Inside MTPR

Volunteering during spring pledge week (April 1 – 9) is a great way to show your support for public radio. Can you help answer calls, deliver meals to other volunteers at the station, or file pledge forms? Sign up here, or call 406-243-4214.

Bring your lunch to the Myrna Loy Center in Helena and chat with MTPR station manager Ray Ekness and program director Michael Marsolek.  Please come, ask questions and give us your advice and suggestions about the station. Ray and Michael will also let you know what projects MTPR has in the pipeline.

Today we're celebrating 52 years of Montana Public Radio! For our birthday wish this year, we're asking you to share your most memorable "driveway moment." Tell us about a time when you just couldn't pull yourself away from the radio. Don't have a "driveway moment?" Tell us why public radio matters to you.

Happy Holidays from Montana Public Radio! Make MTPR part of your celebrations with these special holiday programs:

People and bison first met 75,000 years ago, and ever since, we've been hunting them, painting them, and walking with them into new lands. Before Europeans arrived in America there were more than 50 million bison here. By 1901, there were just 23 wild bison left. Now, we have some decisions to make. Can we ever have wild free-roaming bison in North America again? Should we? What does the history of bison have to teach us about ourselves?

Today is Giving Tuesday, a day designated to "give back to the community." Created in 2012 to contrast with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this Tuesday, we remember to be generous.

Giving Tuesday is a great time to make your year-end donation to Montana Public Radio. Donate today and you'll get an exclusive ringtone recorded by Radiolab's Jad Abumrad just for MTPR supporters.

Happy Thanksgiving! We're thankful for all our listeners and supporters, and we hope you enjoy the holiday and travel safely. If your Thanksgiving plans include Montana Public Radio, be aware of these holiday programming changes:

Thank you to everyone who participated in our fall pledge drive! Listener contributions, volunteer hours and lots of yummy food, coffee, and great radio made this week one to celebrate.

At 1:00 p.m. our tally totaled $203,719. We are so grateful to everyone who sustains this station!

Join us on Facebook Monday, October 10 for a live online meet and greet with our new Director Ray Ekness. Ray will answer your questions about his vision for Montana Public Radio and MontanaPBS, and you'll have a chance to get to know him a little better.

How to participate: