Holy shlt Elliot in the morning is still on?

Anonymous wrote:Not me! Used to be a loyal NPR listener but I find it insufferable now.

Maybe Marketplace, but that's about it.

Same. I even volunteered for their fundraisers a few times, but no more.

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Anonymous wrote:Who listens to the radio in 2023?

I listen whenever I am in the car.

+1. I am 45. I also have a 20+ year old clock radio that I use as my alarm clock.

+2 but I listen to a lot daily as I'm often in the car and the kids do impressions of their favorite reporters.

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you’re listening to the local portion, not NPR national programming.

They regularly cover all the local sports teams, including the O’s, because I hear it all the time on my morning commute.

Apparently it’s woke to include the Mystics and Spirit, though?

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Anonymous wrote:Who listens to the radio in 2023?

I listen whenever I am in the car.

+1. I am 45. I also have a 20+ year old clock radio that I use as my alarm clock.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you’re listening to the local portion, not NPR national programming.

OP here- correct. I listen to WAMU. I actually was a member for years, but I stopped donating after the Mike Brown/ Ferguson Missouri coverage went off he rails. At one point they were blaming the old Korean shop owner (who was beaten by the twice larger Brown) for 'preying' on poor black neighborhoods and therefore got what he deserved.

RE: Bluegrass on HD- that is different. That's streaming, of course. I'm talking about a national broadcast of bluegrass for two hours every Sunday.

I bet they wouldn't even host Car Talk anymore even if the brothers were still alive.

In today's edition of things that never happened...

Anonymous wrote:I listen to the radio in the shower each morning and I flip between NPR, Elliot in the morning and WTOP. I try to catch NPR at the top and bottom of the hour for news. Today they started the news not with any remarks on September 11th but rather with more talk about Trump indictments. Then they moved onto local sports and it was 90% devoted to the Mystics (female basketball) and not a single word about the Commanders win for the first time in this post- Snyder era. The Nats loss to the Dodgers got no mention.

It struck me that they have just really, really jumped the shark. Is it only for looney far lefties now?

The local news, WAMU, won't have anything about 9/11. The Mystics finished the regular season this weekend and are prob going to playoffs. Football has barely started and the nats-dodgers game only affected the dodger's standing. Why cover another loss?

Not sure what you are expecting...

Another NPR bashing thread?

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you’re listening to the local portion, not NPR national programming.

OP here- correct. I listen to WAMU. I actually was a member for years, but I stopped donating after the Mike Brown/ Ferguson Missouri coverage went off he rails. At one point they were blaming the old Korean shop owner (who was beaten by the twice larger Brown) for 'preying' on poor black neighborhoods and therefore got what he deserved.

RE: Bluegrass on HD- that is different. That's streaming, of course. I'm talking about a national broadcast of bluegrass for two hours every Sunday.

I bet they wouldn't even host Car Talk anymore even if the brothers were still alive.

It sounds like you’re listening to the local portion, not NPR national programming.

I listen to up first the podcast in the morning. I don't care about football or baseball. I'm 45.

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Anonymous wrote:Who listens to the radio in 2023?

I listen whenever I am in the car.

When I'm in the car, I listen to the NPR Politics Podcast and Up First, among other podcasts.
That way I can fast forward when I want.

I tried but it takes so long for them to open up each issue rambling on about the various intersectionalities that I lost my attention span for it.

I listen to NPR's UpFirst and they had a brief mention of 9/11 today... talk of where Biden would be honoring the lost men & women and a few notes about the transition from a 20+ year international relations focus on the middle east (driven by 9/11) to the recent transition to china.

The Mystics are in the playoffs. The Nats will not be in