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.
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NEW!
August 5, 2010
Job Opening: NFCB seeks AAPRS Project Manager
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July 16, 2010
Support PTFP through letters and phone calls to legislators.
[Click here for information on the threats to PTFP]
July 12, 2010
NFCB receives CPB grant to provide services to African American stations.
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July 7, 2010
Maxie C Jackson III featured in this month's Media and Democracy Coalition newsletter
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July 7, 2010
NFCB members support threatened Radio Victoria in El Salvador.
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July 6, 2010
NFCB and AMARC call on government officials to denounce attacks on media practitioners in the Americas.
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June 14, 2010
National Black Programming Consortium announces the launch of the Public Media Corps in Wash. D.C.
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May 20, 2010
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman to give closing speech at NFCB conference
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May 8, 2010
NFCB files in the FCC's Future of Media Proceeding
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April 28, 2010
Maxie Jackson speaks at
FCC's non-commerical
media workshop on
Friday in Wash. DC.
[Click here to read press release]
February 24, 2010
NFCB files testimony
with the Senate in support
of PTFP for FY2011.
[Click here to read the Testimony]
February 4, 2010
More info on and registration for the 35th Annual Community Radio Conference is now available.
[Click here to Register Online]
February 3, 2010
The FCC established a Tribal Priority in broadcast licensing for Native America.
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November 16, 2009
Maxie C. Jackson III is NFCB's new President and CEO
[Click here to read press release]
NFCB and NPR announce the Station Action for Emergency Readiness (SAFER)
[Click here to read Press Release]
DEI-NFCB Collaboration
Website Now Launched
[Read the press release here]
Digital AudioCraft Available Now
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Streaming Copyright Basics
from Melodie Virtue at
Garvey Schubert Barer
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Results of the WMMT Audience Research Study
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New Technologies,
New Music
If you missed NFCB's seminar series on independent music and digital
platforms, we have all the content available now on demand.
[Click here to access all the files]
NFCB Participant Members covered by CPB Sound Exchange Agreement
CPB has reached an agreement with Sound Exchange around royalties for webcasters which covers NFCB participant members.
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NFCB’s Strategic Plan
[Click here to view the Word document]
Basic Radio Station Website Strategies
See the PowerPoint presentation on listeners’ use of station websites and tips for designing yours.
[View Now]
Music Licensing Information
Includes fee schedules and links to licensing applications.
Check Your Indecency IQ
Attorney John Crigler of Garvey Schubert Barer has an indecency quiz. Take the quiz and see how much you know about current FCC indecency rulings. John has also written an indecency primer. Download and read the Primer.
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