Earlier this year the Federal Communications Commission voted to allow low-powered radio stations. Last week National Public Radio, “the mighty non-profit corporation which counts more than 600 member stations nationwide and is heard by 14 million listeners each week,” publicly supported efforts to gut the ruling. Why? “NPR is willing to give lip service to low-power radio and supports its goals of diversity on the airwaves. But behind the scenes NPR’s been incredibly destructive,” charge critics. – Salon