CPB-Funded Programs & Projects
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AAPBS Station Administrative Training
Other
Funds for a three-day training program and operations manual for 10 Alaska public radio stations, detailing administrative and management responsibilities.
Accounting Software Purchase
Other
Funds to acquire the MicroInformation Products (MIP) nonprofit series accounting software package and related hardware and services. MIP will install the package, train the CoastAlaska staff, and ...
AFI Enhanced TV Workshop
Television
To explore and experiment in the development of new media content and services by bringing together television producers with established and emerging technology leaders in the enhanced television ...
APTI Membership Operations Outsourcing and Major Gifts Program Acceleration
Other
This grant allowed KAKM to outsource their membership fundraising operations while they planned the launch of a sustained major giving program by joining MajorGiving.com's Public Television Major ...
Bringing the State Capitol to Rural Audiences
Radio
Funds to enable KOSU-FM to adequately cover news events at the capitol and around the state using cost-effective transportation.
C.A.R.E (Community Radio of Alaska Regional Engineering) Team
Other
Funds to hire engineering consultants to provide support for the most urgent technical needs at each Community Radio of Alaska (CRA) station, including improving equipment maintenance schedules, ...
Capitol Hill Radio Unit
Radio
Funds to create a Capitol Hill radio unit to supply public radio stations with localized coverage of Congress. This new approach, led by broadcast journalist Melinda Wittstock, will make ...
Changing Directions: The New Funding Environment
Other
Funding to develop a major gifts program.
Charting the Territory: Strengthening Our Service
Other
Funds to continue research, strategic analysis, and recommendations in five key areas: program service differentiation, alignment of governance and service goals, productivity in revenue generation, ...
Community Journalism Initiative
Radio
Funds to acquire and install equipment to enable KMUN to begin the production of local newscasts to enhance community service.
Corporate Support Performance Initiative (CSPI)
Other
A two-part curriculum for public television corporate support managers and officers developed by PBS Development and an advisory group of corporate support officers with higher than average ...
CPB Public Television Station Activity Benchmarking Survey and Report FY 2002
Other
Expense, revenue and other performance information from all public television stations is collected and aggregated on-line, allowing individual stations to benchmark their operations against groups ...
CPB/PBS Producers Academy
Television
An agreement to fund professional development workshops at WGBH for emerging national producers of public television. Building on what has worked, the successful CPB/PBS Producers Academy will ...
Creating a User-Designed Rural News Service
Radio
Funds to allow WERU-FM to improve its service to the community by engaging the community in the creation of a listener-driven news service.
DEI-APR On-Air Fundraising Video
Other
For staff training by Development Exchange's on-air fundraising consultant specialists.
Development of Effective Board Governance Structure and Strategic Planning for WNEO
Other
The executive management staff and board of directors for WNEO (Akron, OH) were guided through a process that identified the cultural and professional changes needed in governance, board relations ...
Dual Service System
Other
Funds to promote and market Nevada Public Radio's second programming service in the Las Vegas area.
Education Leadership Academy
Education
This training program designed for general managers and station education professionals seeks to change the way station personnel view K-12 education and challenges the methodology they use to meet ...
Expand and Improve Northwest Public Radio's e-Marketing Capabilities
Other
Funding to improve the delivery of information and offer a competitive membership/marketing platform via the Internet.
Expand KRCB Outreach Through Online Upgrades
Web
Funds to expand and professionalize KRCB's Web site to better serve its listeners and to increase its interaction with the community.
Facilitation of 2003 Competitive Funds Consultation Meetings
Other
For planning and facilitation of two all-day consultative panel meetings.
Final Strategic Planning Meeting with Cornerstone Consulting at Capitol Hill Days 2003
Other
Funding allowed the National Friends of Public Broadcasting -- a group focused on the role volunteers play within the public broadcasting arena -- to establish a new strategic plan.
Final Transition to APTI, APRN Consolidation
Other
Funds to complete the final, legal consolidation of Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc. (APTI) and Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN), which will begin operation as a single entity by July 1, 2004.
