About Public Radio Capital
Public Radio Capital is a national, nonprofit organization that strengthens and expands public radio services in communities nationwide. PRC provides comprehensive consulting services to help public radio organizations plan for sustainable business growth, finance new channels, and expand public radio services. PRC has worked with more than 200 public radio organizations ranging from first time station owners to the largest, multi-channel public radio station owners in the country. Founded in 2001, PRC has led its clients through $142 million in radio transactions, securing public radio access for 30 million people nationwide. www.publicradiocapital.org
Recent Accomplishments
- Opened the Public Radio Fund with more than $8 million of investments to provide public radio organizations with affordable short-term capital for asset-based projects, such as buying public radio stations.
See Public Radio Fund
- Brokered a deal for the nation’s second largest producer of public radio programs, American Public Media Group, to bring residents of Miami and Southern Florida a city of 4,000,000 people their only full-time classical music station.
See Client Stories
- Identified valuable broadcast channels for the public radio industry and helped more than 300 organizations file applications for new public radio channels during the FCC’s Non-Commercial Filing Window in October 2007.
See FCC project
