President & CEO, Minnesota Public Radio, American Public Media Group, American Public Media
Minnesota Public Radio
bkling@mpr.org
Bill Kling serves as President and CEO of American Public Media Group (APMG). APMG is the nonprofit parent company of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), American Public Media and the sole shareholder of the for-profit Greenspring Company. Mr. Kling also serves as CEO of MPR|APM and of Greenspring Company.
Mr. Kling is the founding president of MPR|APM and APMG and is responsible for MPR's three regional networks of 37 public radio stations and its national program production centers in St. Paul and Los Angeles. American Public Media is the second largest national producer of public radio programming, following National Public Radio (NPR) in Washington. APMG is also the parent company for Southern California Public Radio (SCPR). SCPR operates radio station KPCC and KUOR serving a population of 14 million people in the Los Angeles area. Greenspring is the parent company for Greenspring Media Group, a diversified regional and national magazine publishing and event management company.
Mr. Kling is also co-founder, director and chairman of Gather.com Inc., a Web-based, user-driven media venture operating in Boston.
Mr. Kling is a Regent of St. John's University. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the JL Foundation in Los Angeles. He was an incorporator and founding director of National Public Radio and the founding chair and president of Public Radio International, which was formed as a subsidiary of APMG.
Mr. Kling holds a bachelor's degree in economics from St. John's University and a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Communication at Boston University.
