"These, and other changes to
Submitted by James X. on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 1:22pm.

"These, and other changes to come including a new local program – Think Out Loud, with broadcast and online components – are the result of nearly two years of research, audience surveys and strategic planning," said Holm. "The additional flexibility we've gained in our News Department will help us give voice to more people in our community than ever before."

They're not claiming poverty—and I don't think they can—they're claiming this is what we want. No news program. A talk show instead.

Really? This is what audience surveys said, that we value Oregon Considered least? That it's the #1 thing we want cut from the schedule?

So we have a locally produced music show, a locally produced variety show, and a locally produced talk show. But no local news show. No local news on TV, either.

OPB is about programming you can't get anywhere else. To me, that primarily means unsensationalized, longform news programming. And that's something that cannot "be heard at the top of every weekday hour."

But at least with public broadcasting, they don't dumb down their programming and make it more entertaining for ratings.

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