AAPRC | African-American Public Radio Consortium

THE NEW SOUND OF SYNDICATED
PUBLIC RADIO

EVERYONE IS INVITED HERE

All Programs

The Consortium is a nonprofit media network of close to 100 African-American, General Audience, Latino and Native-American stations deeply invested in including jazz, blues, soul, Caribbean, Afro-Latin and African music – and the voices African-Americans and other people of color into the national culture and dialogue of America. Nearly 60 stations (with a collective audience of 1.5 million listeners) broadcast our programs weekly. Our total network of 77 stations has a collective reach of about 2.5 million listeners.

We are the vanguard of audience diversity in public media. Over the past two decades, the African-American Public Radio Consortium and its key leaderships have developed and joined initiatives that have made public media more inclusive. Public broadcasting was created to give everyone a voice – a platform for broadcasting the perspectives and culture of undeserved communities.

Over 80 Affiliate Stations Broadcast AAPRC Programming Weekly – A Reach of over 2 Million. Over 100 Member & Affiliate Stations – With a Reach of over 3 Million Listeners.

Of the approximately 10,000 commercial radio stations in the USA, less than 1% are owned by African-Americans. Public radio stations serving African-American communities significantly increase cultural, news and information programming for these listeners. Most are Jazz, Jazz and News or Smooth Jazz stations.

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we focused on consulting and training stations of color – increasing their capacity to grow and compete in their markets.
In the 2000′s,
we focused on a partnership with NPR to develop three national news/talk shows, bringing African-American voices to NPR news stations, and to African-American stations nationwide.
In 2010,
we launched a programming distribution service on the Public Radio Satellite System. Through it, we are bringing voices of color and cultural diversity to the industry at a pace that exceeds all our previous efforts. We offer jazz, blues, soul, African, Afro-Latin and news/talk content aired on nearly 60 African-American, General Audience, Latino and Native American public radio stations.[/custom_font]