WYPR Press Release

WYPR has been honored with two Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) 2021 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, in the categories of “Hard News” and “Large Market Radio Continuing Coverage.”

WYPR reporter Sarah Y. Kim, who joined the newsroom covering health and housing issues as part of Report for America (RFA) last year, will remain in Baltimore for an additional year of reporting. RFA is a national service program that places emerging journalists into local news organizations to report on under-covered issues and communities.

(BALTIMORE) - WYPR President and General Manager LaFontaine E. Oliver has been elected by the NPR Board of Directors as its new Chair of the Board. Oliver…

(BALTIMORE) – WYPR has announced Matthew Martin has been named Chairman of the station’s Board of Directors. Martin succeeds Darcy C. Carroll, whose term…

WYPR’s Midday has been honored with the Radio Television Digital News Association’s (RTDNA) 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for its October 18, 2019 broadcast memorializing Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, who had passed away the previous day at the age of 68.

WYPR WELCOMES REPORT FOR AMERICA 2020 CORPS MEMBER SARAH KIMFunding supported by the Anthony Brandon Fellowship Fund honoring former station president and…

WYPR Launches The Daily Dose to Highlight Maryland’s Response to COVID-19(Baltimore, Md) – WYPR, an NPR affiliate, has launched The Daily Dose, a podcast…

WYPR SELECTED AS HOST NEWS ORGANIZATION FOR REPORT FOR AMERICA 2020-2021 (Baltimore, Md) – WYPR 88.1 FM, Baltimore’s NPR news station, has been selected…

WYPR Appoints Kennedy Krieger Institute President and CEO Bradley Schlaggar, M.D., Ph.D., to its Board of Directors (BALTIMORE) - WYPR is pleased to…

WYPR’S LAFONTAINE E. OLIVER RE-ELECTED TO NPR BOARD OF DIRECTORS(Baltimore, Md.) – WYPR 88.1 FM President and General Manager LaFontaine E. Oliver has…