Things $20 is wasted on:

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Our thanks to member station WBEZ in Chicago for inspiring us to limbo a little lower in asking for your support.

Support NCPR: Twenty Does Plenty! 

Think your $20 doesn't buy much anymore? It does at North Country Public Radio. From news travel to flash recorders and microphones to the people and personal connections you depend on—every dollar adds up to great radio. Give what you can.


How have you wasted $20?

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Save NCPR from being too sexy.
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Save Todd Moe from talking to himself.
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Save Radio Bob from corporate America, or vice-versa.
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Keep Kelly on the line. Give $20


Get David to the news on time. Give $20

NCPR Gets There $20 at a Time


Three gifts of $20 will cover one All Before Five broadcast
$20 buys a pack of batteries for news team flash recorders
$23 buys 20 feet of audio cable
20 gifts of $20 will buy an Edirol flash recorder for the news team
One round trip to a news story -- 4 gifts of $20		 Eight gifts of $20 will buy an RE5O microphone for the news team

$20 buys a set of headphones		 $27 buys a pop filter for a voice micro-phone 11 gifts of $20 will pay for one episode of Fresh Air
A music stand for live recording in the studio costs $35 Two gifts of $20 will pay for one month of phone service to one of our transmitters 20 gifts of $20 will buy one vocal microphone for our studio.