NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. ("NPR") WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH MEMBER PUBLIC RADIO STATION LICENSEES ("MEMBER STATIONS") TO CREATE A MORE INFORMED PUBLIC, ONE THAT IS CHALLENGED AND INVIGORATED BY A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF EVENTS, IDEAS, AND CULTURES. NPR ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION BY PRODUCING, ACQUIRING, AND DISTRIBUTING NONCOMMERCIAL PROGRAMMING THAT MEETS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION; REPRESENTING MEMBER STATIONS IN MATTERS OF THEIR MUTUAL INTEREST; AND PROVIDING SATELLITE INTERCONNECTION FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC RADIO SYSTEM.