NPR (National Public Radio) is an international producer and distributor of non-commercial news, talk and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, it works in partnership with more than 250 independently operated, non-commercial public radio stations.

Designed as a news magazine written for upscale readers who have a high degree of intelligence and critical capacity and are interested in contemporary trends in finance, politics, the arts, literature, books, cuisine, public and foreign affairs, science and technology, culture, food and travel. Editorial content is aimed at the serious reader and is comprised of reflective pieces and non-fiction that provide different perspectives on what is occurring in contemporary society. The magazine was founded as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, MA, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets, and encouraging major careers. It published leading writers' commentary on abolition, education, and other major issues in contemporary political affairs. The magazine's founders were a group of prominent writers of national reputation, who included Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., John Greenleaf Whittier and James Russell Lowell. Lowell was its first editor.

BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC’s premier live radio station, delivering comprehensive coverage of news, current affairs, and major sporting events, breaking news updates, expert analysis, engaging discussions, and interactive listener phone-ins, making it a hub for national conversations.

WRAL-TV is the local NBC affiliate for the greater Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area. The station broadcasts locally on channel 5 and is a sister-station to Raleigh's Fox affiliate, WRAZ-TV. WRAL-TV hit the airwaves in 1956 as an NBC affiliate and switched to ABC affiliation in 1962. The station swapped networks again in 1985, this time with CBS, before returning to NBC in 2016.

KTLA-TV is The CW affiliate for the Los Angeles market and broadcasts locally on channel 5. It is available as a superstation via satellite and cable providers in select cities within the southwestern United States and Canada. KTLA-TV debuted in 1947, becoming the first commercial station in California and eighth in the United States. It was initially affiliated with the Dumont Network, and then Paramount Television Network, before becoming independently operated in 1955. KTLA became one of the original affiliates of The WB in 1995, and later changed to The CW when The WB and UPN merged in 2006.