FM Seed Market Conversion
Radio
Funds to provide coordination and technical assessment of policies, requirements and objectives pursuant to public radio's conversion to HD (digital) radio.
Getting To Know Our Listeners and Potential Listeners
Other
Funds to conduct audience research to inform future programming decisions so that WQUB can better fulfill its mission of providing engaging and informative programming to its community.
HD Radio Policy Strategy 2003
Radio
Funds to provide coordination and development of policies, requirements and objectives pursuant to public radio's conversion to HD (digital) radio.
High School Activities on the Internet
Web
This Web site highlights the athletic and fine arts achievements of the state's high school students with a mix of live reporting, archived records, pictures, graphics, audio and video, and helps ...
Improving Communication with Local Supporters
Other
Funds to acquire upgraded traffic software and hardware, a professional-quality phone system and live remote production equipment to enable KRZA to professionalize its operations and improve its ...
Improving Fund Raising Efficiency
Other
Funding to test the viability of a Virtual Direct Mail Manager system tailored for small market, rural stations and to develop a paperless pledge system.
Improving Local News and Cultural Programming
Other
Funds to acquire and install a series of fixed and portable transmitters and receivers, microphones, minidisc recorders and peripherals to enable KBUT to conduct live remote broadcasts from around ...
Individual Giving Best Practices Benchmarking and Training for Small Stations
Other
A group of 20 small stations nationwide improved their individual giving practices based on benchmarking analysis of their fundraising performance metrics using the DonorCentrics tool.
INPUT Producer Fellowship Grants
Other
The project funds fellowships for public television station staff and independent producers to attend the Independent Public Television Screening Conference (INPUT), a gathering of about 1,000 ...
Jazz Works: Strengthening Local Programming through Digital Production Partnerships Phase II
Radio
To continue the pioneering work in new production and distribution technology started through an initial CPB Future Fund grant in 1998.
KANZ Underwriting Development Program
Other
To create strategies, tactics and operations infrastructure for an ongoing underwriting development program.
KAXE Program Development Project
Radio
Funds to purchase equipment and train staff in its use to produce a new weekend program.
KBCS Audience Service Challenge Grant Phase II
Other
Funds to allow KBCS-FM/Bellevue to expand its listening audience and increase its community financial support to maintain compliance with CPB's community service grant program.
KCHU Engineering Survey and Long Range Technical Plan
Radio
Funds to help improve signal delivery, reception and strength, and to plan for future upgrades to digital broadcasting, and to improve service to its rural audiences.
KGTF (Guam) Engineering Consultation and Facilities Design Study
Other
KGTF (Barrigada, Guam) subcontracted with an engineering consultation firm to formulate a plan for the station's construction of DTV transmission, master control and studio facilities.
KHSU Crescent City Studio Renovation
Other
Funds to train staff from the Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness and other community volunteers who assist in the production of Crescent City-based local public affairs content. Grantee ...
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 Phase II
Other
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 ...
KSUT - KSJD Emergency Funding
Radio
KSUT will enter into a programming agreement with KSJD to maintain and improve service to rural listeners in Montezuma County, CO.
KSUT Audio Production Project
Radio
Funds to acquire production equipment to enable KSUT to originate more programming, provide full service local news, and improve emergency reporting to its community.
KTXT/KACV Collaborative Programming Outsource to KERA, Years 2 and 3
Other
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
Other
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
Other
Funds to regain full CPB support and continue on the growth path made possible by Phase I of this project.
KVNF Community Interface
Radio
Funds to train KVNF's on-air and pledge drive announcers to improve the station's presentation, and to improve the station's physical space, production capability, and public presentation both on ...
KWCM Additional Expenses Related to Allegiance Software
Other
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).
Mapping Public Radio's Independent Landscape
Other
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.
Metadata Dictionary for Public Broadcasting, Phases 2 and 3
Other
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 ...