There was a time in the early 1970s when NPR started...that I probably did listen to ten hours a week of their radio-act (mostly all non-news and non-political). But by the late 1990s...all the jazz, opera and bluegrass music had disappeared and almost no literature.
PBS? In ten years, I’ve probably watched six total hours of it. Most Americans...I would guess three-quarters...watch less than ten hours a year. I don’t see where the value is.
Maybe if they moved their operation out of Arlington, and to some low-cost area....they could survive and live on easily.
I watch PBS, but have never listened to NPR. My family enjoys the mini-series as do many people. I like the educational/sewing show(s). If they could keep away from the political propaganda, fake news, and white-guilt shows (Finding Your Roots) they would be good. As of now they are 1/2 brainwashing.