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State of the ReUnion Research and Development
Radio
This grant will allow Public Radio Talent Quest winner Al Letson to develop the sound and format of his program State of the Re:Union (SOTRU). SOTRU is a public radio program that seeks to find the ...
A Tribute to Medgar Evers
Radio
MPB has recorded and produced a concert in February 2006 honoring civil rights martyr Medgar Evers. The project will reach a national audience with a gospel and symphonic music experience. The ...
American RadioWorks
Radio
This grant would fund planning, start-up, and development of a new weekly documentary series for public radio. The program would be hosted by Ray Suarez and would build on American RadioWorks' track ...
American Sound Portraits
Radio
Award-wining producer David Isay, known for his cutting- edge audio profiles of men and women surviving in the margins of society, will create two half-hour documentary specials as part of the ...
Audio History Project
Radio
This series will look at significant people and events in the 20th century. Possible topics include Gandhi, Billy Graham, and the U.S. Army's official hangman who carried out the Nuremberg sentences. ...
Beyond War
Radio
A three-part documentary series exploring fundamental questions of war and peace.
Caliente Latin Jazz
Radio
This project will produce 4 one-hour programs focusing on the Latin elements in jazz music. The host is Latino jazz legend Eddie Palmieri, and his guests will include top names in jazz and ...
Capitol Hill Bureau from PRI
Radio
A two-year grant to support the full launch of the Capitol Hill Bureau (CHB), which provides public radio stations with balanced, objective and localized news coverage of Congress, leveraging ...
Capitol News Connection
Radio
Capitol News Connection (CNC) brings localized coverage of Congress to listeners across the country. CNC programming reaches almost 2 million public radio listeners daily with exclusive and ...
Classical Advocates
Radio
Classical Advocates reinvents the presentation of classical music by weaving the perspectives of today's great artists into daily programming. Short comments from a small cadre of musicians, ...
Convenciones 2004
Radio
Coverage of the 2004 Democratic and Republican national conventions, including two two-hour convention specials for each event, with live coverage from the convention floor, simultaneous translation ...
Count Basie Centennial Radio Project
Radio
From the producers of the award-winning CPB-funded centennial celebrations of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, the Count Basie Centennial Radio Project documents the life of Count Basie through a ...
Crossing East: First Asians in America
Radio
Funding for the first Asian-American history series in public radio, covering first generation immigration from the 1400's to the present day in eight one-hour documentaries.
Day to Day
Radio
The hour-long broadcast provides breaking news coverage, comprehensive domestic and international reporting, and a mix of diverse voices and viewpoints in a daily exploration of American ideas, ...
Despues de las Guerras - Central America After the Wars
Radio
Veteran producer Maria Martin will produce 26 pieces -- to be distributed via NPR's Latino USA and Radio Bilingue's Linea Abierta -- to inform both English- and Spanish-speaking public radio ...
Earthsongs
Radio
Support to extend and strengthen this weekly, one-hour exploration of contemporary Native music to help public radio listeners connect to and understand the contributions of Native artists.
Engaging Americans
Radio
This project will engage American audiences and the public radio system in a unique voter-driven approach to coverage for the 2008 election. MPR will also use the opportunity as a vehicle to ...
Every Voice and Sing
Radio
This program is a series of five one-hour documentaries that trace the founding of the historically black colleges and universities and their choral music. The choral music tradition is still a ...
Fair Game
Radio
A call center worker in the Philippines, a Fijian military contractor in Kuwait, a street vendor in Bulgaria, a beauty pageant surgeon in Venezuela -- these are the types of workers who will be ...
Flood After Ten
Radio
Funds to develop and manage a student intern program at WUIS/WIPA using students from John Wood Community College. The program will produce a series focusing on the long-term impact of the Great ...
Global Perspectives on Election
Radio
Global Perspectives on Election 2008 is a collaborative, multiplatform initiative designed to provide the American public with distinctive global coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential elections. ...
Hearing Voices
Radio
Some of public radio's top producers weave first person narratives from everyday people into sound-portraits for established national programs. Their stories document an America not so much divided ...
Heartland Chronicles
Radio
A ten-part series of radio documentaries set in and around Chicago that explores the commonality of the American experience, with emphasis on stories from minority/underserved communities. Long Haul ...
Hidden Kitchens 2
Radio
NASCAR cooking in the racing pits, the George Foreman grill as a street kitchen for homeless people, freighter food on Lake Erie -- this series presents sound, rich, evocative radio stories exploring ...
