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NPR Stations with morning newscasts
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WBEZ 91.5 in Chicago has something from 11AM to 1PM Central called "Reset"
WAMC 90.3 Albany, NY, has a local news show too.
Are we talking long-form shows, or just newscasts? Because just about everyone has local newscasts during Morning Edition.
We're talking about long-form shows like Mississippi Edition
WAMC's "The Roundtable" runs from 9 a.m. to noon and is followed by the hourlong "Midday Magazine." Both cover and discuss local, state and national news.
I think the title of this thread is misleading. I would say a "newscast" is several minutes long, with news stories, a weather update and maybe some local sports scores.
As for a local show of an hour or more, I think most NPR affiliates have that, although not always in the morning, as the thread's title refers to. Maine Public Radio has "Maine Calling" 11 a.m. to noon, repeated at 7p.m. Vermont Public Radio has "Vermont Edition" 12 to 1 p.m., repeated at 7 p.m. Connecticut Public Radio has two local hour-long shows, with different hosts, at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., repeated from 8 to 10 p.m.
As for a local show of an hour or more, I think most NPR affiliates have that, although not always in the morning, as the thread's title refers to. Maine Public Radio has "Maine Calling" 11 a.m. to noon, repeated at 7p.m. Vermont Public Radio has "Vermont Edition" 12 to 1 p.m., repeated at 7 p.m. Connecticut Public Radio has two local hour-long shows, with different hosts, at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., repeated from 8 to 10 p.m.
That will winnow down the list significantly. The NPR affiliates I listen to don't have full top of the hour newscasts. They go to NPR news at the top of the hour, followed by local weather and MAYBE a sports score or two, then "1A," "Here and Now" or similar shows that make up some stations' midday schedule. Local news stories aren't repeated outside of the local Morning Edition segments.
OP needs to get out more.
At one point, the NPR newscast that ran during ME was 8 minutes long with cut outs at 3 minutes and 5 minutes. If a station didn't have a local news presence they'd take the full 8 minutes and go right into ME.
Most big city stations cut out at 3 minutes and run a 5 minute block of local news headlines, weather and traffic.
Here in Los Angeles, both KPCC and KCRW will just pre-empt other sections of the ME newsblock for long form interviews or reporting. I find this to be a bit jarring because it's not like, oh KPCC always runs local news from :22-:30. They'll do it if they have something to run, and they'll drop it in place of whatever ME stories they find least relevant for the day.
When I lived in Juneau Alaska many years ago, KTOO, would always pre-empt the business block just before the top of the hour and run a full local newscast leading into the top of the hour. This was a reliable, happened every hour, of every day, and blended seamlessly into the ME product.
Most big city stations cut out at 3 minutes and run a 5 minute block of local news headlines, weather and traffic.
Here in Los Angeles, both KPCC and KCRW will just pre-empt other sections of the ME newsblock for long form interviews or reporting. I find this to be a bit jarring because it's not like, oh KPCC always runs local news from :22-:30. They'll do it if they have something to run, and they'll drop it in place of whatever ME stories they find least relevant for the day.
When I lived in Juneau Alaska many years ago, KTOO, would always pre-empt the business block just before the top of the hour and run a full local newscast leading into the top of the hour. This was a reliable, happened every hour, of every day, and blended seamlessly into the ME product.
WFAE has "Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins".
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