[Jim W N]

I sure hope the classic-music portion of NPR continues with private funding. The problem of going commercial is almost certainly these stations will become bland, pop-culture shows like we already have: mostly yaking, contests, and little snippets of classical pieces because anything longer will lose the paying audience.

Bland radio as well as TV is attributable to the FCC. Government defunding of NPR doesn't solve the problem but defunding the FCC does. Until the FCC is dissolved, the government will continue to interfere with communications free-market supply and demand which would bring us robust, innovative and delightful shows (the golden age of radio before the FCC forced their pablum on America).

[Henry Hnyellar]

Many public station that program classical music are not getting that programming from NPR.

Tons of classical music available on sat radio and the net.