In January of 2004, a group of artists, musicians and local radio dj's examined, in the form of a 4 day performance, what a different kind of public radio project might look like if it were localized, open to the community and reflected in its content the kind of issues that played out in the community's daily collective lives. Over the course of 4 days at 21 Grand Art Gallery and Performance space, various artists local to Oakland created intelligent and provocative audio content, culture-jammed and stuck it to the powers-that-be. The programming ranged from a daily left wing fanatical talk show broadcast.... to manipulations of recorded signals from the local "public" radio outlet. Neighborhood Public Radio (NPR) was born.

NPR has returned to the Bay Area for a long run at Southern Exposure Gallery in the Mission from September 10 - Oct. 23. Broadcasting on 88.9 FM on evenings and weekends, radio programming includes interviews with local filmmakers (The Mission Movie and the MadCat Film Festival), local hip-hop djs and Enemy Combatant Radio's very own Radical Tea Party, which will be airing on Wednesdays from 5:30 - 6:00pm. Local listeners are encouraged to come by the gallery to be apart of the studio audience - and check out the other exhibits!

Southern Exposure Gallery is located at 401 Alabama Street in SF. NPR will be broadcasting from Sept. 10-Oct. 23, on 88.9FM.