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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Scotland</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thistleradio.com/">thistleradio<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Fiona Karen Ritchie</b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the British Empire">MBE</a> (born 1960) is a Scottish radio broadcaster best known as the producer and host of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thistle_%26_Shamrock" title="The Thistle & Shamrock">The Thistle & Shamrock</a></i>, an hour-long <a href="/wiki/Celtic_music" title="Celtic music">Celtic music</a> program that aired weekly for more than 40 years throughout the United States on <a 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She also curates ThistleRadio, a 24/7 web-based music channel devoted to new and classic music from Celtic roots, and is co-author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> Best Seller <i>Wayfaring Strangers</i>. </p><p>The radio program has won numerous awards since its inception in 1981, offering a fusion of traditional and contemporary Celtic sounds, interwoven with interviews, in-studio performances and Ritchie's own trademark commentary in her "soft Scots" dialect.<sup id="cite_ref-October_2007_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-October_2007-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiona_Ritchie&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ritchie was born and raised in Scotland, where she went to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Stirling" title="University of Stirling">University of Stirling</a> for her undergraduate education. While there, she was invited to spend one semester in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> in the United States, which was when she first heard NPR. After graduating in Scotland, she returned to North Carolina and, although initially pursuing post-graduate research, was hired by <a href="/wiki/WFAE" title="WFAE">WFAE</a> FM, the NPR station in <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, to oversee fundraising and promotion efforts. In her early years, Ritchie guest hosted live radio shows featuring everything from <a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big band</a> to <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>, also producing and presenting many live concerts.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>WFAE was a new station open to new ideas, and in 1981 Ritchie began a weekly hour of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_music" title="Celtic music">Celtic music</a> for its local audience. <i>The Thistle & Shamrock</i> was picked up for national broadcast less than two years after this debut. The program's national following grew quickly, and it was soon established as one of NPR's most widely heard and best-loved music offerings. During her years based in North Carolina, Ritchie visited radio stations coast-to-coast across the US, presenting live broadcasts and events, and in 1989 and 1990, traveled to 22 US cities with The Thistle & Shamrock Concert Tour.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_Scotland">Return to Scotland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiona_Ritchie&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Return to Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fiona Ritchie came full circle to re-settle and create her radio programs at home in Scotland. On numerous return trips to the United States, she has visited and raised funds for NPR member stations everywhere from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> to Alaska, and hosted festival concerts from <a href="/wiki/Wolf_Trap_National_Park_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts">Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts</a> to Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago)" title="Grant Park (Chicago)">Grant Park</a>. Along the way she has forged a strong association with the United States, and made a unique contribution to the American airwaves.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the UK, Fiona Ritchie has presented numerous programs for <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Scotland" title="BBC Radio Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>, launching the Radio Scotland world music series "Celtic Connections" in 1993. She has produced and presented many live concert performances and broadcasts, including a musical event for Prince Charles in 2001 at <a href="/wiki/Holyrood_Palace" title="Holyrood Palace">Holyrood Palace</a> in Edinburgh, and has acted in an advisory capacity for arts organisations in the US and UK, including serving on the Scottish advisory committee for the <a href="/wiki/British_Council" title="British Council">British Council</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2006, Ritchie launched Thistlepod, a free podcast from NPR, which ran until her radio programs became available to stream via <a href="/wiki/NPR_Music" title="NPR Music">NPR Music</a> and Ritchie's ThistleRadio website. Her partnership with <a href="/wiki/NPR_Music" title="NPR Music">NPR Music</a> gave rise to ThistleRadio in 2012, a 24/7 web-based music channel devoted to new and classic music from Celtic roots, now hosted by <a href="/wiki/SomaFM" title="SomaFM">SomaFM</a> internet radio. Ritchie has also produced several CD compilations and authored a 2005 volume on Celtic music for the NPR Curious Listener's Guide book series.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2014, <i>Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and <a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> to <a href="/wiki/Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachia</a></i>, her major book, with CD, which was named after <a href="/wiki/The_Wayfaring_Stranger_(song)" title="The Wayfaring Stranger (song)">The Wayfaring Stranger</a> <a href="/wiki/Folk_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Folk song">folk song</a>, was published by <a href="/wiki/UNC_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="UNC Press">UNC Press</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ritchie&Orr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ritchie&Orr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was co-authored by Doug Orr with a Foreword by <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>. <i>Wayfaring Strangers</i> appeared on <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list"><i>The New York Times</i> Best Seller list</a> in two different categories. </p><p><i>The Thistle and Shamrock</i> ended in September 2024, though Ritchie said she plans to return for seasonal specials.