CPB-Funded Programs & Projects
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Mid-Missouri News
Radio
Funds to create a space for newsgathering and news production so that KOPN staff and volunteers may begin to offer a regular, professionally-produced local news.
Montana PBS Engineering Consulting Services for Statewide Satellite Delivery
Other
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 ...
More Channels, More Service
Other
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
Other
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
Other
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 ...
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.
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
Other
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
Other
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
Other
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 ...
Northwest Regional News Project
Radio
Funds to expand an existing regional reporting cooperative involving eight public radio institutions and reaching key underserved regions of the Pacific Northwest. Two one-person news bureaus will be ...
On Air Fundraising Seminars 4 and 5, October 2002 and January 2003
Other
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.
Our Town
Outreach
Funds to develop and manage a community outreach program for KASU-FM that partners with local Chambers of Commerce and civic organizations to help bring significant local issues and personalities to ...
Public Outreach Efficiency Project
Outreach
Funds to acquire an Enco Audio recording automation system and a Dell field recording computer system to update and increase the efficiency by which the station records, schedules and delivers ...
Public Radio Collaboration II
Radio
Funds to help a collaboration of station, network and independent producers and national and international partners refine its model and test a self-financing mechanism built upon a fund-raising ...
Public Radio Individual Giving Quarterly Performance Index
Other
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 Radio Knowledge Base (PRKB) Web Development Project Update
Web
Funds to update the existing Public Broadcasting Knowledge Base Web site and database, providing radio professionals centralized access to information developed through CPB's competitive funds.
Public Television Major Giving Alliance for KVPT and KRCB
Other
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 ...
Radio IQ
Radio
Funds for an engineering study to assess WVTF's current translators with the goal of increasing reach and improving penetration, and to implement a marketing campaign for WVTF's RADIO IQ service, ...
Radio Kansas Public Awareness Campaign
Outreach
Funds to to design and conduct a campaign to generate public awareness of Radio Kansas' public radio programming.
Radio To Go!
Radio
Funds to acquire and install equipment in a mobile studio to improve WJFF's ability to collect program materials from all parts of its coverage area.
Revenue Summit II
Other
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 ...
RSI Technology Review
Other
Technical analysis of select Rural Service Initiative proposals.
Rural Weather Initiative
Other
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.
Saving KFJM
Radio
Funds to draft a public service operating agreement and to provide the equipment and other services necessary for Prairie Public Broadcasting to begin operating KFJM-FM, licensed to the University of ...
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 ...
SmartCaster Broadcast Automation System Project
Radio
Funds to help KLND-FM automate its program acquisition and delivery process in order to operate more efficiently and to provide a more consistent service to its audience.
Stations Archived Memories Phase 2: Toolkit Development and Distribution (SAM)
Other
Based on its own successful experience, KRMA (Denver, CO) developed and distributed a toolkit that other stations can use to to create digital archives of their history through video, photographs, ...
Strategic Planning for Small and Challenged Stations
Other
Financial analysis, site visits and consultative help on strategic planning and analysis of opportunities to make KMBH (Harlingen, TX), KSMQ (Austin, MN) and WLJT (Martin, TN) more financially stable.
Strengthen Development and Outreach of WEOS, Geneva
Other
Funds to acquire development software applications and equipment.
Surveying the Audience to Serve the Audience
Other
Funds to conduct qualitative research with KBBI and KDLL listeners on the Kenai Peninsula to help inform the stations' future programming decisions in order to better serve their listeners.
The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's Outreach Evaluation
Other
To evaluate the impact of outreach activity in pilot markets that received station outreach grants through the above Outreach Fund project in support of the national broadcast.
The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's Outreach Grant
Outreach
To offer station outreach grants to extend the reach of this 90-minute national program to unserved and underserved audiences, particularly rural audiences and ethnic minorities.
Timely News for a Rural Population
Radio
Funds to acquire production equipment and peripherals to help improve the timeliness and quality of the station's remote broadcasts and reporting for broadcast and online audiences.
Update KDNK Automation Systems
Radio
Funds to acquire and install equipment to upgrade KDNK's office and studio network.
Viewer and Member E-mail Management System Phase 3, Installation and Integration Models
Other
Further testing of CRL -- a comprehensive e-mail based customer service and communications software tool -- through use at three pilot stations (WGBH, Boston, MA; TPT, St. Paul, MN; and KVPT, Fresno, ...
Virtual Direct Mail Manager Pilot Initiative
Other
National pilot project to explore ways for rural stations to better analyze and conduct direct-mail fundraising across large geographic areas.
WCQS Emergency Power and Remote Control for Rural Repeater Locations
Television
Funds to acquire equipment needed to keep remote points of transmission free from interruption and on the air in all weather conditions.
Where Fun and Learning Click!
Web
CPB launched the Where Fun and Learning Click! Initiative to engage "tweens" in public broadcasting through Web content. CPB funding supports the migration of four Web sites to PBSkids.org, ...
WIPR AM-FM Audience Service Challenge Grant Phase I
Other
To create and implement a plan to grow audience and develop as a public radio service institution.
WKMS Membership Database
Other
Funds to upgrade the station's membership database.
WMKY Emergency Funding
Radio
Emergency funding to repair extensive damage from a February 2003 ice storm.
WMMT Audience/Community Research Project
Other
Funds to conduct qualitative audience research and analysis for WMMT-FM to provide better information about its current and potential audience and to inform future programming decisions.
WMRA Membership and Traffic Software Improvement
Other
Funding to upgrade the station's membership software.
WNMU Best Practices Jump-Start
Other
Funding to update membership database software.
WOMR Local News Project
Radio
Funds to acquire and install equipment to enable WOMR to produce local remote and in-studio newscasts to enhance service to its community.
WOUB Audience Service Challenge Grant
Other
To improve WOUB-AM/FM's public service, specifically increasing the listening audience and community financial support.
WSLU Database System Upgrade
Other
Funding for purchase and implementation of a new database system to manage donor information.