National Public Radio

American  

noun

1. a nationwide network of nonprofit radio stations supported in part by U.S. government funds distributed by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, often affiliated with a public television station or educational institution. NPR

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Example Sentences

“She was a compassionate neighbor trying to be a legal observer on behalf of her immigrant neighbors,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told National Public Radio on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it is dissolving the 58-year-old nonprofit umbrella organization that oversaw government funding for the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.

From The Wall Street Journal

I regret the difficulties this may have created for honest folk working at the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.

From The Wall Street Journal

The private, nonprofit corporation provided funding to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, but the bulk of its money was funneled to local stations around the country and other grantees.

From Salon

Susan Stamberg, a ‘founding mother’ of National Public Radio and the first female broadcaster to host a national news program, has died.

From Los Angeles Times