MPR cancels 'Weekend America' - Democratic Underground

CatholicEdHead

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Mon Dec-22-08 09:25 PM
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MPR cancels 'Weekend America'

Source: StarTribune

American public-radio listeners who crave information on Saturday afternoons are about to lose a Minnesota-produced option. "Weekend America," a two-hour magazine-format show that mixed hard news with lighter features, is being cancelled because of low ratings and the tough economy. The last edition will air Jan. 31.

Thirteen employees, most of them based in St. Paul, will be laid off or reassigned, said Margaret Ann Hennen, vice president of corporate communication for American Public Media, the national production and distribution arm of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). The program, introduced four years ago, is on 134 stations and has about 657,000 listeners.

"The turbulence in the economy was really the tipping point," Hennen said.

She said it was hard to say whether further cuts would be coming to American Public Media and MPR. National Public Radio announced a 7 percent cut in its workforce earlier this month.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/36593459.html

The cuts continue. Minnesota Public Radio is part of American Public Media and are following with similar cuts that NPR made not too long ago.

If the trend continues expect more Public Radio cutbacks. :(

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Buzz Clik

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Mon Dec-22-08 09:28 PM
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1. NPR announced cuts earlier. One of the casualties was Day to Day.

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Muttocracy

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Mon Dec-22-08 10:11 PM
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4. one of their best shows - and I think they're cutting News and Notes too

which is a hell of a lot better than Talk of the Nation has been in years :(

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BrklynLiberal

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Mon Dec-22-08 09:38 PM
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2. Very sad news.....

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madrchsod

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Mon Dec-22-08 10:07 PM
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3. i like those shows...i`m not sure what is going to replace them

the local stations are going to be screwed...

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Synicus Maximus

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Mon Dec-22-08 11:11 PM
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5. More Car Talk?

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caseymoz

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Tue Dec-23-08 01:41 AM
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6. The cuts are all over the place.

It is truly a phenomenally scary economy.

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