CPB-Funded Programs & Projects
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KMHD-FM Audience Service Challenge Grant
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Funds to conduct an independent comprehensive evaluation of radio station operations and craft a plan to improve listening and or community financial support to meet CPB's audience service criteria.
KNCT On Air Pledge Training
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On-site training of pledge talent to improve their presentation and performance during the station's pledge drives.
KPTS Emergency Finance Audit
Other
Experiencing substantial financial set backs and realizing that their internal financial reporting mechanisms were no longer reliable, KPTS (Wichita, KS) requested an emergency audit. The audit ...
KRCL-FM Audience Service Challenge Grant
Other
Funds to conduct an independent comprehensive evaluation of radio station operations and craft a plan to improve listening and or community financial support to meet CPB's audience service criteria.
KRCL-FM Audience Service Challenge Phase II
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Funds to implement Phase I recommendations to improve the station's public service, increase its listening audience, and foster its sustainability via increased community financial support audience ...
KTXT/KACV Collaborative Programming Outsource to KERA, Years 2 and 3
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Two small stations -- KACV (Amarillo, TX) and KTXT (Lubbock, TX) -- outsourced their television program scheduling activities to KERA (Dallas/Fort Worth), offering KERA a new revenue stream and ...
KUFM Building Reconstruction
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Funds to acquire and install a new pre-fabricated building and wiring to accommodate the KUFM's recent acquisition of a new transmitter.
KUNV Audience Service Challenge Grant Phase II
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Funds to regain full CPB support and continue on the growth path made possible by Phase I of this project.
KWCM Additional Expenses Related to Allegiance Software
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This grant helped KWCM (Appleton, MN) cover additional expenses related to the training and support needed to convert their database of donor information to a new software solution (Allegiance).
Lapsed Member Meetings
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Consulting services to convene and conduct discussions with development professionals about the causes and potential solutions to lapsed membership in public television.
Mapping Public Radio's Independent Landscape
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Funds for a study to provide the public radio system with a clearer view of how independent producers serve listeners. The research will inform new models of service within the programming landscape.
Membership Research and Archiving Project Meeting
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System-wide and individual station presentations of findings from research gathered through the Development Indexing and Archiving, and Public Television 2001 Image and Membership Research projects.
Metadata Dictionary for Public Broadcasting, Phases 2 and 3
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Continued work toward a shared protocol for labeling public broadcasting's digital assets (including video, audio, text, web, graphic and learning object materials). The metadata dictionary will lay ...
Montana PBS Engineering Consulting Services for Statewide Satellite Delivery
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Montana PBS -- working with an engineering firm –- developed a list of functional requirements for a statewide satellite distribution model including details about necessary uplink and ...
Montana PBS Underwriting Strategic Planning and Training
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Expansion of underwriting staff and engagement of consulting services for training and creating a strategic underwriting plan for Montana PBS.
More Channels, More Service
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Funds to work with 12 interested stations to prepare them for the opportunity to extend, diversify and enhance their services to local audiences.
Museum of Television and Radio Video Archiving
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Support the Museum of Television and Radio's efforts to archive and catalogue 40 new hours of public television programming and 35 hours from archived programming to add to the permanent collection.
NALIP Conference
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Annual support for the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) conference and for the third edition of the Latino Media Resource Guide, a publication and online database used by ...
National Program Service Signature Series Research Initiative
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Study of PBS primetime signature programming series in light of declining audiences. Series evaluated include: American Experience, American Masters, Frontline, Masterpiece Theatre, Nature, The ...
National Teacher Training Institute
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Training for teachers in ways to incorporate the Internet, software and other multimedia resources into standards-based lesson plans. Lesson plans integrate public broadcasting content into classroom ...
Native American Assessment: Business and Infrastructure
Other
Funds to develop a comprehensive plan for investment in public radio services by or about Native Americans, and to assess the service needs of listeners as well as financial, infrastructure, and ...
Native American Assessment: Dynamic Inquiry Process and Leadership Assessment
Other
Funds to assess the service needs of listeners, the strength, concerns, and ambitions of existing system and tribal leaders, and the opportunities for further leadership development.
NBPC Technology Now Conference
Other
A technology and new media leadership summit and workshop co-presented by NBPC and WGBH in Boston that brought digital leaders together with public broadcasting and minority producers to establish a ...
NETA-PTV Individual Giving Meeting and Pledge Workshop
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Conference management services for the CPB Public Television Individual Giving Meeting and Pledge Workshop held January 2002 in Las Vegas.
