F schedule that will be the death knell for Science Friday.

Another issue is that most stations that I heard only carried the first hour of TOTN/Sci Fri, so I wonder how many people will actually hear the second hour of H&N?
 
kc1ih said:
EJM said:
Science Friday is completely unaffected. Apparently, NPR will offer both SF and a Friday edition of the revamped H&N.
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Yea, but which will most stations pick? My guess is that if most stations decide to go with a consistent M-F schedule that will be the death knell for Science Friday.

Another issue is that most stations that I heard only carried the first hour of TOTN/Sci Fri, so I wonder how many people will actually hear the second hour of H&N?
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Stations which already take two hours of TON (although one hour might be delayed) or take H&N and at least one hour of TON will probably take both hours of the new H&N.

The screwy part of this:
NPR says they have been looking at this for two years.
Stations said they wanted a midday news magazine show.
NPR had a midday news magazine show and they cancelled it.
Go figure.

This is like cities where they tear up the trolley lines and a few years later spend millions to put in "light rail."
This is like all the times a guy suggests a change at a company or government department. Get turned down and leaves (voluntarily or not). Then a new guy comes in and does exactly what the first guy wanted to do and is hailed as a genius.
 
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