Author: Bill Siemering
After 50 years, NPR upholds public broadcasting’s founding values
NPR was incorporated Feb. 26, 1970, marking a new stage in the growth of a public media system rooted in education.Bill Siemering: ‘We are living in the new age of audio’
Upon receiving a Polk Award for career achievements in journalism, the public radio pioneer describes how his aspirations for NPR have been ...Bill Siemering’s ‘National Public Radio Purposes’, 1970
“National Public Radio will serve the individual: it will promote personal growth ...”
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