Internship and Volunteer Opportunities
at NPR Member Stations

This section of the site continues to be built with station information as we receive it. Please send an email that includes your state, city, call letters, and station internship Web site URL to nextgenerationradio@npr.org.

Internship: WUNC Radio News, Chapel Hill, NC. Internships are available throughout the year and generally last for one semester, beginning in January, May and September.

Florida, Ft. Myers, WGCU-FM Internships in News Programming. Contact Amy Tardif, News Director atardif@fgcu.edu.

Florida, West Palm Beach, WXEL-FM Contact: Director of Community Affairs, 561-737-8000

Indiana, Elkhart, WVPE-FM Contact: Operations Manager, 574-674-9873

California, Pasadena, KPCC-FM, contact Paul Glickman, News Director, PGlickman@scpr.org.

California, San Francisco, KQED-FM

Connecticut, Hartford, WNPR-FM

District of Columbia, WAMU-FM
WAMU-FM Offers Internships in News, Program Production, and Business Administration. Contact Wendy Feliz Sefsaf, Communications Services Coordinator, wsefsaf@wamu.org

Illinois, Chicago, WBEZ-FM

Winter 2006 - Application Deadline is Friday, November, 18th 2005. Internship beginning in January.
Summer 2006 - Application Deadline is Monday, April 24th 2006. Internship beginning in June.
Fall 2006 - Application Deadline is Friday, July 7th 2006. Internship beginning in September.

In the following areas:
News Desk (4-5 days a week, two available slots).
Arts Desk (3 days a week, two available slots).
Eight Forty-Eight (4-5 days a week, one available slot).
Marketing (3 days a week, one maybe two available slots).
Foundations Development (3 days a week, one available slot).
Worldview (3 days a week, two available slots).

Louisiana, Shreveport, KDAQ

Massachusetts, Boston, WUMB-FM

Michigan, Detroit, WDET-FM

New Mexico, Albuquerque & Santa Fe, KUNM

New York, Albany, WAMC-FM

New York, New York, WNYC

New York, Rochester, WXXI
WXXI generally has internship openings available each semester to college undergraduate students. If you are interested in applying for an internship, please see your advisor and/or contact Carole Edelman, WXXI Human Resources Associate by phone (585) 258-0228, fax (585) 258-0335 or email cedelman@wxxi.org.

North Carolina, Winston-Salem, WFDD-FM

North Dakota, Fargo & Bismarck, KCND

Oregon, Portland, KOPB

Pennsylvania, Scranton, WVIA-FM Voluneer Internships avaiable in a variety of programming and operational capacities. Contact Radio Manager, Chris_Norton@wvia.pbs.org.

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, WXPN-FM

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, WYEP-FM

South Dakota, Vermillion, KUSD
Internships: Seasonal hire positions are used according to experience.
Contact: Terry Harris, Radio Director 605 677-8814, Terry.Harris@sdpb.org

Virginia, Arlington, WETA-FM

Virginia, Norfolk, WHRV/WHRO

Washington, Seattle, KEXP Contact: Amanda Wilde, Education Coordinator(206)520-5885

Washington, Seattle, KUOW

Volunteer Opportunities at NPR Member Stations

California, Pasadena, KPCC, Volunteer positions in a variety of areas, contact volunteers@kpcc.org

California, San Francisco, KQED

Connecticut, Hartford, WNPR

District of Columbia, WAMU-FM

Florida, Tampa, WUSF

Florida, West Palm Beach, WXEL-FM
Contact: Volunteer Coordinator, 561-737-8000

Illinois, Chicago, WBEZ

Indiana, Elkart, WVPE-FM

Indiana, Indianapolis, WFYI

Louisiana, Shreveport, KDAQ

Massachusetts, Boston, WUMB

Massachusetts, Boston, WBUR

New Mexico, Albuquerque, KUNM

New York, New York, WNYC

North Carolina, Winston-Salem, WFDD-FM

North Dakota, Fargo, KCND

Ohio, Columbus, WOSU

Ohio, Kent, WKSU

Oregon, Portland, KOPB

Pennsylvania, Scranton, WVIA

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, WYEP

South Dakota, Brookings, KUSD
Managed by the Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting

Virginia, Arlington, WETA

Virginia, Norfolk, WHRV/WHRO

Washington, Seattle, KEXP
Contact: Amanda Wilde (206)520-5885

Washington, Seattle, KUOW

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