Hidden Treasures Radio Project
Radio
Twenty-six short audio features that tell the stories of unique, rarely-or-never displayed museum items.
Home Place
Radio
Eight long-form documentaries examining the meaning of home for Americans living in communities struggling to survive.
Keeping the Public Informed in a Time of Crisis
Radio
Expanded and special programming in the wake of September 11 and as the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism continues in Afghanistan and beyond.
Less Is More
Radio
New Hampshire Public Radio Inc. will launch a magazine-style talk program that will be a laboratory for developing appealing, yet affordable, local public radio programming. Rather than employ a ...
Let the Good Times Roll
Radio
Funding to create 13 new hour-long programs exploring the history of R and B, the post WWII African-American music that became rock and roll and fostered social change. Soul singer Jerry Butler hosts ...
Linea Abierta Special Series: "Texas the New Frontier"
Radio
Support to expand the production of Linea Abierta, a nationally distributed Spanish-language call-in show to include regional news and information content for Texas Latinos.
LIPSHTICK: If Truth Be Told
Radio
A series of personal essays by Gwen Macsai, an award-winning writer and public radio producer.
Lives in Bold
Radio
An eight-part series of personal stories about people as they live through critical times, when life can be most vivid and illuminating.
Lost and Found Food: Stories of Land, Kitchen, and Community
Radio
Funds to produce a series of up to 12 original programs exploring American life and culture through food. The series will air on NPR's Morning Edition or All Things Considered.
Mandela: An Audio History
Radio
A three-part series marking the 10th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's election as president of South Africa weaves together home recordings, archival interviews, historical news audio, and ...
Moments to Remember
Radio
Funds to produce 245 evergreen, two-minute features to increase public understanding of African-American history. This program, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, highlights little-known facts about ...
Musicians In Their Own Words
Radio
The Musicians in Their Own Words project features a diverse range of performers -- classical, jazz, and beyond -- in intimate, first-person stories. The project aims to enrich listeners' experience ...
National Museum of the American Indian Opening
Radio
Support to help the nation celebrate the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (KBC) produce and nationally distribute 10 hours of special ...
Native America Calling and National Native News
Radio
This project will continue development of Native America Calling and National Native News in order to increase public radio's importance to minority audiences. Grant support from CPB in 2004 allowed ...
Native Radio Theater
Radio
The Native Radio Theater Project will produce 12 audio theater productions over two years for national distribution to Native public radio stations, to mainstream public radio stations and through ...
Neighborhood Stories
Radio
Funds to complete the series and create an "audio blueprint" of a neighborhood. Davis also will set up an oral history booth as a tool to find new stories.
Nevada Matters
Radio
Funds produce a new local daily public affairs program, featuring news, interviews, commentary, and listener call-in about issues of concern to the Las Vegas region.
Next Big Thing
Radio
Funds to produce, market and distribute, in collaboration with local arts and cultural organizations, a new weekly, hour-long series reflecting the diverse artistic, literary, social and intellectual ...
Noticiero Latino
Radio
This project will support the continued operations and expansion of Noticiero Latino, the only national news and information service in the United States providing Spanish-speaking listeners with ...
NPR Coverage of the 2007-2008 Election Cycle
Radio
NPR will capitalize on its extensive national and local resources to cover candidates and races nationwide and to capture the voices of citizens addressing the issues they care about. By working ...
NPR Zack [working title]
Radio
Research and development of a new two-hour weekday morning news program aimed at curious, college-educated 29- to 44- year-olds. The program will be available for HD radio multicasts, primary ...
OchoTEEN
Radio
Melissa Giraud, a teacher turned public radio producer, will weave archival recordings, stories and letters from her first 4th grade class of mostly Mexican-American children together with ...
Open Studio
Radio
The Open Studio Project is a collaborative project for bringing new, diverse, and creative voices, perspectives, and storytelling styles into public radio. The project, headed by award-winning ...
Outright Radio
Radio
A series of 12 first-person narratives to foster understanding between heterosexual and homosexual Americans.
Pacific Time
Radio
Funds to produce 104 weekly, half-hour installments of this program focusing on the deep connections between the United States and Asian communities on the Pacific Rim and to increase carriage on ...
Pavarotti at 70
Radio
A two-hour audio portrait of legendary performer Luciano Pavarotti on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The program brings new insights into the career and life of one of the greatest operatic ...