Tag: Bill Siemering
Read this shockingly prescient 1970 mission statement for the precursor to NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’
In a previously unpublished grant application, NPR founding father Bill Siemering proposed a show on WBFO in Buffalo, N.Y., "growing out of ...How public radio has ‘far exceeded’ Bill Siemering’s vision
“Everyone should be grateful that there is National Public Radio in this country.”NPR founding programmer Bill Siemering on his days before joining the network
He got his start in radio at one of the country’s oldest educational stations.Bill Siemering on his legacy: “Everything that I intended really has come true”
The co-founder of NPR considers how public media has grown since he wrote a renowned mission statement.‘The Pub’ #53: WBUR’s ‘Modern Love’ podcast debuts at #1
Look out WNYC, there’s a new public radio station in play for top positions on the iTunes podcast chart.NPR’s 1971 ‘All Things Considered’ launch memo to stations
Digitized here for the first time, the document lays out Bill Siemering’s view of “a new sound and a new approach to ...‘The Pub’ #49: Bill Siemering, author of NPR’s 1970 mission statement
We look at whether today’s public radio resembles Siemering’s optimistic vision for the enterprise.Friday roundup: Indies chime in on minority consortia; web audience drops for pubradio stations
Plus: Bill Siemering discusses his start in radio; should public radio stations pursue local news?Bill Siemering’s ‘National Public Radio Purposes’, 1970
“National Public Radio will serve the individual: it will promote personal growth ...”Bill Siemering reflects on launching ‘ATC’, lessons from international radio work
"In the beginning, we were really not political radicals. But we were radicals for the medium of radio."
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