New Basics Project
Other
Funds to test, develop and establish proven practices of online marketing and customer relationship strategies for public radio stations, and to explore solutions for the integration of online and ...
New Media Rights Counsel
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Franklin, Weinrib will be engaged to advise and assist CPB and major public television entities in protecting their rights in new media and the multiplatform distribution of projects, as well as ...
New Studio for WVLS
Other
Funds to acquire and install a mixing board, equipment racks, a telephone system, a tower, off-air antennas, a computer and other peripherals to outfit WVLS' new studio.
New York Joint Master Control
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This grant allowed WNET and WLIW to plan and implement a joint master control operation -- a milestone on the path to the merger to the two stations.
Non-Arbitron Broadcast Coverage Research
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Funds to help design and collect audience data for the Nebraska Public Radio Network in order to inform future programmatic and development decisions.
Northern California Community Radio Network Development Plan
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Funds for a feasibility study, audience research, budget development and operating plans necessary to create a regional community radio network that will enhance and extend the public radio service ...
On Air Fundraising Seminars
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Seminars to improve stations pledge practices. One-half of the attending stations will participate in a long-term quantitative study to measure the seminar's impact.
On Air Fundraising Seminars 4 and 5, October 2002 and January 2003
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Seminars for more general managers and development officers from more than 60 stations on "best practices" for pledges -- such as donor diversity, competitive scheduling and a strategic, data ...
On-air Program Promotions Insight Study
Other
Funds to conduct research and analysis on the effectiveness of on-air program promotion tactics. Results will be shared with producers and station personnel to help improve listener service.
Online Education Service Launch Report
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A report about the Online Education Service to help educators and the public broadcasting system understand the activities leading to the launch of a proposed new service.
Opening Presentation and Facilitation of Pledge Workshop
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Funds for presentations at and facilitation of the Spring Pledge Workshop in January 2002 in Las Vegas.
Peter Brinckerhoff: Mission-based Management Presentation
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Keynote presentation, "Good Boards, Better Non-Profits, Stronger Communities" during the CPB-hosted luncheon at the 2003 NETA Conference.
Phil Craig Consulting Services
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Phil Craig will consult with the producer/director of Islam vs. Islamists, one of the films produced for America at a Crossroads that has not yet been approved for PBS broadcast.
Premium Fulfillment for PTV: Business Models for a National Service, Phase III
Other
Feasibility analysis of an independent entity that would solely support large scale station acquisition and fulfillment of pledge premiums.
Public Broadcasting Oral History Program
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Three-year project to document 35 years of innovative pioneers and groundbreaking programming on public radio and television. James Fellows and Chloe Aaron will conduct audio taped interviews with ...
Public Radio Individual Giving Quarterly Performance Index
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Through research and analysis, Target Analysis Group will provide a quarterly index of key performance indicators in member support for the public radio system.
Public Television Major Giving Alliance for KVPT and KRCB
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With these grants, the stations were able to become a part of the Public Television Major Giving Alliance -- MajorGiving.com's client consortium of public television stations either starting or ...
Reinventing the PBS Sponsorship Group
Other
Consulting services to lead participating managers and PBS board of directors through a business re-engineering exercise.
Revenue Summit II
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To convene radio general managers and engage them in assessing and prioritizing ways in which current revenue challenges can be met, remind them of tools already available, and mobilize them to join ...
Revision of the Public Television Programmer's Handbook
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Revision, updating, and distribution of the Public Television Programmer's Handbook.
RSI Technology Review
Other
Technical analysis of select Rural Service Initiative proposals.
Rural Weather Initiative
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Funds to acquire equipment and software for 11 of the grantee's rural stations to help them provide timely and reliable local weather forecasts and severe weather alerts.
SILVERDOCS
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Support for the competitive SILVERDOCS festival, created by AFI and Discovery to showcase documentaries from around the world, as well as focus on CPB and public television content development.
Silverdocs Festival and International Documentary Conference: 2006-2008
Other
A three-year project supporting the Silverdocs Festival and International Documentary Conference, a film showcase that draws more than 15,000 participants from around the world, among them ...
Small Station Pledge Consortium Planning Study
Other
KACV and a consortium of smaller market stations worked with a scriptwriter from KVIE in Sacramento to create a set of full length, prerecorded on-air appeals for funds to be aired around specific ...
State of the Consumer Report Presentation
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Presentation of the Yankelovich Monitor 2001 State of the Consumer Report, "The Truth about Empowerment... Getting it Right in Uncertain Times" at the PTV Individual Giving Meeting and Spring ...