The Boston NPR stations have repeaters like that on Cape Cod, Nantucket (for the summer crowd), and even in Rhode Island.
Central mass...
I get no less than 4 NPR radio stations. in @ 90% of the times I scroll through. They are all airing the exact same material.
I suspect that the college/npr stations. if NPR went away, those stations would do 100% better. As now they would broadcast their won shows and their own materials.
And let’s face it. Students can read the standard AP drivel and DNC talking points far more straight and without the patented “NPR-Breathless” “I’m better than you” “ PBS branded Smug” voices.