# New NPR News Update Intro:  "Live on NPR..."  Why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-npr-news-update-intro-live-on-npr-why/745629>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 9, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-npr-news-update-intro-live-on-npr-why/745629 "2016-02-09T18:02:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-npr-news-update-intro-live-on-npr-why/745629/1 "2016-02-09T18:02:09Z")

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Has anyone else noticed that the on-the-hour and half-hour news updates, Winsdor Johnston, or Lakshmi Singh or whomever now start with “Live from…”?

I wonder what led to the change? It stands out and, I dunno, doesn’t add value. I guess I always assumed it was live.

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-npr-news-update-intro-live-on-npr-why/745629/2 "2016-02-09T18:13:59Z")

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As someone who was stuck in a car for 4 hours once and only had NPR to listen to… they repeat A LOT of stories. I think it would serve as a nice alarm that something new is going to be talked about.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-npr-news-update-intro-live-on-npr-why/745629/3 "2016-02-09T21:13:13Z")

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I’m especially grateful for it when my local NPR station is running the same damn half hour of\* All Things Considered\* for the third time that evening.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-npr-news-update-intro-live-on-npr-why/745629/4 "2016-02-09T21:45:35Z")

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I will no doubt end up listening to a bloc one morning. If that update is repeated, but “Live” is cut off first, then I will see the value.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-npr-news-update-intro-live-on-npr-why/745629/5 "2016-02-09T21:56:45Z")

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> [@Push\_You\_Down](#):
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> As someone who was stuck in a car for 4 hours once and only had NPR to listen to… they repeat A LOT of stories.

On commuting days I hear the afternoon stories twice.