Television Station Grant Calculations
Fiscal Year 2008
The following is final information on the grant calculations for the FY 2008 Television Community Service Grants, Television Local Service Grants, and Television Distance Service Grants. The FY 2008 Television grant calculations are based on three assumptions:
- First, and most important, that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting receives the full FY 2008 public broadcasting appropriation of $400 million on October 1, 2007, and that CPB is not subject to any subsequent rescission or other reduction in funding from Congress. Final decisions on possible rescissions or cutbacks might not be known by October 1, but could come later in the fiscal year.
- Second, that the final amount of FY 2006 nonfederal financial support (NFFS) for your grantee will not be modified subsequently, and
- Third, that there will be 173 television grantees participating in the CSG program.
Community Service Grant
Base Grant
The statutory allocated base grant is $440,000*
*The base grant referenced above applies to all grantees except those in designated overlap markets. Grantees in designated overlap markets, will divide equally one single base grant.
Program Service Differentiation
In recognition of the need to encourage diverse program services reflecting the wide-ranging needs of un-served and underserved audiences, CPB will continue to provide an incentive to those grantees in designated overlap markets that substantially differentiate their programming from the market’s primary grantee. (A primary grantee is defined as the grantee with the greatest NFFS in the market.)
The desired outcome:
- Encourage service to minority and diverse audiences
- Recognize as an asset the service provided by distinctly different service missions in multi-grantee markets
- Discourage redundant and competitive service objectives
Qualifying grantees' NFFS will be weighted as follows:
- up to its first $2 million, the NFFS would be multiplied by a factor of 1.75
- between $2 million and $4 million the NFFS would be multiplied by a factor of 1.25
CSG Formula
The formula used to calculate a grantee's CSG (except in the situations cited above) is:
Grantee's FY 2006 Weighted NFFS X 0.094067 + Base Grant
Local Service Grant
In recognition of the special needs and challenges of small grantees and the role they play in providing universal access to free over the air local public television services, CPB will continue to provide a local service grant to grantees with less than $2 million in nonfederal financial support (NFFS).
The desired outcome is to strengthen local services such as:
- Outreach initiatives
- Educational projects and services
- Operational efficiencies
- Implementation of best practices
- Financial planning
- Professional development
The grant amount is calculated as a share of a total pool of $3 million. Each eligible grantee's share is inversely proportional to its share of the aggregate NFFS of all eligible grantees.
Distance Service Grant
In recognition of the goal of universal service, of the efficiency of multiple transmitter operations and of the additional costs of serving multiple communities, a distance service grant will be provided to operators of three or more transmitters.
The desired outcome is to strengthen local services in distant communities such as:
- Outreach
- Educational workshops and training
- Local Content
The grant level will be based on the number of transmitters and/or translators a grantee operates. For purposes of calculation, the operation of 10 translators is equivalent to one transmitter.
The grant amount will be calculated as a percentage of the CSG base grant, with those grantees operating a greater number of transmitters receiving a larger grant. The maximum distance service grant for those grantees operating 12 or more transmitters will not exceed 80% of the base grant.
| Number of Transmitters | % of Base Grant |
|---|---|
| 3 | 5.0 |
| 4 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 20 |
| 7 | 30 |
| 8 | 40 |
| 9 | 50 |
| 10 | 60 |
| 11 | 70 |
| 12 or more | 80 |
Contact CPB
All questions about this information or regarding the FY 2008 calculations should be directed to the Office of Grants Administration at grants@cpb.org.