Join High Plains Public Radio in sharing gratitude and appreciation for the many folks who’ve made outsized contributions of many sorts during HPPR’s 43 years of public radio on the High Plains
We’ve been airing short pieces recognizing individuals who have contributed so much throughout the years to making public radio possible on the High Plains. This is an ongoing effort that we hope to keep building on, and we could use your help!
Please use the link below to add to the growing list anyone you think should be recognized. There are so many that have helped in so many ways, in years past as well as current days, and we want to remember them all!
High Plains Public Radio honors these founding partners, as well as all of our member-listeners whose continued dedication has been the cornerstone of keeping access to NPR News, regional programming, specialty music, and community voices across our five-state region.
See below for stories of recognition and gratitude from HPPR’s 40th anniversary in 2020.
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Chapter Two How did it all begin? Like most impossible things, it began with a dream. In July 1975, college student Quentin Hope shared his dream with…
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Chapter OneOn a sunny Sunday afternoon June 29, 1980, in an abandoned schoolhouse in Pierceville, Kansas (population 85), KANZ signed on as the country’s…
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A native son of Garden City, Kansas had a dream that he shared with friends. And - true to the spirit of Pioneers, it was not long before hundreds joined…