New Hampshire Public Radio

Since 1981, NHPR has shaped the media landscape in the Granite State and beyond. Our mission is to help create a more informed public, one challenged and enriched by a deeper understanding and appreciation of state, national, and world events, ideas, and culture. NHPR is broadcast from eleven different sites, making it by far New Hampshire’s largest (and only) statewide radio news service. Every week NHPR is the choice of more than 160,000 listeners as a primary source of in-depth and intelligent news coverage. Each day New Hampshire Public Radio delivers several hours of local news reported by NHPR’s award-winning News Department, as well as national and world news from NPR and the BBC. NHPR is the exclusive outlet for NPR News in the Granite State.

NHPR provides the kind of fair, accurate, and complete information that is essential to the citizens of this state—hourly reporting on the latest New Hampshire news, comprehensive coverage of Granite State legislation and public policy, and coverage of crucial issues such as health care, the economy, the environment and education. This in-depth coverage is unique; it’s not found on any other statewide radio network.

The Exchange, our daily public affairs call-in show, hosted by Laura Knoy, is NHPR’s standard-bearer for the information, public discussion and commentary. Since 1995 The Exchange has offered news and public policy issues both within and beyond the state’s borders and has hosted people with a variety of perspectives in respectful, civic discussions about current events. Laura Knoy is one of the state’s most recognized and respected media personalities. Building on the success of The Exchange and a commitment to locally produced programming, NHPR has originated a number of other NH New Hampshire based shows and special series in the past several years. Word of Mouth, an hour-long mid-day program hosted by Virginia Prescott, was launched February 25, 2008. Word of Mouth looks at new ideas and trends in popular culture, art, technology and daily life. It steps away from the headlines and focuses on the most recent developments in culture, education, technology, media, and so on. Additional local programming includes Something Wild, a weekly segment, focused on flora and fauna in New Hampshire, The Folk Show, the Sunday evening program hosted by Kate McNally, and Giving Matters, a weekly segment about the local nonprofit community. Working It Out, a special 18 month series, has covered economic issues during the recent recession and recovery.

NHPR also connects Granite Staters with the wider world, broadcasting a full range of national and international programming such as NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered; American Public Radio’s Media’s Marketplace and A Prairie Home Companion; and Public Radio International’s The World, Studio 360 and This American Life, as well as programs from the BBC World Service and the Canadian Broadcast Company. Our website , a three-time winner of the prestigious national Edward R. Murrow Award, extends the reach of NHPR’s on-air programming through audio streaming, audio archives, podcasts and supplemental content.

In October 2006, NHPR publicly launched The Campaign for New Hampshire Public Radio, which successfully raised $ million to build a new broadcast facility, upgrade to digital technology and expand and enhance our signal throughout the state. This capital expansion allowed NHPR to increase the breadth and depth of its coverage, strengthen and expand its broadcast signal, and offer programs online and on-demand to better meet the needs of our present and future listeners. The Campaign reached its goal in March 2009 and the new broadcast center opened to the public in May 2009.