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Murray Street Enterprise

A Lower Manhattan-based audio, radio, podcasting and digital media production and marketing company known for award-winning public radio programming.

Last updated September 29, 2026

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Overview

Murray Street Enterprise, which operates publicly as Murray Street Productions and Marketing (MSP), is an American audio, radio, podcasting and digital media production and marketing company based in Lower Manhattan, New York City. According to its own materials, it has built an international reputation for innovation across production and technical direction, marketing and distribution, working through a network of independent producers and engineers. Its output has spanned public radio programs, live broadcast events, audiobooks ("books on tape"), audio installations, a sports broadcasting network, and a groundbreaking daily series, and it has since expanded into digital media such as live web streaming, podcasting and satellite broadcast. The company's portfolio of productions and co-productions includes titles such as The Territory of Art, One People Many Voices, Passover Dreams, HEAT with John Hockenberry, Independent Minds, Honky Tonks, Hymns & the Blues, Future Forward, Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio, W.C. Handy's Blues, Heavenly Sight, European Jazz Stage, Swingtime, Pulse of the Planet, Symphony Space, LA Theater Works, Fred Friendly and JazzStories. These works have earned two George Foster Peabody Awards as well as honors from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the International Radio Festivals, the Catholic Academy, the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), including three Grammy nominations. Murray Street collaborates with respected presenters and institutions in the performing arts and culture sector, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, the National Park Service and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). It maintains long-standing alliances with National Public Radio, Public Radio International and Public Radio Exchange, and has a history of distributing programs directly to public and commercial outlets. Its services are organized around production, marketing, consulting, and distribution. As a privately held company, Murray Street Enterprise does not appear to be publicly listed, and detailed corporate ownership or founding information is not provided in the available sources. Its brand identity is closely tied to the public radio and podcasting ecosystem, and its flagship offerings include Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio and its companion podcast series JazzStories, which the company describes as adding musicians' own words to their music.

History

Murray Street Enterprise, publicly known as Murray Street Productions and Marketing, is an American audio and radio production and marketing company based in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The company describes itself as having built an international reputation for innovation in audio, radio, podcasting and digital media, covering production and technical direction as well as marketing and distribution. Its work is carried out through a network of independent producers and engineers. Over its history, Murray Street has crafted programs for public radio, broadcast live events, helped pioneer books on tape, fashioned audio installations, built a sports broadcasting network, and created what it describes as a groundbreaking, rule-breaking, award-winning daily series. Its activities have expanded into digital media including live web streaming, podcasting and satellite broadcast. Among its productions and co-productions are The Territory of Art, One People Many Voices, Passover Dreams, HEAT with John Hockenberry, Independent Minds, Honky Tonks, Hymns & the Blues, Future Forward and Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio. These works have won two George Foster Peabody Awards and honors from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the International Radio Festivals, the Catholic Academy, the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), which included three Grammy nominations. The company collaborates with major cultural and performance presenters such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, the National Park Service and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). It maintains long-standing alliances with National Public Radio, Public Radio International and Public Radio Exchange, and has a history of distributing programs directly to public and commercial outlets. More recently, Murray Street has emphasized digital media activities, including podcasting. Its JazzStories series, a companion to Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio, presents jazz musicians telling their own stories alongside their music, with short presenter introductions, and is available as podcasts and for download from iTunes. The company's program archive also lists titles such as W.C. Handy's Blues, Heavenly Sight, European Jazz Stage, Swingtime, Pulse of the Planet, Symphony Space, LA Theater Works and Fred Friendly. The company's website copyright notice spans 2015–26, indicating ongoing activity into the mid-2020s.

  • Murray Street productions and co-productions win two George Foster Peabody Awards.

  • The company receives three Grammy nominations from NARAS.

  • JazzStories is released as a companion podcast to Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio, available via iTunes.

  • The company's website copyright notice spans 2015–26, indicating continued operation into the mid-2020s.

Products and positioning

An independent, award-winning audio and radio production and marketing company serving public radio, cultural institutions and digital media audiences.

  • Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio

    A public radio program produced with Jazz at Lincoln Center.

  • JazzStories

    A podcast companion to Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio in which jazz musicians tell their own stories alongside their music.

  • HEAT with John Hockenberry

    A production/co-production listed among the company's award-winning works.

  • The Territory of Art

    A production/co-production listed among the company's award-winning works.

  • Pulse of the Planet

    A daily series listed in the company's program archive.

  • W.C. Handy's Blues

    A program listed in the company's archive.

  • Heavenly Sight

    A program listed in the company's archive.

  • European Jazz Stage

    A program listed in the company's archive.

  • Swingtime

    A program listed in the company's archive.

  • Symphony Space

    A program listed in the company's archive.

  • LA Theater Works

    A program listed in the company's archive.

  • Fred Friendly

    A program listed in the company's archive.

  • Independent Minds

    A production/co-production listed among the company's works.

  • One People Many Voices

    A production/co-production listed among the company's works.

  • Passover Dreams

    A production/co-production listed among the company's works.

  • Honky Tonks, Hymns & the Blues

    A production/co-production listed among the company's works.

  • Future Forward

    A production/co-production listed among the company's works.

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