Opinion
Sen. Tillis needs to pull the plug on public broadcasting
Let NPR and PBS compete in the free market like everyone else. If their content is so indispensable, they’ll survive on donations and subscriptions.
Opinion
Mass shootings and valuing human life
The tragic death of five shooting victims in Raleigh should give us an extended pause. First, it should remind us of the immense value of life. For the ideologues, politics is and will remain the sole focus of the shooting. In fact, for many, frantic calls for gun control inevitably become the only solution. Yet,...
Opinion
Preliminary data reveal extent of public school enrollment losses because of COVID-19
On Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released the average daily membership for the first month of the 2020-21 school year. The data represent the first of 10 student enrollment reports published by our state education agency throughout the school year. Compared to the same period last year, the first-month public school ADM declined...
Opinion
The Talk of the News
News/talk stations attract an average of about 650,000 North Carolina listeners every quarter-hour, or about 11 percent of all listeners in rated markets.
