Mel Buer

Google reported $61 billion in advertising revenue in a single three-month period of 33% junk.

Hello, I'm Mel Buer, and this is Making Contact.

Making Contact is a public affairs show bringing you critical context to help you understand the world and the people who are struggling to make it better.

This weekly program is produced by Pacifica Radio and broadcast from KPFK Studios in Los Angeles.

I know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber and I don't have to read it.

Welcome back.

I'm Mel Buer.

And on today's Making Contact, we're discussing the steep decline in U.S. local news outlets and what it will take to bring them back.