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unusual facts about National Public Radio



Allan Bérubé

His many radio and television appearances included interviews by Studs Terkel, Sonia Freedman on CNN, and two by Terry Gross on National Public Radio's Fresh Air.

Artis the Spoonman

In 1994, an NPR's Morning Edition focused on him and his artistic rejection of material values.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai

After 9/11, he took leave without pay from the World Bank and engaged in intensive interaction with the media, appearing regularly on PBS's NewsHour as well as BBC, CNN, US National Public Radio, other broadcasters, and writing for major newspapers.

Augusten Burroughs

Early in his career, he was a regular commentator on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.

Ben Sollee

In 2007, NPR's Morning Edition named Sollee one of the "Top Ten Unknown Artists of the Year".

Bill Radke

He also contributed humorous news and commentary segments to KUOW-FM's long-running show Sandy Bradley's Pot Luck, created and hosted the satire show Rewind, distributed by National Public Radio, and co-hosted the radio show "Weekend America", produced by American Public Media.

Carl Quintanilla

From 1991 to 1993, he was a reporter and columnist for the Boulder Daily Camera in Boulder, and prior to that, he spent a summer as an editorial assistant for National Public Radio in Washington D.C.

Cleo Patra Brown

She was rediscovered in the 1980s after being tracked down by Marian McPartland; she returned to record again and performed on National Public Radio.

Concert Companion

Feature articles about the Concert Companion appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Boston Globe, The Times, Toronto Star and other national and international publications; feature segments aired on National Public Radio (All Things Considered), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).

Cynthia Phelps

Her appearances on television and radio have included Live from Lincoln Center on PBS, National Public Radio, Radio France, and RAI in Italy.

Edie McClurg

She worked as a newswriter and documentary producer for KCUR-FM, a National Public Radio affiliate.

Edward Burger

He has delivered more than 400 lectures worldwide and has appeared on more than 40 radio and TV programs including ABC News Now on WABC-TV in New York and National Public Radio.

Fritz Reiner

Chicago musicians have spoken of Reiner's autocratic methods; trumpeter Adolph Herseth told National Public Radio that Reiner often tested him and other musicians.

Gridiron Club

Recently, however, it has begun opening its doors to such non-newspaper media figures as Tim Russert of NBC News, Bob Schieffer of CBS News, Mara Liasson of National Public Radio, and Judy Woodruff of PBS.

HumorFeed

The awards panel for the first two years included a range of noted humorists and journalists including Andrew Marlatt of SatireWire, John Markoff of the New York Times, Robert Zelnick of Boston University, Eric Weiner of National Public Radio, and Madeleine Begun Kane of "Mad Kane's Humor & Satire".

Jad Abumrad

Abumrad has reported and produced documentaries for a number of local and National Public Radio programs, including On the Media, PRI's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Democracy Now!, and WNYC's "24 Hours at the Edge of Ground Zero".

Jennifer Donahue

After more than a decade as a political reporter, analyst and producer, Donahue is known for appearing on National Public Radio, ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, Nightline (US news program), CBS Evening News, and Anderson Cooper 360°.

Jim's Big Ego

Among the band's songs are "The Ballad of Barry Allen," based on Barry Allen (The Flash), a character co-created by Infantino's uncle Carmine Infantino, and "New Lang Syne" (sometimes also called "Thank God It's Over"), a new New Year's Eve song featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered in 2001.

Jon L. Mills

He has appeared on CNN's "Burden of Proof," Public Television's "Lehr Report," National Public Radio, ABC, BBC and other media.

Kenneth Woods

His work on the concert platform and in the recording studio has led to numerous broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, National Public Radio, and CBC Radio 2.

KUVO

The station also carries selected NPR and other syndicated programs such as: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz; Riverwalk Jazz, hosted by Jim Cullum; Jazz from Lincoln Center, hosted by Wynton Marsalis; and Dee Dee Bridgewater's Jazz Set.

Linnzi Zaorski

In September 2006, Zaorski was the subject of a national radio piece by National Public Radio commentator Andrei Codrescu.

Lois H. Gresh

They have been reviewed in the New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Science News, National Geographic, Physics Today, New Scientist, and US News and World Report, as well as by National Public Radio, the BBC, Fox News, the History Channel, and other television and radio programs.

Mark Tatge

He is a guest commentator on national news shows, including CNBC, ABC American Broadcasting Company, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Fox Business Network, PBS station WOUB-TV, and Chicago PBS affiliate WTTW.

Marshall Goldman

He has written regularly for the Russian newspapers, Moscow News and The Moscow Times, and is often heard on National Public Radio.

Melanie Pullen

Pullen's photographic series have also been featured in numerous publications and broadcasts including: San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times Magazine, LA Times, ArtReview, The London Independent on Sunday Review, Vogue, Elle, Fortune, W, GQ, RollingStone, Nylon, Photo, Art Forum, National Public Radio, CBS Radio and CBS News.

Michael E. Toner

In addition, Toner has appeared as a guest commentator on Fox News Channel, ABC News, CBS News, Bloomberg News, MSNBC, Fox Business Network, C-SPAN, The BBC, and National Public Radio.

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

As recently as December 25, 2006, many listeners told the National Public Radio program Talk of the Nation that Mister Magoo was their favorite Ebenezer Scrooge.

On the Threshold of Liberty

From 1996 through 2008, National Public Radio used Isham's composition as the background music for the annual July 4 reading of the Declaration of Independence on the NPR program Morning Edition.

Peg Lynch

Ethel and Albert returned in 1963-1964 on NBC's Monitor program and played on National Public Radio's Earplay in 1973.

