National Public Radio announced Friday it is ending “Talk of the Nation.” As the New York Times reported, NPR is urging its stations to replace the call-in show with an expanded version of “Here and Now.”
“In response to growing demand for news programming throughout the broadcast day, NPR is forging a new relationship with Boston-based public radio station WBUR to expand its mid-day news program Here & Now from a one-hour to a two-hour program updated for different time zones across the country,” NPR said in a written statement. “The expanded program will provide a total of four hours of news programming, 12 noon- 4 p.m. ET, and serve as a bridge between NPR’s signature news magazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered.”
“Talk of the Nation” host Neal Conan will “step away from the rigors of daily journalism after 35 years at NPR, including 11 years at the helm of Talk of the Nation,” NPR said in its statement.
Full release on the news here.
