The folks at NPR would say they need to always be looking forward to continue to attract new listeners. In my NPR area the replacement news-topic program failed to hold onto the listeners, and was moved to a different time slot or maybe by now eliminated entirely. . The current replacement program is more light-hearted & seems to be geared to the 20-something crowd. I find that one sort of interesting at times.
I expect NPR would be happy to reintroduce a new Car Talk. But finding the right broadcasting duo seems close to impossible.
A few years ago, my local āall news all the timeā radio station began running something that purported to be similar on Saturday afternoons. I tried listening to it a couple of times, but besides the hostsā lack of appeal, it soon became obvious that it was mostly a very long commercial for a group of ārecommendedā new car dealerships. There was a bit of automotive advice, but it occupied much less air time than their āhappy talkā about particular dealerships.
I guess that I wasnāt the only one who failed to find that program appealing, because it disappeared after a few months. Itās all about ratingsā¦
Iāve taken the Boston tour a couple times but they never pointed that window out. Cheers yeah and graves, but not anything about nor. But as they say you are never famous in your own home town. Maybe too many former customers.
This might enlighten people who didnāt live in The Northeast, or who werenāt fans of The Kingston Trio. It all revolved around a fare increase on āthe MTAā, which involved dropping 10 cents upon entry, and another five cents when exiting. The subject of the song was āCharlieā:
āAnd his fate is still unlearned.ā Heās on the train: couldnāt they have asked him? His wife threw him a sandwich every day. Couldnāt she have included a nickel? This was a protest of a fare rise in support of a mayoralty candidate in the late '40s.
Thanks I knew the song but never the background. Often wondered what would happen on the tollway if you couldnāt pay at the end. No subways or tolls in Minnesota then.
The closest iāve found to Car Talk is the Car Doctor radio show hosted by Ron Ananian The Car Doctor,
I found it through iTunes a few years ago, one of the crew is actually named Tom Ray. Itās a 2hr show on Saturdayās that is more like if only Ray had hosted the show. Similar format where people call in advance with questions then are selected to appear during the taping of each show.
They often take a picture of your license plate and send you a bill including a processing fee. If itās a rental car the rental company will forward it to you and add their own processing fee.
