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Research had found weak brand penetration in the community beyond the station’s existing audience, said GM Judith Smelser.
“The Committee has concerns about the direction in which NPR may be headed under past and present leadership,” House representatives said in a letter to the network's CEO.
The radio station will also leave three open positions unfilled and save $1 million by ending its RadioActive Youth Media program.
“I love that we don’t sound like any other NPR affiliate,” says Devall, a former NPR journalist who began managing the station in Lafayette, La., in 2022.