National Public Radio Inc

Programs: News and information, programming, and engineering - npr is an internationally recognized producer and distributor of news, digital media, programming, and an industry leader in sound gathering and audio production. During this fiscal year, npr's broadcast programming reached a weekly audience of over 30 million people. About 93% of the u. S. Population is within the listening area of one or more stations that carry npr programming. Npr produces and/or distributes 27 news, talk, music and entertainment broadcast programs, and 18 podcast-only programs (approximately 4. 7 million average unique weekly users of npr-produced podcast programs) and 11. 9 million unique visitors to npr. Org weekly, marking an increase over the past year of 54% for podcasts and 28% for npr. Org. Additionally, npr programming is heard on satellite radio, hd radio, itunes radio, on member station web streams, and internationally. Npr also broadcasts its programming to the u. S. Military and their families through the armed forces radio network and other international services. Some programs produced and/or distributed by npr include: morning edition, all things considered, weekend edition, fresh air, the ted radio hour, ask me another, 1a, wait wait. . . Don't tell me! , here & now, invisibilia, and npr newscasts 24 hours a day. Npr's digital media division expands npr's public service by offering npr content free of charge on the web, mobile devices, and other emerging digital platforms. Monthly, npr's digital platforms account for approximately 119 million sessions. Content includes real-time news reports, live streams, and on-demand downloads of npr and member station audio, archival audio spanning more than a decade, original feature stories, additional information and insight into reports airing on npr programs, commentary, and content exclusive to the internet. Some of the division's projects this year included overhauling editing tools to produce journalism more productively, securing podcast listeners against hacking, integrating tools for improving social-media connections with the public, adding new tools to help member stations around the country raise funds for journalism, building apps for smart speaker and connected tv platforms and featuring more station content in npr one (a personalized audio platform that launched in 2014). Npr merged its digital services division, which works with public broadcast stations, into its digital media division, creating a unified product division supporting both npr and stations. The merged group integrates and expands digital services mission to grow and engage local audiences across platforms by providing content, business, and technology support, which allows stations to focus on mission-derived local content, brand positioning, and revenue development. Some of the station-oriented projects this year included greater presence in nprs localized products, upgrades to a station branding system, beginning to build next-generation journalism editing tools, daily support of local digital publishing, developing distributed network based systems and tools to advance membership development, and convening gatherings of stations to build consensus around shared goals and identify future opportunities.

npr's distribution division (distribution) operates and manages the public radio satellite system (prss). Prss is a combined satellite and internet content distribution service for public radio programming and related digital content. In addition to its regular operations, distribution manages grant-funded national project initiatives in support of the prss activities. Related digital content is comprised of npr's content as well as content from other program producers and independent radio producers. The prss is available to public radio stations, regardless of size, income, organization, or programming affiliation. The annual operations of the prss are supported by the fees paid by both public and commercial clients for their use of the prss.

npr's membership consisted of 264 non-commercial broadcast organization licensees operating a network of hundreds of associated public radio stations. When 88 non-member public radio entities and their associates are also included, a grand total of 1,073 public radio stations broadcast programming licensed from npr. Npr member organizations include long established, highly regarded educational institutions, including many top public and private colleges and universities, as well as some of the largest, most influential station-based public media organizations in the united states. Npr's financial and organizational strength derives in significant measure from the strength of its members and the npr member network as a whole. Npr serves and collaborates with member stations in newsgathering and reporting, program development, cultural events and programming, fundraising, radio and digital distribution, and representation on issues.

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