The origins of NPR

When National Public Radio held its first planning board meeting in late 1969, to decide what NPR would be, here was the contribution of one of its planners from the University of Texas (taken from Jack Mitchell’s book, “Listener Supported” (2005).

Six Assumptions

  1. That our society is in the midst of a revolution.
  2. That the revolution is rooted in a reexamination of values.
  3. That artificial barriers to understanding are common in our society.
  4. That these barriers prevent us from making rational choices as we deal with the revolution.
  5. That a means of eliminating barriers is needed.
  6. That NPR is probably not the means – but might be.

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