About NFCB

The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) is a national membership organization of community-oriented, non-commercial radio stations. Large and small, rural and urban, eclectic or targeted toward specific communities, the member stations are distinguished by their commitment to localism and community participation and support.

NFCB's members come from across the United States, from Alaska to Florida; from every major market to the smallest Native American reservation. While serving the communities that include New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and other major markets, rural members are often the sole source of local and national daily news and information in their service area. NFCB's membership reflects the true diversity of the American population: 40% of the members serve rural communities, and 46% are minority radio services.

On the member stations' airwaves you will hear programming that reflects and serves the local community, from country and western to classical to rock and roll to all news and information programming. On KILI in Porcupine, South Dakota you will hear morning drive programs in their Native Lakota language; throughout the California farming areas around Fresno, Radio Bilingue provides 24-hour national Spanish language service targeting low-income farm workers; KBRW-AM broadcasts in both English and Inupiat from inside the Arctic Circle in Barrow, Alaska; and on WWOZ in Louisiana you can hear the sounds and culture of New Orleans throughout the day.

Community radio stations are reliant on listener contributions for support. In addition, many are funded through Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) grant programs. CPB funds represent about 15% of the larger stations budgets, but often can represent up to 40% of the budget of the smallest rural stations.