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5. They've always had those sorts of stories too

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:53 PM

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A typical broadcast would be some sort of current event story, one science type story (new cancer treatment that's profiled or whatever), and then a general human interest story like a profile of a pop singer.

That's really been the format as long as I remember.

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