Published November 5, 2010
If WBUR seriously messed with your head this morning — airing Morning Edition in the 9 o’clock hour — blame the British!
BBC journalists are on strike for 48 hours, which means many programs are either canceled or covered up with “evergreen” material. My bosses opted to air another hour of Morning Edition as a more useful alternative for listeners.
NPR’s Two-Way blog explains:
Both radio and television hosts are walking out with the National Union of Journalists. Management is scrambling to put together a basic news service. Some programs were cancelled, others replaced by recordings. They’ve published the new schedule here.
Listener Sarah Grafman (@sgrafman) tweets:
I’m doped up on cold meds, and I was really, really confused.
Indeed, WBUR is my clock. I know I need to be out the door before I hear ME’s business news. If I hear the BBC, I’m late. (And if I hear On Point, I’m probably sick.)