Re: Maine Times: Listeners want to put the 'public' back in radio

["Roger Kirk" <rogerkirk@ttlc.net>]

Dan Billings wrote:

>It looks like Maine Public Radio may back 
>down on some of their programming 
>changes.
>http://www.mainetimes.com/newspage.htm

MPR's rationale to make changes was based 
on "research".  Coca-Cola's rationale
to change "Coke" to "New Coke" was based
on research, too.  The Coke-drinking
public retorted.  Coke recanted.

Perhaps there needs to be some more research 
on research methodologies.

Roger Kirk
rogerkirk@ttlc.net