THANK YOU John Oliver and team for highlighting BPR's work during Hurricane Helene on this week's episode of @lastweektonight.com! How far our little community has come in one year 💙

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This exclusive, vintage-style BPR tee celebrates the power of radio — a reminder of a pre-digital era when radio was the heartbeat of community connection.

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Public media strengthens democracy. You know it. We know it. It creates the civic space where Americans come together to trust fact-checked reporting.

With the loss of federal funding, that work now depends on YOU.

Today we kick off our “Be the Lifeline” Fall Drive, one of the most important fundraisers in BPR's history.

With the permanent loss of federal funding, we’re building something new: a stronger, more sustainable future made possible by YOU.

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Thank you for voting BPR #1 Local Non-Commercial Radio Station and #3 Local News Website!

An extra special congratulations to Helen Chickering, #1 Local Radio Personality and Helene Recovery Reporter Laura Hackett, #2 Local Reporter!

We love you, WNC 💙

Our Regional Murrow awards came in the mail today, so obviously we selfied with them.

If you're at Downtown After Five tonight, stop by the BPR booth and see us! 🤠 We're raffling off a three-day pass to LEAF Global Arts to one lucky winner!

What’s left of a beloved Western North Carolina landmark – damaged beyond repair during flooding caused by Hurricane Helene – will soon be removed.

Thank you, Western North Carolina. Because of you, we face the future... together. 💙

These two have great taste — in radio *and* pottery. Graham and Aime Paul are longtime BPR Sustainers and now proud winners of East Fork Pottery dinnerware, thanks to Blue Ridge Public Radio’s Spring Fund Drive.

Time is running out! ⏳ Just hours left to reach BPR’s Spring Fund Drive goal. Your support fuels local news and keeps WNC informed. Every gift counts — help us cross the finish line! donate.bpr.org/bpr/x

BPR is your trusted source—every day & in every moment. As our Spring Fund Drive continues, help us stay strong by increasing your monthly support! Plus, be entered to win a gorgeous East Fork Pottery set (details below).

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300 donors = $25K for BPR! Help us kick off our Spring 2025 Fund Drive by unlocking an incredible challenge gift to support local news for Western North Carolina. Give before Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. to help us achieve this! ⤵️

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Photos by BPR's Gerard Albert III provide a glimpse inside the town hall, marked by a near-constant stream of heckles, jeers and interruptions from the crowd.