[Amezarak]

> As discussed in the article, most local stations are just republishing NPR content, not creating the kind of great content you're talking about.

All public radio stations I know of do republish NPR content, and that's usually the bulk of their programming, but I live in a very poor, conservative state and the local public radio station has local news and many other local programs. I can't imagine it's different elsewhere.

In fact, a quick look at the schedule shows all the programming from 8:30-12 on weekdays is local programming, with different shows on different days. If the affiliate in my state can afford that, I can't imagine others can't.