CPB Board of Directors to Meet September 15 and 16, 2009

For Immediate Release on September 8, 2009

The CPB Board of Directors will meet on Tuesday, September 15, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm and Wednesday, September 16, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm in Washington, DC. On the draft agenda:

Day One:

- Chair's and Directors' Remarks and Reports

- President's Report

- Committee Chair Reports

- Report on CPB Appropriations Request to OMB

- Review of Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form

- Review of FY 2010 Operating Budget

- Review of Goals and Objectives and FY 2010 Business Plan (portions in executive session)

- Personnel Matter (executive session)

- Update on Stations in Financial Distress

- Update on FY 2009 Goals and Objectives and Business Plan Initiatives

Day Two:

- Update on FY 2009 Goals and Objectives and Business Plan Initiatives (continued)

- "Dialogue and Diversity in the Digital Age" - Report from Nashville Public Television

- "Families Stand Together" - Report from Sesame Street Workshop

- Election of Chair and Vice Chair

- Discussion of Proposed Calendar Year 2010 Meeting Dates/Locations

With the exception of the executive session, the public may attend and listen to this meeting in the Blair-Killian Board Room, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 401 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

About CPB

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,300 locally-owned and -operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services.

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