Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
January 30, 2006
CPB Radio's Program Fund Priorities
Unanimously
WHEREAS,
The Congress directed CPB to make available competitively for public radio programming production 7% of funds annually appropriated for public radio purposes; and
WHEREAS,
CPB has consulted extensively with stations and their representation organizations at regional and national meetings and through advisory panels on public radio's programming priorities for the future; and
WHEREAS,
CPB management has reviewed the panel's advice in the context of the current media environment; and
WHEREAS,
Based on the advice received, CPB management recommends CPB's public radio programming priorities build on public radio's service to the American people by funding projects that have a high potential to:
-- increase the value of the services public radio provides,
-- increase listening to public radio and the reach of its services,
-- increase the ethnic and age diversity of the people served, and
-- increase the development of new on-air talent.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
That the CPB Board of Directors hereby adopts the above recommendations as CPB Radio's Program Fund priorities.