After a congressional investigation and the resignation of NPR's president, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed to loan the network money to stave off bankruptcy. NPR suffered an almost fatal setback in 1983, when an attempt to expand its services backfired, and the company found itself nearly seven million dollars in debt. As a membership organization, NPR was now charged with providing stations with training, program promotion, and management representing public radio before Congress and providing content delivery mechanisms such as satellite delivery. NPR was merely a production and distribution organization until 1977, when it merged with the Association of Public Radio Stations. The next month, All Things Considered debuted, hosted by NPR founder Robert Conley. NPR hit the airwaves in April 1971, with coverage of the United States Senate hearings on the Vietnam War. NPR was incorporated in 1970, taking over the National Educational Radio Network. Its flagship programs are two "drive-time" news broadcasts, Morning Edition and the afternoon All Things Considered both are carried by nearly all NPR affiliates and in 2002, were the second- and third-most popular radio programs in the country. Its member stations are not required to broadcast all of these programs and most public radio stations broadcast programs from all three providers. Like its fellow public radio networks, American Public Media and Public Radio International, NPR produces and distributes news and cultural programming. The network was founded on February 26, 1970, headed by founder Robert Conley and a partnership of journalists, with 30 employees and 90 public radio stations as charter members. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, which established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and led to the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States.
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