. >> just for the record, i worked for wnyc. produces this show. >> wnyc is a radio program. >> i encountered this fact with my generation of students that radio is simply not on the menu anymore as something that anybody listens to work, regrettably, has even heard of. despite what happened with hurricane sandy, what do you see as the future of radio? >> is radio dead? they have been saying that since at least 1950. i have about a million listeners on my boutique radio show. that is compared to colbert's 3 million. the morning edition has 30 million listeners. it has begun to level of dust in the last couple of years. during the time when all other mainstream media was plummeting, npr was just moving up, up, up. npr the network has had some trouble shifting to digital, although they have done a good job in recent years, because they have member stations. the numbers tell a different story from your students. it is true that we don't have the youngest audience in the world, but apparently we have something like 20% of every age

. >> just for the record, i worked for wnyc. produces this show. >> wnyc is a radio program. >> yeah. the biggest one. >> i encountered this fact with my generation of students that radio is simply not on the menu anymore as something that anybody listens to work, regrettably, has even heard of. despite what happened with hurricane sandy, what do you see as the future of radio? >> is radio dead? they have been saying that since at least 1950. i have about a million listeners on my boutique radio show. that is compared to colbert's 3 million. the morning edition has 30 million listeners. it has begun to level of dust in the last couple of years. during the time when all other mainstream media was plummeting, npr was just moving up, up, up. npr the network has had some trouble shifting to digital, although they have done a good job in recent years, because they have member stations. the numbers tell a different story from your students. it is true that we don't have the youngest audience in the world, but apparently we have someth

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"radiolab" airs on wnyc in new york at 8:00 p.m.n thursday evenings and at noon on saturdays on npr failates. go to your npr affiliate and find out when it's there. thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. wall street starts the new year with a relief rally, the blue chips surge over 300 points, as washington lawmakers reach a tax deal on the fiscal cliff. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. many wall street analysts and economists warned clients about the coming debt battles in washington. we talk with maya macguineas, director of "fix the debt". >> tom: will the deal jump start spending, now that americans know their tax rates? we get the outlook for business and consumer spending. >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> tom: a small

"radiolab" airs on wnyc in new york at 8:00 p.m.n thursday evenings and at noon on saturdays on npr failates. go to your npr affiliate and find out when it's there. thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> announcer: the following kqed production was produced in high-definition. >> the beef torta was out of this world. >> i actually don't discriminate against pizza. >> this is a temple to where we eat. >> sort of like a meat -- >> we couldn't see it, and we couldn't hear it. >> like, "whoa! i'm actually in san francisco?" >> this is amazing! [ laughter ]

. >> just for the record, i worked for wnyc. produces this show. >> wnyc is a radio program. >> i encountered this fact with my generation of students that radio is simply not on the menu anymore as something that anybody listens to work, regrettably, has even heard of. despite what happened with hurricane sandy, what do you see as the future of radio? >> is radio dead? they have been saying that since at least 1950. i have about a million listeners on my boutique radio show. 3at is compared to colbert's million. the morning edition has 30 million listeners. it has begun to level of dust in the last couple of years. during the time when all other mainstream media was plummeting, npr was just moving up, up, up. npr the network has had some trouble shifting to digital, although they have done a good job in recent years, because they have member stations. the numbers tell a different story from your students. have true that we don't the youngest audience in the world, but apparently we have something like 20% of every age group. ho

now sitting comfortably in my seat, i will say from wnyc, ibm brooke gladstone.if it were a show i would say this is the weekend edition, brooke gladstone. that sounds a lot nicer but it is too much work for me. [laughter] i studied acting in college and i remember my first time on the radio i went to the university of vermont and there was a festival and i was doing commercials for the festival and i would lift my soft palate and say airconditioned, it is the most comfortable season ever. there's also the indignant phase -- ending phase. let's see if you have a sentence here. she's posted what i think is one of the most indispensable programs on the air called, appropriately enough, called the media. so there is a rhythm. you are driving down going across the country and there it is. you can hear it right away unless it is the card -- car guy. even those that are not produced by npr, wnyc produces the radio lab as well as the program, these are nationally produced programs. carditis is produced in boston. wait, we don't tell me was an npr -- you know, there is a