“WRR has a solid staff. They do great work in the community,” Leone said. “We think we can take that and build on it in part because of our other platforms. There’s a lot of great programming in the noncommercial space that we can bring in.”but hasn’t done so since 2020. The council would revoke the mandate if it approves KERA’s proposal.
Legally, KERA can’t talk with WRR staff members until after the City Council vote. But Leone emphasized that the station would remain locally programmed and hosted. Glazer believes this means that the city would sell the station if new management were unable to make WRR profitable.
Sell it to KERA. Every other big market NPR affiliate has multiple channels including a classical one.
Sell it. Use money to clean up swampy Trinity river.