Pledge drive

Although the federal government of the United States, primarily through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and corporate underwriting provide some money for public broadcasting organizations like National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), they are largely dependent on program fees paid by their member stations.

Radio Expeditions

The Radio Expeditions series is a joint production of National Public Radio and the National Geographic Society.

Red River Radio

Red River Radio (RRR) is affiliated with National Public Radio and broadcasts many popular NPR programs including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, World Cafe, Car Talk, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me and From the Top.

Robert Kaplow

For National Public Radio's Morning Edition, Mr. Kaplow created "Moe Moskowitz and the Punsters," a series of musical and satirical pop-culture parodies.

Sarah Susanka

She has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Charlie Rose Show, and NPR's Diane Rehm Show, and her philosophies have appeared in various publications such as USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

StudentLoanJustice.org

StudentLoanJustice.org or its members have been covered by a number of newspapers, radio, and television shows, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, The National Review, The Wall Street Journal, Public Broadcasting System, Fortune Magazine, Businessweek, Fox Television, CNN, CBS News, Democracy Now!, The Chicago Sun-Times, and others.

Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village

Robert Siegel – "All Things Considered" radio talk show host on National Public Radio.

Tallahassee RollerGirls

Tallahassee RollerGirls have donated proceeds to local and national charities in the past including Refuge House, National Public Radio, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and are founding members of the Oasis Center for Women & Girls.

The Paly Voice

In 2007, many professional on-line journalism Web sites, including the one belonging to National Public Radio, referred to the Voice for the only readily available image of Mary Tillman, mother of American football player and US Army Ranger Pat Tillman, on the Internet.

The Position

The author of the book, Meg Wolitzer, was a guest on NPR's program Fresh Air on May 10, 2005 discussing the book and her life as an author.

The Rebelution

Alex and Brett Harris have been featured nationally on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and in The New York Times.

Tochmarc Emire

The story was adapted as a dramatic musical program, "Celtic Hero", for the National Public Radio series Radio Tales.

Virginia Tech Foundation

WVTF A National Public Radio affiliate, WVTF provides public radio services via 13 transmitters to much of Virginia and portions of North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

WaterTower Theatre

WaterTower and the Addison Theatre Center were profiled in the “American Stages” series produced by National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, in a segment on “Theater Shape and Design.” Productions are also staged in the Stone Cottage (seating approximately 50) adjacent to the Theatre Centre.

WKYU-TV

Its transmitter is located 6 miles (10 km) north of Bowling Green on KY 185, while its studio is located on College Heights Boulevard on the WKU campus alongside sister National Public Radio network WKU Public Radio.

WNMU

WNMU-FM 90.1 a National Public Radio member station in Marquette, co-owned with WNMU television

Yale Strom

He also composed all the New Jewish music for the National Public Radio series "Fiddlers, Philosophers & Fools: Jewish Short Stories From the Old World to the New", hosted by Leonard Nimoy, as well as numerous film scores.

Yankee Air Museum

The campaign has attracted national and international attention from media outlets that include National Public Radio, The History Channel magazine, National Geographic TV, The Guardian (UK), and the (UK) Daily Mail.


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Automatics

The improbable and belated rediscovery of Philp led National Public Radio's Ira Glass to conduct an interview with Philp on This American Life.

Caitlin Halligan

In 2009, Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio included Halligan's name on a list of possible nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

She worked in Johannesburg, South Africa, as National Public Radio's chief correspondent in Africa from 1997 to 1999.

Commonwealth Club

Commonwealth Club of California, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, America's oldest public affairs forum, broadcast on some National Public Radio stations

Edward Wyckoff Williams

His work has also been featured on National Public Radio by NPR's Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan.

Frank Ashdown

His compositions have been featured on American Public Radio's “Pipedreams,” National Public Radio's “All Things Considered,” and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's CBS broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word.” Leonard Raver and Stephen Burns recorded his “Requiem for the 'Challenger'” for trumpet and organ on the Classic Masters label, and James Welch has included some of his solo organ music in his series of CD recordings for various labels.

Jeffrey Rayport

In addition, he is a trustee of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA; a director of the Nantucket Preservation Trust in Nantucket, MA; and a director of From the Top (a classical music program distributed in the United States by National Public Radio) in Boston, MA.

Los Planetas

The group's first hit was "Qué puedo hacer" (What can I do?) from their album "Super 8", although they had previously had some success with various demos on a contest run by Spanish national public radio station Radio 3.

Mary Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly, National Public Radio's senior Pentagon correspondent

Michael Maron

He became a professional portrait artist at the age of twelve, dabbled in acting and modeling, appeared in television commercials, and hosted his own radio show on KCRW National Public Radio.

Pamela Gemin

Gemin has published poems in such journals as Green Mountains Review and Prairie Schooner, and her poetry and anthologies have been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Morning Edition, as well as Garrison Keillor's Writers' Almanac.

Richard Seed

Later, “to defuse criticism that I'm taking advantage of desperate women," he announced that he would first clone himself. Still later he announced that he would re-create his wife Gloria. "God made man in his own image," he told National Public Radio correspondent Joe Palca in December 1997. "God intended for man to become one with God.

Sasha Anawalt

Anawalt wrote about dance, theater and television for numerous publications, including the New York Times, and served as dance critic for National Public Radio’s affiliate in Santa Monica, KCRW, for a dozen years beginning in 1984, as well as for the L.A. Weekly (1997-1999).

Steve Julian

Steve Julian is the Morning Edition Host for Southern California National Public Radio affiliate 89.3 KPCC in Pasadena, California.

Wertheimer

Linda Wertheimer, American broadcast journalist for National Public Radio