{"id":20865,"date":"2018-03-24T08:45:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T12:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=20865"},"modified":"2018-03-24T08:47:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T12:47:07","slug":"our-fifty-year-mission-thanks-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2018\/03\/24\/our-fifty-year-mission-thanks-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Our fifty-year mission is a success story, thanks to you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2018\/02\/50bug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20665\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2018\/02\/50bug.jpg\" alt=\"50bug\" width=\"250\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2018\/02\/50bug.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2018\/02\/50bug-150x143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2018\/02\/50bug-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>When President\u00a0Johnson\u00a0signed the Public Broadcasting Act on November 7, 1967, he said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It announces to the world that our nation wants more than just material wealth; our nation wants more than a &#8216;chicken in every pot.&#8217; We in America have an appetite for excellence, too. While we work every day to produce new goods and to create new wealth, we want most of all to enrich man&#8217;s spirit.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Within a few months of that day, 50 years ago this month, NCPR was born. And ever since, we have worked toward that end. <strong>The fact that NCPR is still here, half a century later, and still growing, is down to you,<\/strong> the folks who have encouraged and supported us, nudged us toward greater efforts and new horizons, and kept us focused on public service journalism and excellence in arts and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>That work is as important &#8211; perhaps even <em>more<\/em> important &#8211; now than it was in the turbulent year of 1968. Just as then, we are now in a time shaken by violence and division, by mistrust in institutions, by a sense of cultural vacuity, creating a deep hunger for authenticity, good will and truth-telling.<\/p>\n<p>And just as then, we need your support to make that possible. It&#8217;s time for our spring fundraising drive, which launches Monday morning.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpr.org\/give?source=lpsp181\">Please support the mission of public broadcasting in the North Country with your generosity.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When President\u00a0Johnson\u00a0signed the Public Broadcasting Act on November 7, 1967, he said,<br \/>\n&#8220;It announces to the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[6128],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20868,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20865\/revisions\/20868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}