Most NPR stations I've listened to don't spend much time on local news. Instead, they play syndicated NPR or CPB-related programs. Same with the local TV news n

Most NPR stations I've listened to don't spend much time on local news. Instead, they play syndicated NPR or CPB-related programs. Same with the local TV news networks. Lots of time spent on entertainment and national stories, but very little time spent on local issues. It's hard to tell if that's because there are no customers/advertisers or because it's too expensive to produce... By crowd-sourcing the task, the cost equation is mostly out of the way for them to see how much of a market there is.