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Why public media needs to let younger decision-makers call the shots
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To attract millennials and Gen Z, people under 40 need to be in the room, says media analyst Evan Shapiro.
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To attract millennials and Gen Z, people under 40 need to be in the room, says media analyst Evan Shapiro.
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With her late husband Tom, Joanne Church “introduced audience research to public radio” by founding RRC in 1981.
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More filing requirements would strain already limited resources, the broadcasters said in comments to the commission.
With NPR in the news, questions circulated about what the network wanted to do and what would be helpful, said Editor in Chief Edith Chapin.
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Like homeowners who delayed plumbing repairs to their mid-century modern house, public radio needs to act now to renovate its broadcast-centered revenue model.
Two of the stations serve Indigenous audiences.