NPR To Launch Music & Download Site

National Public Radio will create a major digital music service in the first half of 2007 to extend the significant role that their 815 public radio stations hold in music discovery. This is good news for producers, marketers and fans of AAA, jazz, opera, world and classical music.  They also promise exposure to electronica and alternative formats.

The centerpiece of service will be a supersite that enables users to learn and explore, creating communities and offering exposure for emerging and non-mainstream artists. In Fall 2005, NPR launched 5 music channels for HD radio multicasting which are already airing on an experimental basis across the country; their formats are classical, folk, jazz, electronica and AAA. (NPR)