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiona_Ritchie&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ritchie's awards include six World Medals from the New York Festivals International Competition for Radio Programming, and a <a href="/wiki/Flora_Macdonald" class="mw-redirect" title="Flora Macdonald">Flora Macdonald</a> Award from <a href="/wiki/St._Andrews_University_(North_Carolina)" title="St. Andrews University (North Carolina)">St. Andrews University (North Carolina)</a>, which also conferred upon her the degree of honorary doctorate. Hundreds of <i>Thistle & Shamrock</i> tapes and vinyl albums, along with concert recordings, playlists, newsletters, and related materials are now part of a working archive in the Scottish Heritage Center at St. Andrews University (North Carolina). The archive is open to anyone interested in studying the rich heritage of Celtic music. Ritchie also serves on the Advisory Board of the <a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Swannanoa</a> Gathering folk arts workshops at <a href="/wiki/Warren_Wilson_College" title="Warren Wilson College">Warren Wilson College</a> in North Carolina.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2003 the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Center_for_Folklife_and_Cultural_Heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage">Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage</a> honoured her for "creating an on-air community, serving as a musical ambassador, and connecting listeners with the best of traditional and contemporary artistry.”<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Ritchie was appointed <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the British Empire">Member of the Order of the British Empire</a> (MBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Birthday_Honours" title="2014 Birthday Honours">2014 Birthday Honours</a> for services to broadcasting and traditional Scottish music.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016 she received the <a href="/wiki/Hamish_Henderson" title="Hamish Henderson">Hamish Henderson</a> Award for Services to Traditional Music, named for the influential folklorist, poet, songwriter and scholar who died in 2002. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made a substantial difference to the Scottish <a href="/wiki/Traditional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional music">traditional music</a> world. Upon receiving this honour, Ritchie was also inducted into Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Ritchie's ThistleRadio music channel on <a href="/wiki/SomaFM" title="SomaFM">SomaFM</a> was awarded Best Music Show: Country/Folk/Blues in the 2017 Online Radio Awards presented by the British streaming service <a href="/wiki/Mixcloud" title="Mixcloud">Mixcloud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, <a href="/wiki/Folk_Alliance_International" title="Folk Alliance International">Folk Alliance International</a> inducted Ritchie into their Folk DJ Hall of Fame. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fiona_Ritchie&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-October_2007-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-October_2007_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223194001/http://thistleradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=182&Itemid=94">"Celtic Connections: A Visit to the Studio"</a>. <i>The Scots Magazine, Oct 2007</i>. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NPR_personnel" title="List of NPR personnel">Current<br />personalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noah_Adams" title="Noah Adams">Noah Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Beardsley" title="Eleanor Beardsley">Eleanor Beardsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ailsa_Chang" title="Ailsa Chang">Ailsa Chang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Detrow" title="Scott Detrow">Scott Detrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leila_Fadel" title="Leila Fadel">Leila Fadel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Folkenflik" title="David Folkenflik">David Folkenflik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gjelten" title="Tom Gjelten">Tom Gjelten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Gonyea" title="Don Gonyea">Don Gonyea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Gross" title="Terry Gross">Terry Gross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hamilton" title="Jon Hamilton">Jon Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Hinojosa" title="Maria Hinojosa">Maria Hinojosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Holmes_(writer)" title="Linda Holmes (writer)">Linda Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Inskeep" title="Steve Inskeep">Steve Inskeep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Louise_Kelly" title="Mary Louise Kelly">Mary Louise Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kuhn" title="Anthony Kuhn">Anthony Kuhn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Kurtis" title="Bill Kurtis">Bill Kurtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mara_Liasson" title="Mara Liasson">Mara Liasson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Martin" title="Michel Martin">Michel Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="A Martínez">A Martínez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_McEvers" title="Kelly McEvers">Kelly McEvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Mondello" title="Bob Mondello">Bob Mondello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Montagne" title="Renée Montagne">Renée Montagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Norris" title="Michele Norris">Michele Norris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofeibea_Quist-Arcton" title="Ofeibea Quist-Arcton">Ofeibea Quist-Arcton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayesha_Rascoe" title="Ayesha Rascoe">Ayesha Rascoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Rath" title="Arun Rath">Arun Rath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Raz" title="Guy Raz">Guy Raz</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fiona Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sagal" title="Peter Sagal">Peter Sagal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ari_Shapiro" title="Ari Shapiro">Ari Shapiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Simon" title="Scott Simon">Scott Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Singh" title="Lakshmi Singh">Lakshmi Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alix_Spiegel" title="Alix Spiegel">Alix