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lagomorph777

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38. Started in the early 80s; stopped in the mid 2000s when they swerved right.

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50 years of NPR!!! Love it or hate it.... when did you start listening to their programs?? [View all] mitch96 May 2021 OP

College in the early 90s TlalocW May 2021 #1

I started soon after its inception EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #2

I appreciate their attempt at being even-handed, without falling into... LAS14 May 2021 #11

I appreciate NPR and should follow it more. appalachiablue May 2021 #3

When I used to drive across rural areas, often late at night, I cheered when I found an NPR station. Hoyt May 2021 #4

1980. Had a roommate from Minnesota who introduced me to A Prairie Home Companion. Shrike47 May 2021 #5

It's a break from constant annoying commercials. lpbk2713 May 2021 #6

Big fan in the 80s Throck May 2021 #7

KPFA (Pacifica radio) was my go-to station fifty years ago but I slowly migrated to KQED (NPR)... Brother Buzz May 2021 #8

If it's "only" fifty years old, I must have started at the very beginning. I still... LAS14 May 2021 #9

Don't remember when, but a long time ago. Used to drive a lot, and if I could find an... TreasonousBastard May 2021 #10

By the mid-80's for me. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #12

2000. Year after I moved to the US. mwooldri May 2021 #13

I've been listening to NPR for fifty years. MineralMan May 2021 #14

late 70s for my wife and I. NewHendoLib May 2021 #15

I listened regularly until W when Talk of the Nation devoted a show to cosmetic surgery on Earth Day tenderfoot May 2021 #16

Mid 70s. Diamond_Dog May 2021 #17

As child with my parents. I guess the first time I remember it ColinC May 2021 #18

I started about 50 years ago, stopped about 20 years ago. NNadir May 2021 #19

I used to regularly Tndem615 May 2021 #20

I just read Garrison's new memoir. betsuni May 2021 #30

Wasn't he caught up in a sexual harassment scandal Mad_Machine76 May 2021 #35

Here's what he says about it: betsuni May 2021 #36

Early 80s as an adolescent; listening to Prairie Home Companion. SYFROYH May 2021 #21

Must've been the '90s nuxvomica May 2021 #22

Probably the mid-90s. Xavier Breath May 2021 #23

1984, when it came to Cleveland. n/t Ms. Toad May 2021 #24

Mid 80s when I started driving OTR liberaltrucker May 2021 #25

When I was a kid in the 70's, in a newly blended dysfunctional family, Crunchy Frog May 2021 #26

Early 90's. My mom found it and told me WNYC is their... electric_blue68 May 2021 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex May 2021 #28

mid 80s when began working in los angeles.. traffic time radio Demovictory9 May 2021 #29

My parents listened to their classical music programs. betsuni May 2021 #31

In October of 2004 I realized they'd jumped the shark - after decades of listening Ron Green May 2021 #32

I have been listening since early 80's. Love their shows. Variety pac. riversedge May 2021 #33

Probably early 2000's Mad_Machine76 May 2021 #34

I'm an NPR baby. Tommy Carcetti May 2021 #37

Started in the early 80s; stopped in the mid 2000s when they swerved right. lagomorph777 May 2021 #38