Re: WBUR & Fresh Air

[Dan.Strassberg@att.net]

I think I've been hearing a lot more of the BBC on WBUR than I did at least 
until the war began. I don't like the BBC much. It's DULL radio AND WBUR 
repeats most of the segments MANY times. However, don't you suppose that the 
BBC is cheaper than the NPR feeds? Also, I imagine that during the war, WBUR 
got a lot of favorable reaction to the Beeb. War junkies just HAD to hear 
those "up-to-the minute" reports from Basra and Baghdad six, eight, ten times 
over two or three days! Moreover, maybe Queen Jane is trying to get WHYY (which 
produces Fresh Air) to carry The Connection and On Point. Not running Fresh Air 
could be her way of making her point. I think that if Fresh Air isn't heard in 
a large market like Boston, WHYY loses some revenus. Similarly, if WBUR's shows 
aren't heard in Philadelphia, WBUR loses revenue. The only WBUR show that's a 
guaranteed carry in most markets is Car Talk because it's the #1 source of 
listener contributions at just about every NPR affiliate that airs it.

Too bad that Dave Faneuf no longer posts here.
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> I just realized that WBUR has been airing the BBC from 1-2pm instead of 
> Fresh Air...and that this has been going on for at least a little while 
> now, but that Fresh Air was in there at least a few times inbetween the war 
> and now...
> 
> Anybody know the reasoning behind this?  I'm not a big Fresh Air fan, but 
> I'm curious regardless.