CPB-Funded Programs & Projects
2008
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PRI Morning Show
Radio
Public Radio International and WNYC, along with partners The BBC World Service, New York Times Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston, have formed an unprecedented collaboration to develop and launch a new ...
Public Media Election Collaboration
Radio
This collaboration pools the editorial and technical resources of a broad consortium of public media organizations (NPR, NewsHour, PBS, KQED, Public Radio Exchange, Minnesota Public Radio, and Public ...
Public Radio Makers Quest 2.0
Radio
The Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) will produce a competitive process similar to the search conducted by the Public Radio Talent Quest in the Talent Quest 2.0: Public Media Makers ...
Radio Bilingüe Elections 2008
Radio
Radio Bilingüe proposes comprehensive coverage of the 2008 elections to be broadcast on the Satelite Radio Bilingüe national Spanish language public radio network and its almost 100 affiliates. ...
Snap Judgment Research and Development
Radio
This grant will allow Public Radio Talent Quest winner Glynn Washington to develop the sound and format of his program Snap Judgment. Snap Judgment uses storytelling to explore the decisions people ...
StoryCorps
Radio
This grant will support continuation of StoryCorps, the revolutionary public radio initiative to instruct and inspire Americans to record one another's stories in sound. Edited excerpts from these ...
Tell Me More
Radio
Tell Me More is a daily news and interview program produced by National Public Radio and hosted by veteran journalist Michel Martin. It brings fresh voices and perspectives to the airwaves as it ...
The Promised Land Research and Development
Radio
This grant will allow Public Radio Talent Quest winner Majora Carter to develop her program, The Promised Land. The program features visionaries with innovative ideas about changing lives and ...
Undercurrents
Radio
UnderCurrents is a successful Triple A/Native music service originally launched and operated in collaboration with Koahnic Broadcast Corporation. With the blessing of KBC, RadioCamp seeks to continue ...
We Shall Remain
Radio
This radio series will extend the reach of the We Shall Remain television series and will further explore contemporary life of Native Americans. The series will be designed to air on public radio ...
Weekend Alaska
Radio
This new weekly, one-hour newsmagazine reflects Alaska's cultural, regional, and ethnic diversity and enable the different regions and cultures of Alaska to get to know each other better. The ...
Weekend America
Radio
Funding for Weekend America, a national radio service designed for 21st-century audiences, presenting news, information, and entertainment with the same objectivity, intelligence, and warmth as ...