All Things Considered

American radio program

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history of radio broadcasting

  • The radio
    In radio: Pirates and public-service radio

    …decades—were carrying the highly popular All Things Considered afternoon public-affairs program, among many others, and had developed a small but loyal audience. NPR did not serve hundreds of smaller FM outlets that were deemed too marginal to contribute to a national service. Hundreds of smaller community stations, therefore, unable to…

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National Public Radio

  • A modern building with a tall colorful NPR logo, large glass windows, and a scrolling marquee.
    In National Public Radio: NPR’s first broadcast

    …flagship daily evening news program All Things Considered. Quayle hired New York Times reporter Robert Conley as the first host. Susan Stamberg made history as a cohost of All Things Considered, becoming the first woman to host a national news program in the U.S. The news program Morning Edition premiered…

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