…demand the government stop subsidizing its competition for left-leaning talk radio?

Many NPR stations have squeezed or eliminated musical programming in favor of talking — even including a game show.

And yet the Center for Media Research reports:

  • National Public Radio is the 4th most listened to radio format.
  • Today National Public Radio garners an adult audience 75% as large as News/Talk, the largest format in the nation.
  • National Public Radio stations edged ahead of Country as the number two format for adults’ in “most listened to” stations.
  • Of the top 10 formats, National Public Radio is the top format converting listeners into loyal listeners.

All this and $400 million in taxpayer funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.