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In a previously unpublished grant application, NPR founding father Bill Siemering proposed a show on WBFO in Buffalo, N.Y., “growing out of the need for cross-cultural communication and capitalizing on the unique characteristics of public radio.”
“Everyone should be grateful that there is National Public Radio in this country.”
He got his start in radio at one of the country’s oldest educational stations.
The co-founder of NPR considers how public media has grown since he wrote a renowned mission statement.
Look out WNYC, there’s a new public radio station in play for top positions on the iTunes podcast chart.
Digitized here for the first time, the document lays out Bill Siemering’s view of “a new sound and a new approach to media.”
We look at whether today’s public radio resembles Siemering’s optimistic vision for the enterprise.
Plus: Bill Siemering discusses his start in radio; should public radio stations pursue local news?
“National Public Radio will serve the individual: it will promote personal growth …”
“In the beginning, we were really not political radicals. But we were radicals for the medium of radio.”