NPR: Doing Well

NPR programming, whose audience has on average grown by more than one million listeners a year since 2000, has hit a new audience high of 26.5 million, according to the just-released Arbitron ratings for Fall 2006.* This new figure represents a +4 percent increase vs Spring 2006, the last ratings period, and +2 percent increase vs Fall 2005.

Additionally, listenership has increased for public radio stations overall around the country. For Fall 2006, 30.9