STATION ACTION FOR EMERGENCY READINESS (SAFER)

National Federation of Community Broadcasters

Oakland, CA

$215,000

By helping them leverage the power and immediacy of both the Internet and the broadcast services of public broadcasting, this project helps public radio and television stations fulfill their role as reliable sources of critical information for their communities in times of emergency.

Our Non-Licensee Partner(s)

National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB), Oakland, California—NFCB is a private, not-for-profit membership organization providing advocacy, training, and professional development services to its nearly 200 community-oriented, noncommercial, member radio stations—most of them licensed to private, non-profit organizations that are principally devoted to broadcasting, although some others are licensed to Native American tribal governments—and its other members, both individuals and related non–broadcast station organizations. NFCB also provides an organizational umbrella for three other organizations which are dedicated to serving the interests of racial and ethnic minority groups among public radio’s audiences and workforce—Native Public Media , Latino Public Radio, and African American Public Radio Stations (AAPRS).