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Fred Jacobs's avatar

Tim, sharp, incisive....and courageous, as always. I know some will gravitate to the "externals" - COVID, competition, and I could add in the news cycle. But it feels more like the inability to adapt and/or resistance to accepting these changes and developing new strategies. Paul and I will have more to say about all this in the coming weeks as we begin to prep for PRTS 2024, preparing questions to help stations determine "what's wrong?" and "how can we fix it?" The audience must be given a voice and a seat at the table. Thank you for brilliantly teeing this up.

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Frozen Burrito's avatar

FWIW, just one listener's experience, but there are just so many options, and NPR programming is predictable, stale, and from a journalism perspective, uni-dimensional. My impression is that appeals to some, sort of a place of comfort. But that's not what I'm looking for. I also wonder how work from home has impacted listener numbers. There are far fewer rush hour commuters these days.

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