jcstearns: “For all of public radio’s successes, the part of our mission we’ve always neglected the most is innovation. Our biggest shows —All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace, Fresh Air, A Prairie Home Companion — are decades old. The average age of our listeners keeps creeping upward. At 53, I am one of the younger public radio stars. My show has been on the air 17 years. We need to make space for new shows, new talent, new ideas. That’s our mission, and ultimately, it’ll be good business, too, to have exciting new shows bring in new audiences.” SOURCE: http://current.org/radio/radio1212glass-on-cartalk-reruns.html The man has a point. And did you know Terry Gross started working in public radio as a volunteer after leaving her first job as a teacher?  I think I know someone else who volunteered for a public radio station…

jcstearns:

“For all of public radio’s successes, the part of our mission we’ve always neglected the most is innovation. Our biggest shows —All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace, Fresh Air, A Prairie Home Companion — are decades old. The average age of our listeners keeps creeping upward. At 53, I am one of the younger public radio stars. My show has been on the air 17 years.

We need to make space for new shows, new talent, new ideas. That’s our mission, and ultimately, it’ll be good business, too, to have exciting new shows bring in new audiences.”

SOURCE: http://current.org/radio/radio1212glass-on-cartalk-reruns.html

The man has a point. And did you know Terry Gross started working in public radio as a volunteer after leaving her first job as a teacher? 

I think I know someone else who volunteered for a public radio station…

current.org

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