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The Multiplier Effect
Support inspiring storytelling and public radio with a gift to BirdNote.
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This summer, the U.S. Congress revoked more than $1 billion in previously allocated funding for public media. Because BirdNote provides its shows to stations for free, a gift to BirdNote has a multiplier effect: It helps produce a show you love and it helps provide free programming for the local public radio station you love.
BirdNote®
A Multiplier Effect
By Nick Bayard
This is BirdNote.
I’m BirdNote’s Executive Director, Nick Bayard, and today kicks off our fall fundraising week. If BirdNote has ever inspired you, educated you, or delighted you with daily immersive stories about the lives of birds, please donate today at birdnote.org.
Over the past 20 years, we’ve been able to reach millions of people with bird songs, calls, and stories thanks to the power of local public radio. If you’re listening on the radio, you might know that Congress has revoked hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for stations just like this one, making it harder than ever for public radio to thrive.
And while stations have to pay to broadcast many of the programs you love, BirdNote is an independent nonprofit that provides its shows to stations for free.
So a gift to BirdNote has a multiplier effect: It helps produce a show you love and it helps provide free programming for your local public radio station.
Support BirdNote and support the future of public radio by donating today at birdnote.org. Maybe consider becoming a recurring monthly donor so that we can count on your ongoing support, at whatever level feels good to you.
On behalf of all of us at BirdNote, thank you for showing your love of birds and public radio with a gift today at birdnote.org. I’m Nick Bayard.
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Producer: Sam Johnson
Managing Producer: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Ariana Remmel
Content Director: Jonese Franklin
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
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Narrator: Nick Bayard
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