According to NPR executives, "the unusual move ... 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"." Partnering with WBUR to expand "Here and Now" is considered a "more pragmatic approach to expanding [mid-day] news coverage" than "Day to Day" (2003–2009), an earlier NPR attempt at such a program, which had been produced in collaboration with "Slate".