It's Your Dime

Bill Haenel and I were talking with Maria Thomas, vice president for NPR Online, at the PBS-NPR Online Summit in Baltimore last February, when she referred to National Public Radio as the 'parent' organization. I said that member stations like NCPR, who formed the national system thirty-some years ago, looked upon National Public Radio as the 'daughter' organization. However you view this evolving partnership, everyone has something to say about the variety, depth and quality of public radio offerings. Why do we do those things we do?