Marfa Public Radio Joins PM4A

Elise Pepple, GM of Marfa Public Radio in West Texas, offered the following about why they decided to commit to participating.

“Marfa Public Radio is excited to participate in Public Media for All because the core mission of public radio is to reflect and serve the public. If that public is limited to just a few, everyone is missing out and our sense of truth and imagination are also limited.”

Marfa Public Radio is an award-winning, non-profit, listener-supported radio station serving far West Texas. Thier mission is to be a public service and a lifeline for our community, to unify and promote cultural enrichment through presentation and focus on the importance of art, education, science, quality of life and the local economy. Marfa Public Radio is the recipient of numerous journalistic awards. The station has received 54 Regional Murrow Awards since it began entering the competition in 2012. Most recently, the station won 10 Regional Murrow awards in 2019 reporting, as well as 3 National Murrow Awards in addition to 7 Regional Murrow awards for its reporting in 2018, (the most of any small station in the country) and 2 PRNDI awards for its reporting in 2019.