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Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:35 am

It ain't just Garrison Keillor. Why do you think it is that the announcers on NPR tend to speak in hushed tones?

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:48 am

There is a great fear of offending or possibly even waking their audience. This is not only limited to NPR, but to just about all FM stations that play to the Lawrence Welk crowd. Can you imagine what would happen if their audience was all woken up at once? The towns' and cities' water supplies would be severly affected by the the massive onslaught of simultaneous flushing.

djm

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:02 am

djm wrote:There is a great fear of offending or possibly even waking their audience.

LOL! I usually only listen to it early in the morning, when I use it to help me come awake!

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:35 am

Because that's what their audience likes.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:38 am

Everyone knows it's because they're hep cats.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:01 pm

Perhaps this will be of some interest.

The Dark Room Magic of NPR

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:03 pm

I like NPR a great deal.

They don't need smaltzy overdramatized emotion; unlike some other stations, they actually have content.

--James

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:54 pm

peeplj wrote:I like NPR a great deal.

They don't need smaltzy overdramatized emotion; unlike some other stations, they actually have content.

--James

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:31 pm

anniemcu wrote:
peeplj wrote:I like NPR a great deal.

They don't need smaltzy overdramatized emotion; unlike some other stations, they actually have content.

--James

I listen to NPR, but it's really pledge-drive week when their elitism comes to the fore. Such braggarts.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:34 pm

the easiest way to get someone to listen to you is to whisper. i like npr.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:57 pm

mutepointe wrote:the easiest way to get someone to listen to you is to whisper.

You make a good point.

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:24 pm

I actually think the NPR folks speak in normal tones; people on commercial stations speak way too loud.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:43 pm

carrie wrote:I actually think the NPR folks speak in normal tones; people on commercial stations speak way too loud.

You're a hepcat mom.

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:40 pm

Walden wrote:
mutepointe wrote:the easiest way to get someone to listen to you is to whisper.
You make a good point.

I wonder if Mister Limbaugh would agree with that?

I enjoy NPR, but I have to say that the tone does get a little annoying sometimes. They sound like they just came from a class where they learned how to talk someone down from a window ledge or a bridge.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:45 pm

carrie wrote:I actually think the NPR folks speak in normal tones; people on commercial stations speak way too loud.

I agree with you on that. It's like they aren't constantly trying to sell me something ... goods, ideas, a candidate... I like that... a lot!

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