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The purchase of 20,000 square feet in the 2 Pillsbury Street condominium complex is central to the station's editorial growth and the centerpiece of The Campaign for New Hampshire Public Radio. This new production and broadcast center will be a state-of-the-art home for up to 60 reporters, producers, hosts, and administrative staff, a venue where live call-in programs, in-depth interviews, and sound-rich feature stories can be easily produced using the highest technical standards. In addition to covering public policy, health, and education issues, we will add an arts and culture desk, a business desk, and an environmental reporting desk. Enterprise reporting will be strengthened and our primary and election coverage enriched by the expertise of seasoned journalists. A state-of-the-art technological operations center will facilitate the distribution of our programs to and beyond our network of transmitters and satellite uplinks. It will also allow us to create a "sound bank" of programs for on-demand and on-line distribution. The new facility will provide a gathering place for community partners to hear a speaker or a live broadcast. In short, the building is not an end in and of itself; the new broadcast facility at 2 Pillsbury Street is a means to an end. It will allow NHPR to provide the high level of public service that New Hampshire's citizens expect and deserve.

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For More Information   To find out more about The Campaign For New Hampshire Public Radio, including ways of giving and naming opportunities, contact Tara Mahady, Senior Director of Marketing and Development: listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf). Read more The Time Is Now The Time Is Now.   We operate in an incredibly competitive marketplace where satellite and on-demand technologies vie for our listeners' attention and loyalty. In addition, the trend toward national commercial media consolidation continues to compromise the quality of available information. This not only makes the need for local, unbiased, public radio more crucial than ever, it requires us to level the playing field - to ensure the presence of public radio in every community, to promise a reliable signal throughout the state, and to commit to providing on-line and on-demand content in parallel to our terrestrial radio service. With your help, The Campaign For Public Radio will allow us to meet our goals for the future.   previous: Opportunity Fund: listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf). Read more Opportunity Fund: Signal Enhancement and Expansion Opportunity Fund: Signal Enhancement and Expansion   "Only eight years ago, you simply couldn't hear NHPR in the northern part of the state. Today, service in the North Country is a reality. I remember, as a new board member, how excited I was when the broadcasts started in Berlin and Littleton. I drove from north of Lancaster to a town in northern Massachusetts and listened to NHPR almost all the way down! I felt like Tarzan, swinging from one tree to another as I traveled south and came through the Notch, switching from one call number to the next to keep the signal. Yes, there are still voids up here, but what a difference the station has already made. We finally have something that can put its arms around almost the entire state at the same time, enhance our awareness of each other, and help to build our sense of the New Hampshire community. We value NHPR up here for its objectivity and independence, and the excitement that has kept the station fresh. If we ever take it for granted, we should remember the days when so many of us were without it, and understand how valuable it is." Peter W. Powell Former Board Member Lancaster, New Hampshire NHPR is New Hampshire's only state-wide news and information radio network. While NHPR's programming is currently received by approximately 90 percent of the state's population, several important population centers are either without public radio or underserved as a result of a weak or intermittent signal. Portsmouth and Nashua were recently added and upgraded, and NHPR currently holds permits to add public-radio service in Plymouth and Colebrook. (Installation must be completed by 2006). listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf). Read more Opportunity Fund: Digital Broadcasting Opportunity Fund: Digital Broadcasting   "In the very near future, analog technology will be replaced by digital technology and New Hampshire Public Radio must meet the digital challenge to remain competitive. Digital technology does more than improve sound quality, it gives us the opportunity to double our public service. To acquire a second statewide terrestrial service would require an investment in excess of $25 million; by simply upgrading our broadcast technology from analog to digital, we will have the capacity to launch a second programming stream for approximately $500,000 - a fraction of the cost." Betsy Gardella President and CEO New Hampshire Public Radio Digital radio is a reality that will be increasingly in demand by the public as more people acquire high definition (HD) digital radios. To remain competitive in the radio marketplace and to meet higher FCC standards, NHPR will have to convert to digital signal transmission in the near future. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf). Read more Support From Highlights Navigation Categories User login Username: * Password: * Create new account Request new password 207 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301-5003 / phone 603.228.8910 or 800.639.4131 / fax 603.224.6052