National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States.
In 1977 the Association of Public Radio Stations (U.S.) merged with National Public Radio (NPR) that NPR became the broader public radio body. Works by these bodies are found under the name used at the time of publication.
Gaston, J. B. The new Copyright ... c1978 (a.e.) t.p. (National Public Radio) p. vi (NPR)
Working press of the nation, 1978, v. 3 p. VI-4 (National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.; NPR)
National Public Broadcasting Archives subject list, online, Aug. 18, 2000 (National Public Radio (NPR); incorporated 1970; NPR and the Association of Public Radio Stations merged in 1977)