What if Public Radio disappeared?

WGBH Public Broadcast Network in Boston ^ | December 20, 2016 | WGBH Website

[Makana]

"What would the past year have been like without public television and radio?

Imagine it — a year without Morning Edition and All Things Considered. What if FRONTLINE halted its latest investigation? No Nature, NOVA, or Masterpiece?"

[Makana]

I received a fund-raising email from WGBH which asked the question "What would the past year have been like without public TV and radio?"

Aside from small pieces of Masterpiece Theater, I don't think my life would have changed one iota.

[trisham]

I don’t listen to it, so no change here.

[Dr. Sivana]

I am sure that SOMEone will pick up the rights to CarTalk reruns. Carl Castle might have to sell his telephone answering machine recordings.

[GraceG]

Other than wave of insomnia sweeping nation.... no real effect...

[LostInBayport]

My life would not change one bit, although in theory it would increase the chances of my tax burden being lessened.

[Fester Chugabrew]

I would get out my micro violin and play a sweet dirge.

[Regulator]

If there is programming people want to watch then someone will sponsor it or it will end up on a pay to watch medium like the internet or cable

That’s called “market capitalism”

Works really well

[SaveFerris]

Sounds awesome to me. Good riddance.

[RayChuang88]

That would be a valid question 20 years ago. Not in 2016 when your viewing choices is massive.

[BenLurkin]

What is public radio?

[stephenjohnbanker]

KILL it!

[caseinpoint]

Good question. Let’s find out. And let the people know where the money went elsewhere. Then we can make an informed decision.

[CodeToad]

Less propaganda. Lots of morons think public radio is nothing but facts.

[TheConservativeParty]

Well, it would be....

More Winning!

[Roger Kaputnik]

Or put another way:

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound.

[tcrlaf]

NPR and PBS need to be done away with. Add Air America to that list, as well.

They have become nothing but taxpayer-funded Democrat Propaganda Platforms.

The shows that can survive in the public marketplace will survive.

Those that cannot....

[hinckley buzzard]

Silly liberals. If these programs are so worthwhile, they would prove their worth in the free market and be picked up by some network.

Why we don't need public radio and never did.

[rlmorel]

Here is a thought-If PBS went away, could we use the taxpayer money saved, no matter how small, to use for things such as, oh, Veterans Benefits, etc?

[ChessExpert]

I see no reason for public funding of radio or T.V.

I imagine some BBC and other content would be picked up by the multitude of other channels that now exist. Instead of hearing from their sponsors (Viking Cruises, etc.), we would get advertisements - same thing.

[bert]

It would mean that Mora Liaison, the NPR White House correspondent that got pregnant during the stint there and never denied clinton paternity, would be out of a job