Until recently I had not paid attention to public radio for years. But the more I do, the more I wonder if IPR is wasting tons of potential. They simulcast AM/FM for the majority of the day. That seems tremendously inefficient, when they could air 2 different programs at once. Then in the evenings, they finally break the AM/FM simulcast and broadcast Studio One on the FM stations. But how many people actually listen to Studio One? Not saying it should be eliminated by any means, but are there not any other programs they could air that would perhaps serve the public a little more and reduce the amount of time dedicated to Studio One? Same goes for their weekend programming.
Just some thoughts. I know they have been operating things like this for a long time, but in my opinion it seems like they are wasting the AMs during the day (who is going to listen to AM when the exact same programming is on FM) and under-utilizing the FMs at night. And KRNI 1010 seems like a waste no matter what it airs considering WOI 640 already covers nearly the entire listening area.
Just some thoughts. I know they have been operating things like this for a long time, but in my opinion it seems like they are wasting the AMs during the day (who is going to listen to AM when the exact same programming is on FM) and under-utilizing the FMs at night. And KRNI 1010 seems like a waste no matter what it airs considering WOI 640 already covers nearly the entire listening area.