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National Public Radio (NPR) is an international
producer and distributor of non–commercial news, talk
and entertainment programming. A privately supported,
not–for–profit membership organization, NPR serves a
growing audience of more than 25 million Americans each
week in partnership with more than 800 independently
operated, non–commercial public radio member stations
such as KUOW.
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Since it was first formed as a company in 1922, five
years before it received its first Royal Charter and
became the British Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC
has been a world leader in program production.
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Public Radio International (PRI), an independent,
not–for–profit corporation and managing partner of
American Public Radio LLC, the satellite radio company;
is public radio's leading source for innovative
programming and audio content. Based in Minneapolis,
PRI provides over 400 hours of programming each week,
content that is broadcast and streamed online by 745
independently operated, non–commercial affiliate radio
stations such as KUOW.
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American Public Media (APM) is one of the nation's
premier public radio producers. Some 20 national
programs and specials, including A Prairie Home
Companion®, Marketplace® and Saint Paul
Sunday® comprise the American Public Media
portfolio. Each week, 14.7 million people listen to American
Public Media programs through independently
operated, non–commercial affiliate radio stations such
as KUOW.
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KUOW and a consortium of public media, libraries
and other public institutions offer P.S.S., the Public
Site Search — a single–stop search
Website for the Puget Sound region.
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