North State Public Radio

North State Public Radio (NSPR) is a public radio service based in Chico, California. It broadcasts on KCHO 91.7 FM in Chico, on the air since 1969, and KFPR 88.9 FM in Redding, on the air since 1994, with FM translators in Burney, Chester, Dunsmuir and Mount Shasta, Greenville, Hayfork, Oroville, Weaverville and Westwood, plus a live web stream. Its signal covers much of the North State, including Red Bluff, Oroville, Paradise, Anderson and Shasta Lake City.

NSPR is an NPR affiliate and airs news and public affairs, classical music, jazz and talk programming. Its local newsroom covers Chico, Butte County and the surrounding region, with the daily NSPR Headlines newscast, local anchors for Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and locally produced programs including Cultivating Place, Blue Dot, Nancy's Bookshelf and Afternoon Classics. The station's mission is to inform and enrich the Northern California communities it serves by providing news, information and cultural programming.

NSPR is a service of California State University, Chico, and is licensed to Chico State Enterprises, the university auxiliary that is the employer of record for NSPR staff and recruits for its openings. Recent hires include a news director, a reporter, an anchor, a show producer, a digital producer, a broadcast engineer and an executive director. The newsroom also offers academic-credit internships to Chico State students in radio news, digital news and photo and video production.