Current's The Pub

Radio researcher and consultant Fred Jacobs noticed something as he conducted his latest Public Radio Techsurvey. “What the data are telling us is that, to a great degree, public radio has two audiences,” Jacobs told me on The Pub. “There are the traditional listeners who have been with the space for maybe decades, but then there’s this emerging audience that, really, is smaller — I mean it is younger, it is smaller — but they are fascinating.” What the latest Jacobs Media research shows is that baby boomers and millennials are not only listening differently — the latter being much more inclined toward digital outlets — but also listening for different reasons. On this week’s episode, Jacobs does the numbers. Also: - PBS VP for News and Public Affairs Marie Nelson reflects on her first year on the job, the future of independent film on public TV and the perpetual challenge of diversity.- Host Adam Ragusea decries the pervasive Auto-Tune used by the p