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Last month, Dean Kallenbach retired as host of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The West Side,” a news-talk program that focuses on issues of the region and state. His last shift was April 9, capping 35 years with Wisconsin Public Radio and a career that brought important information and news to the airwaves over northwest Wisconsin. A native of Hillsdale, Kallenbach grew up on a dairy farm on CTH D, just west of Hwy. 25. It was there that he discovered the importance and value of radio...

In downtown Atlanta, there sits a small brick building that was the home to the first black-owned radio station – WERD – in the United States in the 1950s. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders used the broadcast to spread their messages, encourage black citizens to vote and announce civil rights marches in between the performances of black jazz and blues performers during the Jim Crow era.  One would hope that by the year 2021 the legacy that WERD left in American...

On May 3, 2021, NPR turns 50 years old. To mark this milestone, were reflecting on and renewing our commitment to Hear Every Voice. Its been a turbulent time, with a deadly pandemic and a chaotic — sometimes violent — political climate. In the midst of all this, NPR is marking a milestone; on May 3, 2021, the network turns 50 years old. On the same day, in 1971, we started holding up our microphone to America. Just outside our doors, on the streets of Washington, DC, one of the biggest anti...

(SOUNDBITE OF AD) (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MINOW: ...And most of all, boredom. CORNISH: It was becoming clear that the public wasnt getting the benefit from the airwaves that it owned. And so in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson formalized an alternative. It was called the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) LYNDON B JOHNSON (36TH US PRES): ...The Corporation of Public Broadcasting (ph). This corporation will assist stations and producers who aim for ...

On May 3, 2021, NPR turns 50 years old. To mark this milestone, were reflecting on and renewing our commitment to Hear Every Voice. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NPRs first on-air broadcast, we look back at our origins in radio, how we grew from a staff of 65 to thousands, and into our future in the digital space. Its been a turbulent time, with a deadly pandemic and a chaotic — sometimes violent — political climate. In the midst of all this, NPR is marking a milestone; on May 3, 202...

  Caption On May 3, 2021, NPR turns 50 years old. To mark this milestone, were reflecting on and renewing our commitment to Hear Every Voice. Its been a turbulent time, with a deadly pandemic and a chaotic — sometimes violent — political climate. In the midst of all this, NPR is marking a milestone; on May 3, 2021, the network turns 50 years old. On the same day, in 1971, we started holding up our microphone to America. Just outside our doors, on the streets of Washington, DC, one of t...

On May 3, 2021, NPR turns 50 years old. To mark this milestone, were reflecting on and renewing our commitment to Hear Every Voice. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NPRs first original on-air broadcast, we look back at our origins in radio, how we grew from a staff of 65 to thousands, and into our future in the digital space. Its been a turbulent time, with a deadly pandemic and a chaotic — sometimes violent — political climate. In the midst of all this, NPR is marking a milestone; on M...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NPR's first original on-air broadcast, we look back at our origins in radio, how we grew from a staff of 65 to thousands, and into our future in the digital space.

On May 3, 2021, NPR turns 50 years old. To mark this milestone, were reflecting on and renewing our commitment to Hear Every Voice. Its been a turbulent time, with a deadly pandemic and a chaotic — sometimes violent — political climate. In the midst of all this, NPR is marking a milestone; on May 3, 2021, the network turns 50 years old. On the same day, in 1971, we started holding up our microphone to America. Just outside our doors, on the streets of Washington, DC, one of the biggest anti...

MORE On May 3, 2021, NPR turns 50 years old. To mark this milestone, were reflecting on and renewing our commitment to Hear Every Voice. Photo by NPR - Spencer Gabor Its been a turbulent time, with a deadly pandemic and a chaotic — sometimes violent — political climate. In the midst of all this, NPR is marking a milestone; on May 3, 2021, the network turns 50 years old. On the same day, in 1971, we started holding...