text: Four stars for their schedule of national shows good schedule choices most of the best national public radio shows One star for their local content I am rounding down to two stars though since I can stream national shows I do not need a local station for thatnnLocal content is pretty weak with the exception of The Allegheny Front Most of their news time is spent on local press releases leaving little time for coverage of stories that might actually have an impact on listeners They also do this annoying thing of eating up big chunks of Morning Edition during the week by playing whole segments from Wait Wait Do not Tell Me Their flagship noon current events show Essential Pittsburgh spends most of its time covering issues that have little PittsburghPA connection seriously doubt that of the shows time is spent on local stories Do not get me wrong lots of the guests are local but that does not magically turn a national or international issue into a Pittsburgh story And a British musician playing a show in town is not a local arts story The shows business news rarely covers major local firms and their travel segments are mostly on destinations outside of western PA nnSo everything you can get by streaming other NPR stations is good The piece that can only be provided by a local station actual relevant local content is sorely missing