PLEDGE: The Public Radio Fund Drive

Public radio knows its first responsibility is to create the kind of shows that keep people coming back, since without content, there is no loyalty and without loyalty, there is no audience. But public broadcasting and especially public radio has been preoccupied with three even more primary tasks since it was brought to life by President Johnson in 1967. First, to evade the mission of those who would defund it. Second, to stay relevant as both audience and technology change. And lastly, to...