Nonprofits serving Kansas Public Radio's area (Northeast, East-Central, Southeast Kansas) can apply each November to be one of 12 monthly Community Spotlight partners: 200 free on-air announcements worth $4,000. In-kind, not cash. Applications for 2027 open November 2026.
Kansas Public Radio picks one local nonprofit each month to receive 200 free on-air announcements, the equivalent of $4,000 of free advertising, plus features in its e-newsletter and website. Twelve organizations are chosen per calendar year from a single application window each November. Applications for 2027 open in November 2026.
Our reading of the listing: for-profit businesses are not eligible for this one.
Local nonprofit organizations serving a community in KPR's listening area (Northeast, East-Central and Southeast Kansas)
Not eligible: partisan organizations, organizations that advance a particular religious belief or political cause, or organizations that permit exclusion based on protected characteristics
Chosen organizations cannot get additional KPR sponsorship that calendar year and cannot be chosen again for two years
Messages are general awareness, not promotion of a specific event
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