Weekend Edition Sunday for June, 2 2024 (2024)

FAQs

How many people listen to Weekend Edition? ›

Each week, nearly 4 million listeners tune in to Weekend Edition Saturday for two hours of news, features and entertainment anchored by Scott Simon, NPR's Peabody Award-winning host and correspondent.

Weekend Edition Sunday is hosted by Ayesha Rascoe.

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American non-profit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of more than 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

The Weeknd's target audience is mainly male teens from the ages of 13 to 18. Eventhough many other people love his music and can attract females because he may be a sex symbol.

The Weeknd currently has almost 30 million more monthly listeners than second-placed Miley Cyrus (82.4 million). He is also comfortably ahead of Shakira (81.6 million), Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80.2 million), Rihanna (78.5 million), and his closest male challenger, Ed Sheeran (77.5 million).

Ayesha Rascoe (born June 10, 1985) is an American journalist who hosts Weekend Edition Sunday on NPR. She previously served as an NPR White House correspondent and covered the Obama White House for Reuters.

Weekend Edition Sunday debuted on January 18, 1987, with host Susan Stamberg. Two years later, Liane Hansen took over the host chair, a position she held for 22 years.

The show covers a wide range of topics such as politics, sports, and entertainment, presented alongside anecdotes and expert perspectives. Host Scott Simon, who has reported in all 50 states and 7 continents, brings a humorous, cultured and poignant perspective to each show.

NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered are the two most popular news programs.

NPR's weekly audience in the U.S. 2005-2020

According to a study on the weekly broadcast audience of National Public Radio in the United States from 2005 to 2020, there were 26.1 million people listening to NPR on a weekly basis in 2020, down from 28 million in the previous year.

What programs are cancelled by NPR? ›

NPR laid off 10 percent of its staff this week and announced that it would stop production of four podcasts — “Invisibilia,” “Louder Than a Riot,” “Rough Translation” and “Everyone & Their Mom” — to make up for a $30 million gap in its budget.

NPR has been criticized for perceived bias in its coverage of Israel and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), a pro-Israel American media monitoring organization based in Boston, has been particularly critical of NPR.

abbreviation. abbreviation. /ˌɛn pi ˈɑr/ National Public Radio (a national organization of radio stations that do not broadcast commercials)

It's official: The Weeknd is the most popular artist in the world. The singer-songwriter, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). “No one else even comes close,” said the organization in a statement earlier this week.

He currently has the most monthly listeners on Spotify at 111.4 million. He is also the first artist in the history of the platform to reach 100 million listeners. Oh, and the artists behind him in terms of monthly listeners aren't even close.

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