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Amid the downturn in audio, some executives think the public radio model — with a dash of true crime — might provide a way forward.
After more than a decade in the industry, Brian Reed is Question(ing) Everything about it.
“You just need somebody with enough charisma that they would carry people over the line. And it wouldn’t be a traditional journalist.”
The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is being deliberated in both houses of Congress.
Radio Broadcast received close to a thousand entries to its contest — but ultimately rejected them all.
For the first time ever, more online news sites produced Pulitzer finalists than newspapers did.
“This would sustain community radio and enhance its role as a vital source of alternative voices, diverse perspectives, and local engagement.”
“We aren’t, and do not want to be, like the traditional radio stations in Mexico.”
“The very idea of collectively tuning in to history as it happens has been altered, as the profusion of channels and platforms now funnels audience members into self-segregated affinity groups where messages are shaped more for confirmation than enlightenment.”
“Local public radio has a staffing problem. Stations have considerable potential but aren’t yet in a position to make it happen.”