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\"STUDIO<\/a>

NPR Studio 2A, home of NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, is one of the lots up for auction.<\/p><\/div>\n

National Public Radio (NPR<\/a>) is moving to a new building in Washington, DC. \u00a0They’re auctioning off all of the studio equipment and furniture they’re leaving behind.<\/p>\n

Here’s your chance to own a piece of radio history–and, perhaps, start your own radio station or recording studio!<\/p>\n

Click here to view the list of items up for auction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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National Public Radio (NPR) is moving to a new building in Washington, DC. \u00a0They’re auctioning off all of the studio equipment and furniture they’re leaving behind. Here’s your chance to own a piece of radio history–and, perhaps, start your own radio station or recording studio! Click here to view the list of items up for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,81,3],"tags":[274,1779,20,1778,1777],"class_list":["post-5954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-current-events","category-news","tag-national-public-radio","tag-national-public-radio-auction","tag-npr","tag-npr-auction","tag-npr-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1y2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9461,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/i-listen-to-npr-on-my-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":5954,"position":0},"title":"“I listen to NPR…on my shortwave radio”","author":"Thomas","date":"June 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year, National Public Radio (NPR) asked listeners when and how they listen to NPR. 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