Programming Costs

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Programming Costs

The following is the current list of network fees and programs heard on Red River Radio, and the amounts that we're charged to provide these programs to you for the fiscal year which began July 1, 2005.

NPR Distribution Fee - $6,600
NPR Membership Fee - $6,080
PRI Affiliation Fee - $8,790

Programs produced by National Public Radio (NPR)
All Things Considered - $82,296
Car Talk - $9,794
Fresh Air - $10,949
Morning Edition - $82,296 (includes Weekend Edition)
Performance Today - $1,141
Selected Shorts - $1,369
Thistle and Shamrock - $462
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me - $1,445
World Cafe - $3,552

Programs produced by Public Radio International (PRI)
American Routes - $1,780
Classical Music Overnight - $4,904
This American Life - $3,708
To the Point - $3,844

Program produced by American Public Media (APM)
A Prairie Home Companion - $17,754
Marketplace Money - $2,213
The Splendid Table - 1,858
Weekend America - $5,200

Independent producers
Blues After Hours - $2,340
Hearts of Space - $1,340
With Heart and Voice - $350

The following programs, either produced locally or nationally, have no acquisition fee. However, as for those above, costs are incurred to broadcast these programs: electricity, satellite time, production expenses, and more.

Bluegrass Breakdown
Blues Before Sunrise
Calling All Pets
Metropolitan Opera
Commentaries by Dr. Archie McDonald
Earth and Sky
Health Matters
Marketplace Morning Report
Moment of Science
No Cover
Prysm
Regional Symphony Broadcast
Star Date
Women in Music
Writer's Almanac
You Bet Your Garden