Lawrence Glavin has referred us to the latest RRC ratings that >... chronicles a DECLINE in ratings and time-spent-listening [to NPR] >over the past year. Permit me to make a modest proposal. When any of us write to a local NPR station explaining why we do NOT contribute, let us also mention the new RRC ratings, suggesting that many others may share our response to the programming policy of [most] NPR stations. Cheers, Jon Gallant and Dr. Phage