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New Hampshire Public Radio has teamed up with Highland Community Broadcasting to make classical music more readily available to the Granite State and beyond.

This collaboration allows an expansion of services in the Capital Region and enables both organizations to take advantage of new technologies now available on HD Radio and online.

NHPR and the New Hampshire Union Leader are proud to sponsor The 59th Annual New Hampshire State Spelling Bee scheduled for  March 3, in Concord.   The best spellers from around the Granite State will gather to compete.

The top speller will go on to represent New Hampshire at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC.  

Schedule of Events | March 3, 2012

9-10 a.m.                   Registration

10-11 a.m.                  Written Round - All school-level winners  Governors Hall, Capitol Center for the Arts

11 a.m. - noon         Lunch

Noon-12:30 p.m.  Announcement of state finalists   Chubb Theater, Capitol Center for the Arts

A roundup of the top-ten most-read stories on nhpr.org and the StateImpact - NH website.

NHPR President and CEO Betsy Gardella and Virginia Prescott, host of "Word of Mouth", invite you to come along and meet some of the faces behind the mic, and visit the places where many of your favorite public radio programs are created.

May 3-5 | Washington D.C.

A roundup of the top-ten most-read stories on nhpr.org and the StateImpact - NH website.

Brady Carlson, NHPR's host of All Things Considered and digital host, is recognized as a Union Leader 40 under Forty 2012 honoree, joining the ranks of an annually selected class of up-and-coming New Hampshire residents.

A roundup of the top-ten most-read stories on nhpr.org and the StateImpact - NH website.

1) Word of Mouth: Return of the Darkroom - The mass market for film has dwindled in the digital age, but renewed interest in the tangible, nostalgic qualities of old formats may keep shutterbugs snapping film for years to come. 

On Monday, Jan 23, Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report produced a segment on the "blip" of votes received by Herman Cain in the South Carolina primary.

Cain earned 45 votes in the Iowa caucus, 160 votes in the New Hampshire primary, and gathered nearly 6000 votes in the South Carolina primary after Colbert suggested Cain be his stand-in and rallied support at the College of Charleston. Colbert was unable to to solicit his own name as a write-in because of state-laws.