CENTENNIAL, Colo. – August 2, 2011– Over 400 instruments donated by listeners during the Colorado Public Radio (CPR) Annual Instrument Drive last spring will begin making their way into the hands of Colorado students this month.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – July 26, 2011 – Colorado Public Radio (CPR) will present special coverage from the Aspen Music Festival this weekend, including a live broadcast featuring the festival’s newly appointed music director, Robert Spano, conducting Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Barber’s Violin Concerto, op. 14 with violinist Robert McDuffie.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – July 19, 2011 – Jennifer Flatt has been named Colorado Public Radio’s (CPR) new vice president of marketing. Flatt most recently served as director of marketing at CPR. “Jenny’s leadership has been critical in building a strategic marketing focus over the last two years,” said CPR President Max Wycisk.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – July 13, 2011 – A Colorado Public Radio (CPR) “Colorado Matters” interview with deaf jazz singer Mandy Harvey of Loveland won a first prize in Public Radio News Directors Inc.’s 2011 awards competition. The awards, announced this month, recognize outstanding news reporting by public radio stations around the country.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – July 7, 2011 – Reporter Jenny Brundin has joined Colorado Public Radio to enhance coverage of Colorado’s education system. The education reporter is a new position  funded by The Gates Family Foundation and The Piton Foundation.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – June 27, 2011– Colorado Public Radio (CPR) will start broadcasting a new music station on 1340 AM in the Denver metro area and online at cpr.org beginning this fall.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – June 20, 2011 –Colorado Public Radio (CPR) will broadcast Central City Opera’s festival-opening performance of Georges Bizet’s Carmen on Saturday evening, June 25, on its classical music stations statewide and online at www.cpr.org. This is the first-ever live broadcast from the historic opera house.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – June 6, 2011– Colorado Public Radio (CPR) has hired pioneering multimedia journalist Lee Hill to expand and intensify community input into its local news coverage through its Public Insight Network (PIN). The Public Insight Network is an online tool used to gather perspective from the Colorado community.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – May 24, 2011– Colorado Public Radio’s (CPR) news team won two first place and two second place awards at the Colorado Associated Press Broadcasters Association (CAPBA) annual awards banquet on Saturday, May 21.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – May 16, 2011 – Colorado Public Radio (CPR) listeners showed their support for music education by donating more than 1,300 musical instruments to CPR’s second Annual Instrument Drive.