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 NPR is ending Talk of the Nation after 21 years on the air, and will seek to replace it in a new strategic partnership with WBUR’s Here & Now. 
  
 Talk of the Nation, broadcast by more than 400 stations nationwide, will stop production at the end of June. NPR says host Neal Conan will “step away from the rigors of daily journalism” after 35 years at NPR and 11 years hosting the show. Science Friday, with Ira Flatow, will continue. 
  
 To replace the mid-day staple program and to boost news coverage between its flagship drive-time show Morning Edition and All Things Considered, NPR is partnering with member station WBUR to expand the Boston station’s hourlong news magazine Here & Now to two hours. It will be updated throughout the afternoon as it airs in different time zones. The expanded Here & Now debuts July 1. 
  
 NPR relies on its network of affiliated stations to subscribe to its programs and contribute new stories and other editorial content. However, this level of strategic partnership with a member station such as WBUR is unprecedented. 
  
 “This is a different kind of collaboration,” said NPR Chief Content Officer Kinsey Wilson, “and one where we’ve kind of rolled up our sleeves together and imagined what this show, which is already successful, could become when expanded to two hours.” 
  
 Here & Now, which is currently hosted by Robin Young, will add a co-host. Jeremy Hobson currently hosts the Marketplace Morning Report. WBUR plans to add a total of six people to produce the expanded show. NPR will encourage public radio stations to replace Talk of the Nation with Here & Now and also contribute editorial muscle to the expanded show. 
  
 WBUR General Manager Charles Kravetz said, “There’s going to be a lot more NPR content and bloggers and reporters and editors who are going to contribute to the program. But at the core, the great program that Here & Now is will still be there and get better and better.” 
  
 NPR executives said the unusual move to seek to replace Talk of the Nation with WBUR’s Here & Now, which is carried by not even half as many stations across the country, is partly in response to long-voiced demands by member stations calling for more robust news coverage during the workday. The number of public radio listeners sags markedly between Morning Edition and All Things Considered. 
  
 In 2003, NPR debuted a one-hour mid-day news magazine Day to Day, but canceled the show during the financial crisis four years ago. Today’s unusual alliance between NPR and one of its member stations reflects a more pragmatic approach to expanding news coverage. NPR has told staff it expects to run a deficit this year. 
  
 “Look, it’s a tough media economy right now,” said NPR’s Wilson. “And I don’t know that anybody can afford to go it alone these days. Collectively, we have much better prospects working together.” 
  
 Wilson declined to discuss the specifics of the business arrangement, saying only that it involves shared risk and shared reward. Still, NPR Senior Vice President for News Margaret Low Smith said collaboration sends a strong signal to member stations. 
  
 “This is pretty bold and exciting,” she said, “and makes a powerful statement about how we believe we can go forward together in public radio.” 
  
 WBUR has produced Here & Now since 1997 and made it a national program in 2001. It’s currently aired on 182 stations, including WBEZ Chicago, WHYY Philadelphia and KJZZ Phoenix. 
  
 Incoming co-host Hobson, 30, said he’s looking forward to joining a mid-day news magazine that differentiates itself to some extent from NPR’s existing flagship programs. 
  
 “It is a national news magazine that is based outside of the New York/D.C. news bubble,” he said. “It is not going to be consumed by the same news cycles that everybody else is following. It’s going to be a show that is going to do stories that are the most interesting and most important to the most people.” 
  
 Meghna Chakrabarti, co-host of WBUR’s Radio Boston, will serve as Here & Now’s primary backup host. 
  
 Conan expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to host Talk of the Nation for 11 years. 
  
 “I’m especially proud that we go out on top,” Conan said, “with the largest number of stations and the largest audience in the program’s history.” 
  
 This post has been updated to include All Things Considered feature content. 
  
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 Most Popular Expand ||||| BOSTON — NPR is ending the 21-year-old call-in radio show “Talk of the Nation” and will encourage local stations to replace it with an expanded version of “Here and Now,” an afternoon news broadcast that is produced here, the organization announced on Friday. 
  
 The plan is the product of discussions that began more than two years ago between NPR and some of its biggest member stations. For the middle of the afternoon the stations wanted a magazine-style news show along the lines of “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” the two bookends of most stations’ weekday schedules. 
  
 “Here and Now” fits that description. The program, produced by the Boston University station WBUR, started locally in 1997 and began to expand nationally in 2001. Until now, it has been distributed by a rival programmer, Public Radio International, but starting this summer, it will be distributed by NPR instead. 
  
 NPR will work with WBUR to turn the one-hour “Here and Now” into a two-hour show, with contributions from NPR’s news staff and other local stations. A co-host, Jeremy Hobson, will join the program’s current host, Robin Young. 
  
