NPR Loses Reception Among Young Listeners

NPR has an age problem: Listening for its flagship “Morning Edition” program has dropped 20 percent among the under-55 crowd over the past five years, while “All Things Considered” listenership has fallen 25 percent among those ages 45 to 54. In fact, the age of the average NPR listener has risen a full nine years, to age 54, since 1995. NPR executives …