Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc

Programs: The wisconsin public radio association raises funds to support wisconsin public radio (wpr) so that wpr can capitalize on digital multicasting technology to provide broad access to award-winning news, compelling conversations, inspiring music and engaging entertainment across wisconsin. Our 36 stations reach more than 490,000 listeners every week on three networks: the ideas network, the npr news & classical music network, and the hd classical network. Wpr also offers archives and podcasts of many programs originally broadcast on these networks. The ideas network encourages community engagement through statewide, regional, and national call-in shows that focus on everything from current events to science, technology, and pop culture. Wpr's seasoned hosts facilitate over 3,000 hours of conversations with guest experts and callers every year. Program service accomplishments: wpr provides rich and diverse musical programs that are not generally available on the state's commercial airwaves including classical, folk, jazz, and world music. Wpr also carries live metropolitan opera broadcasts and produces regional music shows. Wpr's hd classical network broadcasts classical music twenty-four hours-a-day using a combination of original and syndicated programs. Wpr's website, www. Wpr. Org, serves more than 190,000 users per month with articles based on wpr's and npr's broadcast content, web-only articles, community calendars, and station information. Each week, over 24,000 listeners stream wpr's network broadcasts live from the website. Wpr's extensive news and call-in archives are downloaded by more than 100,000 people per month, and are also available through podcast subscriptions. In addition, wpr's mobile iphone, ipad and android apps have been downloaded over 100,000 times since their release and make it easy to read and listen to our news stories, and listen to our live and archived content.