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 The longer version of “Here and Now” is to start on July 1, immediately after “Talk of the Nation,” currently broadcast in two segments from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time, bows out. The program is be produced from noon to 2 p.m. and then updated as needed until 4 p.m. for stations that carry it later in the afternoon. ||||| America 
  
 NPR To Discontinue 'Talk Of The Nation' 
  
 NPR announced Friday morning that it will no longer produce the Monday-to-Thursday call-in show Talk of the Nation. 
  
 It will be replaced by Here and Now, a show produced in partnership with member station WBUR in Boston. Reported stories will be part of the show's format. 
  
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 Neal Conan, Talk of the Nation's host, will depart after more than three decades with the network. His past positions include stints as bureau chief in New York and London and as NPR's foreign editor, managing editor and news director. 
  
 NPR executives said public radio has a glut of vibrant call-in shows involving national issues — and that they sought a newsmagazine with a mix of interviews and prepared stories to bridge the hours between Morning Edition and All Things Considered. 
  
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 Executives said the move is not budget-related, though the network is running a $7 million deficit this fiscal year. Executives say Conan was welcome to stay with NPR and that they intend to offer jobs to every staffer working for Talk of the Nation. 
  
 Here and Now host Robin Young will be joined by Jeremy Hobson of Marketplace Morning Report, and NPR reporters will be contributing work as well. 
  
 Here and Now is on far fewer stations than Talk of the Nation — 182 versus 407 — but it has been growing. NPR executives hope stations that previously carried Talk of the Nation will pick up its replacement. 
  
 Science Friday, NPR's weekly science talk show that airs at the end of the workweek in the hours that Talk of the Nation broadcasts from Monday to Thursday, is to continue. 
  
 Update at 1:35 p.m. ET. Neal Conan: 
  
 "I remain profoundly grateful for all the opportunities provided at NPR over the past 35 years," Neal says in a statement sent to the NPR staff. "I especially treasure the time here at Talk of the Nation these past eleven years and more. I'm proud that we go out on top, with record station carriage and the largest audience in the program's history." 
  
 Update at 12:25 p.m. ET. Kinsey Wilson, NPR's Executive Vice President And Chief Content Officer: 
  
 On the thinking behind the decision — 
  
 "One of the things that Talk of the Nation did incredibly successfully is really set the standard for call-in news talk and in many ways establish a model for the public radio system in how to develop those kinds of shows. In the 20 years that it's been around, and had a very successful run and become the No. 1 one call-in talk show on public radio, there's been a proliferation of other call-in talk shows — some of which we carry — like On Point with Tom Ashbrook, like Diane Rehm. [Those are] very successful in their own right [and] remain a vibrant part of what we do. This is really an opportunity for NPR to pivot a bit and to make sure we're investing in the things that are not as commonly done across the system — and that is providing solid news coverage and strong storytelling across all day parts." 
  
 On why it's not just to save money — 
  
 "NPR has been addressing the budget deficit in other ways, including cuts in travel and not filling empty jobs. Talk of the Nation has "a very talented staff. Our hope is to find places for everyone to land." 
  
 Update at 9:55 a.m. ET. 'Talk' To Go Off The Air At The End Of July; Decision Came After Discussions With Stations: 
  
 The New York Times adds that the plan "is the product of discussions that began more than two years ago between NPR and some of its biggest member stations. The stations wanted a magazine-style news show at the middle of the day, something along the lines of Morning Edition and All Things Considered, the two bookends of most stations' weekday schedules." 
  
 "Together, we're addressing both what the audience is looking for and what member stations have been looking for," Kinsey Wilson, NPR's executive vice president and chief content officer, told the Times. 
  
 The switch of shows will start July 1, immediately after Talk of the Nation goes off the air, WBUR adds. The Boston station also notes that: 
  
 "In 2003, NPR debuted a one-hour mid-day news magazine Day to Day, but canceled the show during the financial crisis three years ago. Today's unusual alliance between NPR and one of its member stations reflects a more pragmatic approach to expanding news coverage. NPR has told staff it expects to run a deficit this year. " 'Look, it's a tough media economy right now,' said NPR's Wilson. 'And I don't know that anybody can afford to go it alone these days. Collectively, we have much better prospects working together.' " 
  
 Update at 9:35 a.m. ET. Executives Say It's Not About The Deficit: 
  
 Network executives say the move is not intended to plug the $7 million deficit, which amounts to less than 4 percent of NPR's annual operating budget. Instead, they say, it's about ensuring that money and personnel are being used in ways that make sense in today's media environment. 
  
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NPR mainstay Talk of the Nation is going off the air in June after 21 years. The nation's bigger NPR stations thought the afternoon call-in format had grown stale and agitated for something newsier, reports the New York Times. They'll get an expanded version of the show Here & Now starting July 1, reports Boston's WBUR, where the latter show is produced. Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan will "step away from the rigors of daily journalism," says NPR, but he and all the show's staffers will be offered different jobs at the network. The show runs from 2pm to 4pm Eastern Monday through Thursday. The program in that time slot on Fridays, Science Friday, will remain.