Hear Multi-Generational Stories of Americans across the Country in Digital Clarity with the Latest HD Radio Receiver this Holiday

What:           Experience the first ever ‘National Day of Listening' on National Public Radio member stations this Friday, November 28, broadcasting in crystal-clear sound - only with HD Radio.  

NPR, in partnership with StoryCorps, will air a special series November 22-November 28 featuring interviews among 10 popular NPR hosts, correspondents and commentators with their own friends and family, as well as an exclusive interview led by Dorothy Bush Koch with her brother President Bush.  The special StoryCorp series will be brought to life with an upgraded receiver, which also makes the perfect holiday gift for loved ones this season.

More than 1,800 AM and FM stations are broadcasting using HD Radio technology and more than 900 are offering subscription-free HD2/3 multicast channels on the FM dial. To find the hundreds of NPR member stations now broadcasting with HD Radio technology, please visit HDRadio.com.

Where:       Give the gift of an HD Radio receiver for the home or car by clicking on a link below. HD Radio products are available at 14,000 retail stores and online.  Below is a sampling of the latest and greatest HD Radio receivers. 

Be sure to visit the HD Radio buyers guide, or the NPR Store for more. 

                              For the home:

• Jensen JiMS-525i MSRP: $149.99
• Sony XDR-S10HDiP MSRP: $179.95
• Polk Audio I-Sonic ES2 MSRP: $399.00
• Coby HDR-650">http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servl">HDR-650 MSRP: $ 99.99
• iLuv i168 MSRP: $ 99.99

For automobiles:

• Alpine TUA-T550HD MSRP: $199.99
• Dual XHD7720 MSRP: $179.99
• JVC KD-HDR30 MSRP: $159.99
• Jensen Mobile HD5212 MSRP: $ 99.99

When:          National Listening Day is on Friday, November 29, 2008.

For more information on NPR and the ‘National Day of Listening,' go to http://www.npr.org/multimedia/2008/11/ndol/ndol.html

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For more information, contact:

Vicki Stearn                                                                  Scott Cianciulli/Jo Anne Barrameda

iBiquity Digital Corp.                                                     Brainerd Communicators, Inc.

443-539-4345                                                              212-986-6667

stearn@ibiquity.com                                                    cianciulli@braincomm.com

                                                                                    barrameda@braincomm.com

Note to editors: "HD Radio" and the "HD Radio" logo are proprietary trademarks of iBiquity Digital Corp.  The "HD" in HD Radio^TM is part of iBiquity Digital's brand name for its advanced digital AM/FM system. It does not mean hybrid digital or high-definition digital; both of these are incorrect.