January 27, 2005

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• January 27, 2005
• Jack Galmiche
• Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Northwest News Network (N3)

• A diverse region,
• nearly a quarter-million square miles, home to
  almost 11 million people.

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Northwest News Network (N3)

• Comprehensive regional news coverage
• Serves 1.2 million listeners
• Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California

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Northwest News Network (N3)

• Harnessing power of 52 public radio stations.
• Boise State Radio
• Jefferson Public Radio
• KLCC
• KMUN
• KPLU
• KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
• Northwest Public Radio
• Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Spokane Public Radio
• Reaching listeners as far south as Mendocino, CA
  and as far north as Vancouver, BC

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Northwest News Network (N3)

• 2003 marked an expansion of existing public radio
  news cooperation
• N3 regional bureaus established in major
  metropolitan areas
• Richland
• Olympia
• Coeur dAlene
• Roaming correspondent in rural areas of Idaho,
  Oregon and Washington
• A collaboration demonstrating cooperation of
  large urban stations and small rural stations

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Northwest News Network (N3)

• Creating reports all stations can broadcast
• Regional N3 team will generate over 500 spot news
  reports and feature length news stories annually
• Designed to be integrated into existing
  programming aired by all stations in region
• Reports carried nationally by NPR news programs
  when appropriate