What's Wrong With Public Radio?

I enjoy Public Radio. It does broadcast music and subject matter that it's commercial contemporaries can't air due to stockholder commitments. However, why is Jazz, one of this country's true art forms, rarely broadcast on Public Radio? Here in Coastal Connecticut, I can get a station from the U. Of Hartford that does program some Jazz. The community station in Bridgeport programs some Jazz a few times a week. But why is there no full-time Jazz station in Connecticut or on the East End of Long Island? Yes, the station at Southampton College/L.I.U. broadcasts quite a bit of jazz, but you also get "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" cutting quite a few hours of Jazz out of the 'broadcast day'. If you scan across the non-commercial end of the FM band during morning drive and afternoon drive day parts, you'll get 6 to 8 stations all broadcasting N.P.R. network programs. WBGO in Newark is a great Jazz station but, alas, we can't receive them here in Coastal Connecticut. Yeah they stream ... but that doesn't help me in the car, now does it? Here's an idea: why doesn't the Ct. Broadcaster's Assoc. put together a committee of Public Radio programmer's so that they can all see for themselves how ridiculous they are broadcasting the same N.P.R. morning and afternoon programs. Don't they have to pay hefty fees for the rights to these programs? At least that 's what they tell you when they have their 'fund raisers'. Drop the N.P.R. programming for local programming and while you're at it, a little more Jazz would be nice!! Come on Public Radio!! Wise up!!