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1971 - All Things Considered Launches

Bill Siemering wrote the NPR Charter and co-created All Things Considered, but he got his start in radio as a student at WPR.

NPR hired Bill Siemering, who worked at WPR while in high school and college (pictured, left), as their first program director. Siemering, who went on to win a MacArthur “Genius” Grant for his lifetime of work in educational radio around the world, wrote the NPR Charter and helped create their first national news program, All Things Considered, with another WPR alum, Jack Mitchell.

And that famous All Things Considered theme song? It was written by WPR’s Don Voegeli here in Wisconsin. Hear it here.

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