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Half of NPR's revenue comes from payments from stations to run their programs, and most of the rest comes from individuals, businesses, and foundations. Those public radio stations are also mostly funded by listeners and donors.

Also, this isn't relevant anyway, because the article is about a dispute about a particular program that NPR was running.

Public Radio is already famous for their pledge drives with their tote bags.

Every local public radio affiliate station already does this.