Interesting idea, Bryan, and I agree. I imagine it would take a lot more work to produce local/regional news spots, but I have often felt that I would rather hear about mid-valley news in Benton and Linn counties, rather than what traffic is like on 205 at exit 12.
Another thing nobody has mentioned is that we get OPB radio just fine at 103.1 FM, although you never hear that frequency mentioned in the list of repeaters during station IDs. I'm not complaining -- I like it better than 550 AM!
Interesting idea, Bryan, and I agree. I imagine it would take a lot more work to produce local/regional news spots, but I have often felt that I would rather hear about mid-valley news in Benton and Linn counties, rather than what traffic is like on 205 at exit 12.
Another thing nobody has mentioned is that we get OPB radio just fine at 103.1 FM, although you never hear that frequency mentioned in the list of repeaters during station IDs. I'm not complaining -- I like it better than 550 AM!