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The board then hired [[Don Quayle|Donald Quayle]] to be the first president of NPR with 30 employees and 90 charter member local stations, and studios in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/history.html#history |title= History |publisher= NPR |access-date= February 24, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110222185012/http://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/history.html#history |archive-date= February 22, 2011 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref> | The board then hired [[Don Quayle|Donald Quayle]] to be the first president of NPR with 30 employees and 90 charter member local stations, and studios in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/history.html#history |title= History |publisher= NPR |access-date= February 24, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110222185012/http://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/history.html#history |archive-date= February 22, 2011 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref> | ||
NPR aired its first broadcast on April 20, 1971, covering [[United States Senate]] hearings on the ongoing | NPR aired its first broadcast on April 20, 1971, covering [[United States Senate]] hearings on the ongoing Vietnam War in [[Southeast Asia]]. The afternoon drive-time newscast ''[[All Things Considered]]'' premiered on May 3, 1971, first hosted by [[Robert Conley (reporter)|Robert Conley]]. NPR was primarily a production and distribution organization until 1977, when it merged with the [[Association of Public Radio Stations]]. ''[[Morning Edition]]'' premiered on November 5, 1979, first hosted by [[Bob Edwards]]. | ||
===1980s=== | ===1980s=== | ||