The Pub - The case for NPR stations in a post-radio world: How do NPR & stations maintain a beneficial coexistence?

(Partial) show notes: "I’ve come to the conclusion that a digital-first public audio system must perpetuate three elements of the old public radio system we have now: 1) Production and reporting capacity is dispersed across the whole country 2) Popular national programs effectively subsidize less-popular, local programs 3) Organizations in large, wealthy communities effectively subsidize organizations in small, poor communities. I can’t imagine a digital-first NPR doing any of that without its stations. So on this week’s episode of The Pub, I’m asking three of the smartest station leaders I know: How do you envision NPR and stations maintaining a mutually beneficial coexistence as the primacy of radio fades?"