American Public Media

American Public Media

American Public Media is the second largest producer of public radio programs after National Public Radio. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and operates radio stations in Minnesota, California, and Florida. Its station brands are Minnesota Public Radio, Southern California Public Radio, and Classical South Florida. American Public Media (APM) is responsible for distribution of Garrison Keillor's well-known weekend program "A Prairie Home Companion"; on weekdays, its most prominent program is "Marketplace". [cite news |author=Marc Fisher |title=To Air Is Divine, Say Backers of Imperiled Station |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072700696_pf.html |work=The Washington Post |date=July 29 2007 |accessdate=2008-05-20] [http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/about/ About us] . American Public Media. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.]

Historical ties to Public Radio International

Formerly, much of American Public Media's programming content was distributed by Public Radio International, which itself was named "American Public Radio", or APR, until 1 July 1994. APR was formed by four stations: Minnesota Public Radio, WGBH Boston, WNYC New York, and KUSC Los Angeles to distribute "A Prairie Home Companion". PRI owns/produces numerous programs today, but still also distributes diverse programming from many sources. PRI is now third in audience size after NPR, and American Public Media (APM)Fact|date=March 2008. In contrast, APM predominantly distributes content that it owns; the current exceptions are "The Story with Dick Gordon", "As It Happens" from the CBC, "Sound Opinions", and the BBC Proms broadcasts from Royal Albert Hall in London.

Programs distributed by American Public Media

Several specials are also distributed by APM on a less frequent basis, including a number of Christmas programs and the "BBC Proms".

References

External links

* [http://www.publicradio.org/ American Public Media website]


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