WAMU 88.5 : Support

Corporate Support

July 29, 2011

WAMU receives nearly 40% of its revenue from the generous support of its underwriters.

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Anthony V. Hayes
Director of Corporate Marketing
(202) 885-1248
ahayes@wamu.org

In sponsoring WAMU 88.5, your company or organization reaches out to the community not only via the air waves, but also through our web site, wamu.org. Each of these media offers the unique opportunity to support the ongoing services provided by public radio in addition to putting your company or organization before a well-informed and active local community.

WAMU 88.5 is the #1 public radio station for news and information in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The majority of our listeners are between the ages of 25 and 54, well-educated, and professionally and financially successful. More than 770,000 people in the Washington/Baltimore area tune in to WAMU 88.5 each week.

Arts & Culture

NPR

Composing Game Soundtracks That Move 'Faster Than Light'

Sound designer Ben Prunty integrates audio into some of the most popular independent video games. He figures out how to make sounds that match the feel of the game and build tension at the perfect moments in action-packed adventures.

Food

NPR

School Pulls All-Beef Burgers From Menu, Citing Complaints

Students in a Virginia school system are now eating hamburgers with additives in them, after officials heeded their complaints about the appearance and taste of all-beef burgers it had been serving. The burgers that are now being served include a reported 26 ingredients.

Politics

NPR

Boehner And Cruz, And Lew Too: Voices On The Shutdown

With a government shutdown nearing its second week, there were no signs of a new deal in Washington Sunday. But several leaders are speaking out about the impasse, even as they look ahead to the next battle: an Oct. 17 deadline to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.

Technology

NPR

Composing Game Soundtracks That Move 'Faster Than Light'

Sound designer Ben Prunty integrates audio into some of the most popular independent video games. He figures out how to make sounds that match the feel of the game and build tension at the perfect moments in action-packed adventures.