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.

Further, redundant equipment, back-up generators, and digital conversion represent critical infrastructure issues for NHPR. As a National Public Radio member station, NHPR is a "primary entry point" for the retransmission of emergency information - from Amber Alerts to national disasters. It is imperative that these reliability issues be addressed so that NHPR is on the air when listeners need us most, and that we remain a strong, competitive, and reliable source of news and information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

"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."