Public Radio is Killing Public Radio

Rafat Ali writes on paidcontent.org that the new IPhone app, which aggregates most public radio stations across the U.S., will hasten the demise of local public radio stations. I'm not sure I buy his argument, but its an interesting view of how technology that's supposed to widen an audience can also end up hurting the program provider.

PS: the view from NPR is that a number of local public radio stations are making money from successful fund-raisers. There are only a few that are on the ropes....