Oregon Media Insiders

Just a note to say that KLCC and OPB split the salary of Chris Lehman at the state Capitol. Both stations are actively involved in the Northwest News Network, which provides editorial coordination of Chris's work with reporters in Olympia, Richland and Spokane/Coeur d'Alene. Chris is only an OPB employee for the purposes of getting him paid and providing benefits.
I'm sure Don, Rachael and Tripp will all continue to do what they do so well, and in a spiffy new facility in downtown Eugene, to boot. The experience in other markets indicates that public radio is not a zero-sum game, that is, a new station in the market does not necessarily take away listeners from existing stations. The overall audience for public radio seems to grow in part because more people turn on their radios. We'll have to see if that's how it works out in Eugene.

Morgan,
OPB, VP-News