Summary
An award in the amount of $8,500.00 to WYSO Radio in 2023.
Synopsis
The HBCU Radio Preservation Project, in collaboration with WYSO/Miami Valley Public Media and the Northeast Document Conservation Center, will work to preserve archival radio materials from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), specifically those held at WRVS and the G. R. Little Library at Elizabeth City State University. The project will pilot a methodology that will serve as a model for working with and preserving other HCBU broadcasts surveyed during the project’s previous round of NRPF funding.
About the NRPF
The National Recording Preservation Foundation (NRPF), a federally chartered corporation, is an independent, charitable organization. The NRPF works across the United States to foster awareness of the diverse perspectives and communities documented in audio, to support the preservation of historical and at-risk audio collections, and to coordinate resources for the digital preservation of audio recordings. The NRPF was created by the U.S. Congress by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-474) and was duly incorporated by the Library of Congress as a 501(c)3 organization in 2010.
