What are the organizational and financial relationships between
National Public Radio (NPR), Minnesota Public Radio (MRP), and Public
Radio International (PRI)?

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Clarification of Question by nautico-ga on 12 Nov 2003 06:50 PST

Thanks, Pink! I'll await further responses re the financial side of
the relationships. I went to the PRI web site and noticed that one of
my old friends and college classmates is a director--Garrick Utley.

The relationship between NPR and MPR is a tangled one. I hope a
Researcher with better business acumen can help you with that part of
your question.

NPR and PRI are competitors:

"Public Radio International, or PRI, is an American not-for-profit
corporation founded in 1983 to develop non-commercial audio
programming for public radio and other audio venues. It is the United
States' largest distributer of non-commercial radio programming. PRI
produces or co-produces some of the programs it distributes, but most
of them are produced by other entities.

PRI distributes over 400 hours of programming each week. Topics
include news, classical music, and contemporary culture. Approximately
740 radio stations and other audio venues broadcast PRI programs or
stream them online. According to 2002 Arbitron ratings, 15.2 million
listeners hear PRI programming each week.

Although many National Public Radio (NPR) stations broadcast shows
distributed by PRI, NPR and PRI are distinct, competing radio
producers and distributers. Many listeners associate popular shows
such as A Prairie Home Companion, This American Life, and Marketplace
with NPR, but these shows and many more are actually distributed by
PRI.

...PRI and NPR are the two largest public radio networks in the United
States, and they compete with each other for slots on public radio
stations and the attention of listeners.

Any given public radio station may be an NPR member and an affiliate
of PRI. Nationwide, about 25% of the typical public radio station's
programming is produced by NPR. PRI produces about 20%, and the
remaining 55% is produced by the local radio station itself."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Radio_International