He Helped Create NPR. Now He May See it Be Defunded.
Perhaps no one has played a bigger role in shaping public radio in the United States than Bill Siemering.
He came up with NPR’s mission statement, “National Public Radio Purposes,” more than a half-century ago. He co-founded “All Things Considered,” its flagship show, and created the program that would eventually become “Fresh Air.”
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