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Posted on March 29 at 3:19 p.m.
Nice piece, Charles. Lots to chew.
I did, however, want to offer a polite correction.
It's common to lump many public radio productions under the National Public Radio masthead. Like Xerox, Kleenix and Muzak the brand sometimes becomes generic. NPR is easily associated with the best radio on the dial but the new program doesn't come from NPR.
John Hockenberry's The Takeaway comes from a consortium of other outlets (and not all radio) to take direct aim at NPR' Morning Edition. Imagine the possibilities combining WNYC in New York, with the New York Times and the BBC, distributed by PRI, Public Radio International.
The idea is to create a more conversational news program, very live and less pre-packaged. I believe it arrives in April. It would be great if one of three (imported) public radio signals in Santa Barbara carried it.
M. Marcotte
On Ted Baxter, R.I.P.