Spiegel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Stamberg" title="Susan Stamberg">Susan Stamberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juana_Summers" title="Juana Summers">Juana Summers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Totenberg" title="Nina Totenberg">Nina Totenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Vedantam" title="Shankar Vedantam">Shankar Vedantam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Wertheimer" title="Linda Wertheimer">Linda Wertheimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenn_White" title="Jenn White">Jenn White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Young" title="Robin Young">Robin Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />personalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Adler" title="Margot Adler">Margot Adler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ashbrook" title="Tom Ashbrook">Tom Ashbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Barnes" title="Nancy Barnes">Nancy Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Bennett_(journalist)" title="Geoff Bennett (journalist)">Geoff Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Block" title="Melissa Block">Melissa Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Boilen" title="Bob Boilen">Bob Boilen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Brand" title="Madeleine Brand">Madeleine Brand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater">Dee Dee Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown_(American_journalist)" title="Paul Brown (American journalist)">Paul Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Chadwick" title="Alex Chadwick">Alex Chadwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghna_Chakrabarti" title="Meghna Chakrabarti">Meghna Chakrabarti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farai_Chideya" title="Farai Chideya">Farai Chideya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Conan" title="Neal Conan">Neal Conan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audie_Cornish" title="Audie Cornish">Audie Cornish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Davidson_(journalist)" title="Adam Davidson (journalist)">Adam Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Edwards" title="Bob Edwards">Bob Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Flatow" title="Ira Flatow">Ira Flatow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Flintoff" title="Corey Flintoff">Corey Flintoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lulu_Garcia-Navarro" title="Lulu Garcia-Navarro">Lulu Garcia-Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Garfield" title="Bob Garfield">Bob Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Garrels" title="Anne Garrels">Anne Garrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Gifford" title="Rob Gifford">Rob Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_Gladstone" title="Brooke Gladstone">Brooke Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Goodwyn" title="Wade Goodwyn">Wade Goodwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Greene_(journalist)" title="David Greene (journalist)">David Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liane_Hansen" title="Liane Hansen">Liane Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hockenberry" title="John Hockenberry">John Hockenberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hobson" title="Jeremy Hobson">Jeremy Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Johnson_(journalist)" title="Joshua Johnson (journalist)">Joshua Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacki_Lyden" title="Jacki Lyden">Jacki Lyden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Kasell" title="Carl Kasell">Carl Kasell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_King_(broadcast_journalist)" title="Noel King (broadcast journalist)">Noel King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Koppel" title="Ted Koppel">Ted Koppel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Krulwich" title="Robert Krulwich">Robert Krulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketzel_Levine" title="Ketzel Levine">Ketzel Levine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_and_Ray_Magliozzi" title="Tom and Ray Magliozzi">Tom and Ray Magliozzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_McPartland" title="Marian McPartland">Marian McPartland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lulu_Miller" title="Lulu Miller">Lulu Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Poggioli" title="Sylvia Poggioli">Sylvia Poggioli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Rehm" title="Diane Rehm">Diane Rehm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cokie_Roberts" title="Cokie Roberts">Cokie Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Rudin" title="Ken Rudin">Ken Rudin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Schorr" title="Daniel Schorr">Daniel Schorr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Seabrook" title="Andrea Seabrook">Andrea Seabrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Siegel" title="Robert Siegel">Robert Siegel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertamae_Smart-Grosvenor" title="Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor">Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Stewart" title="Alison Stewart">Alison Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Suarez" title="Ray Suarez">Ray Suarez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford_J._Ungar" title="Sanford J. 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title="Public broadcasting in the United States">Public broadcasting in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Public_Media" title="American Public Media">American Public Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting" title="Corporation for Public Broadcasting">Corporation for Public Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NPR_stations" title="List of NPR stations">NPR stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NPR_Music" title="NPR Music">NPR Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NPR_controversies" title="NPR controversies">NPR controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NPR_One" class="mw-redirect" title="NPR One">NPR One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocket_Casts" title="Pocket Casts">Pocket Casts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Radio_Satellite_System" title="Public Radio Satellite System">Public Radio Satellite System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacifica_Foundation" title="Pacifica Foundation">Pacifica Foundation</a></li> <li><a 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