Grants and RFPs for Television Stations
Rural Station Digital Equipment Emergency Recovery Grants
CPB has set aside $500,000 of the remaining Digital appropriation funds to provide emergency financial assistance to rural, economically-challenged public TV and radio stations to purchase and install digital master control room and/or transmission equipment that has been damaged or destroyed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or act of terrorism.
- WHO Rural public TV and radio stations who meet additional eligibility criteria.
- WHAT Emergency financial assistance to rural, economically-challenged public TV and radio stations to purchase and install digital master control room and/or transmission equipment damaged or destroyed by a natural or man-made disaster or act of terrorism.
- DEADLINE Rolling
Support for Participation in TV Multi-Station Master Controls
This program will assist eligible public TV stations with grants to pay for equipment or fees that are required to participate in existing multi-station master control projects. CPB will provide grants of up to 50% of total project costs for eligible budget items up to $50,000. Priority for grant support will be given to stations that are likely to encounter difficulty in securing capital equipment funding (based on market size, type of service, location or other circumstance), with the highest priority among these being rural stations. Please also note that priority will be given to grantees that plan to participate in multi-station master control projects that are currently operated by public television stations and organizations.
- WHO CSG-eligible TV stations who meet additional eligibility criteria.
- WHAT This program will assist eligible public TV stations with grants to pay for equipment or fees that are required to participate in existing multi-station master control projects.
- DEADLINE June 30, 2013
Collaborative Operations and Services Grant Program
The Collaborative Operations and Services Grant Program (COS) supports projects that use mergers, consolidations, functional integration, centralization or collaboration to assist public media stations in allocating more of their financial, human and other resources toward delivering content and services and less on administrative or operational activities.
- WHO TV, Joint or Radio CSG recipients in good standing, collaborations of CSG recipients, independent joint ventures formed prior to proposal by CSG recipients, and/or existing non-profit organizations that deliver services to, or represent, CSG recipients.
- WHAT Assist public media stations in allocating more resources toward delivering content and services and less toward administrative or operational activities, via mergers, consolidations, functional integration, centralization or collaboration.
- DEADLINE April 30, 2013; June 30, 2013
Local Journalism Centers
CPB seeks to enhance the capacity of public radio and television stations to create high quality original journalism by supporting the establishment of multimedia reporting collaborations or Local Journalism Centers (LJCs) among small groups of stations. CPB is offering grants to qualified groups of three or more stations willing to form LJCs.
- WHO Qualified groups of 3 or more public broadcasting stations
- WHAT Funding to form multi-platform reporting Local Journalism Centers that will result in an elevated quality and quantity of journalism designed to better serve their collective audience.
- DEADLINE April 19, 2013
