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With smart speakers, Aspen Public Radio aims to help older adults feel more connected
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The project’s initial phase will provide about 40 smart speakers to people in assisted-living facilities.
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The project’s initial phase will provide about 40 smart speakers to people in assisted-living facilities.
The Public Radio Tech Survey also found strong growth in public radio listening among millennials.
Thirty-seven percent of respondents who had listened to news in the week before taking the survey said they had listened to at least two hours of news.
NPR has yet to promote the feature as it determines how to direct gifts to donors’ preferred stations.
As more consumers buy smart speakers, stations are beginning to explore how they might reach new audiences with the technology.