NPR's West Coast Moves. (Media).National Public Radio officials said last week they were close to inking a deal for a West Coast production facility in Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. . "It's a priority for NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. to have a presence on the West Coast," said Jenny Lawhorn, a network spokeswoman. "It's going to happen in 2002." People inside and outside of NPR have been trying to put a facility on this side of the country in the hopes of broadening the network's coverage beyond the East Coast. NPR officials said last year they were close to finding a location but a spokeswoman later said "market changes" led to a new search. The network currently has a small news bureau in L.A. NPR has set aside $12 million for the production facility, which will employ between 70 and 100 people, Lawborn said. The James Irvine James Irvine may refer to:
One of the programs set to originate from the proposed facility actually went on the air last week. "The Tavis Smiley Tavis Smiley (born September 13, 1964) is an author, journalist, political commentator, and talk show host. Early years One of ten children, Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. Show," produced in L.A., is the first NPR program to come out of the West Coast. Writer and commentator Tavis Smiley featured Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. professor Cornel West, author of "Race Matters," on his first show. |
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