A brief history of NPR funding

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A brief history of NPR funding

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A brief history of NPR funding
Before NPR, and before there were threats to defund NPR, there was a decentralized scattering of stations across the U.S. airing mostly educational programs.
There was WHA in Wisconsin, which broadcast updates on 4-H clubs and rising dairy prices. And KPFA…

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