This isn't so much about digital music, I admit, but I live in a devoted NPR household and this item is too interesting
to pass up. It also, perhaps, speaks to the inefficiency of the broadcast model.
The Detroit MPR station
(WDET-FM) held its normal fall fund-raiser that ended in October. On December 13 the station discontinued a bunch of
locally-produced music shows and put syndicated talk programs in their place. No doubt the station expected some heated
feedback. It probably did not expect a class action lawsuit, but that's what it got. A Web site has been set up and a protest rally is scheduled for Friday of this
week.
