Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 6-1999 “All Things Considered”: A Comparative Case Study Examining the Commercial Presence within Public Radio Peter P. Nieckarz III Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Radio Commons, and the Sociology of Culture Commons Recommended Citation Nieckarz, Peter P. III, "“All Things Considered”: A Comparative Case Study Examining the Commercial Presence within Public Radio" (1999). Dissertations. 1523. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1523 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY EXAMINING THE COMMERCIAL PRESENCE WITHIN PUBLIC RADIO by Peter P. Nieckarz EH A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Sociology Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan June 1999 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. “ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY EXAMINING THE COMMERCIAL PRESENCE WITHIN PUBLIC RADIO Peter P. Nieckarz III, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 1999 This dissertation addresses the commercial presence within public radio. A case study of three NPR affiliate stations was conducted to determine to what extent public radio is being influenced or compromised by increased commercial rationality. It also addresses how they have been able to resist commercialism and remain true to the original ideals of public radio.