Hard to believe NPR would go conservative when so much of their "mainstream" "news" shows already tilt right by soliciting the viewpoints and opinions of Republicans over Dems or independents. Scott Simon is the most egregious in this regard, but I long ago lost count of the conservative voices they rushed to feature in (I've always guessed) a desperate attempt to maintain federal funding.
And considering the shows that replaced ToTN (at least in San Francisco), the network would have been better served by two hours of dead air. --Dave Sikula On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 4:46:55 PM UTC-8, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > To be exact, Charlie Sykes, the longtime morning man at Milwaukee's WTMJ, > who retired from his show recently after not supporting Donald Trump's > candidacy (and catching hell from diehard listeners), will be hosting one > night a week of "Indivisible," WNYC and American Public Media's Minnesota > Public Radio division's new evening call-in talk show that's for now > scheduled to run for 14 weeks (or the first hundred days of the Trump > Administration) and starts next Monday--WNYC podcast host Kai Wright hosts > on Mondays with two editors of the UK newsmag the Economist participation > from London, WNYC morning talk host Brian Lehrer is in on Tuesdays, Sykes > hosts on Wednesdays and MPR morning host Kerri Miller on Thursdays: > > http://www.wnyc.org/press/indivisible/11217/ > > The show will air Monday through Thursday at 8 p.m. ET (probably on delay > in the West because most stations are carrying "All Things Considered" at > that time) and will be available as a podcast and if it clicks it will be > the first U.S.-produced evening strip on public radio news-talk stations to > be successful. Most stations that don't play music at night tend after > "Marketplace" to repeat their local talk shows and/or Terry Gross or > once-a-week shows at nights before the overnight pickup of the BBC World > Service. Some stations air the CBC's "As It Happens" and/or "q," but many > don't (and "q" is an afternoon show in Canada). PRI tried some years ago a > show with "Sunday Morning" correspondent and "Wait, Wait..." panelist Faith > Salie called "Fair Game" (described as a cross between "The Daily Show" and > "Fresh Air") and failed. A sobering note: Allegedly, research claims that > the hardcore public radio news audience doesn't care for call-in talk shows > of any kind (which is why "Talk of the Nation" went off)--will they make an > exception here? And will the Amy Goodman army be down on WNYC and MPR for > hiring a veteran of commercial talk radio who still considers himself a > conservative as a host? > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
