Dan Kennedy in the Boston Phoenix, writing about the “liberal radio” network in the works.
On the other hand, liberals do not live by NPR alone. Central Air?s best bet is to establish itself as the second spot on the dial, for the times when NPR is doing a 12-minute audio diary on the fig groves of Morocco.
A perfect time for my NPR rant: If they made me king of NPR tomorrow, my first move would be to ban all the background sound effects on their long features — running water, factory gears churning, people milling about, anything that really needs to be accompanied by video to make any sense. It’s distracting and annoying, and doesn’t help me envision what the scene looks like. OK, end of rant.