Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>

>Why does NPR have a duty to serve the "entire public"?  Much of the
>public (presumably) is already being served by commercial radio, should
>NPR compete?
>
>Does PBS really need Austin City Lilmits?
>
>Does *anyone* need Charlie Rose....

PBS and NPR are different animals...  just barely in the same tent...
you are confusing television with radio.

Ray Bayles