Fiscal Year 2011
Expenditure period: 10/1/2010 - 9/30/2012
The FY 2011 Radio grant calculations are based on three assumptions:
- First, and most important, that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting receives the full FY 2011 public broadcasting appropriation of $430 million on October 1, 2010, 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 2009 nonfederal financial support (NFFS) for your grantee will not be modified subsequently, and
- Third, that there will be 414 radio grantees participating in the CSG program.
Changes affecting any of these assumptions could result in adjustments to the actual grants provided.
The final Incentive Rate of Return (IRR), applicable to CSG Levels C and D, is .064888. Fluctuation in IRR from year to year is a function of total radio system NFFS and the CPB appropriation. Please note there is a two year lag between station financial data used for CSGs and the CPB fiscal year.
FY 2011 Unrestricted Percentage: 73.4%
FY 2011 Restricted Percentage: 26.7%*
*All radio CSG recipients are required to spend 26.7% of the FY 2011 grant on national program production and acquisition. These funds must be used exclusively for the acquisition, production, promotion and distribution of national programming of high quality, diversity, creativity, excellence and innovation, with strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature.
FY 2011 Base Grant Amounts:
- Level A: $100,000
- Level B: $69,875
- Level C: $69,875
- Level D: $55,900
CSG Formulas
NFFS = Non-Federal Financial Support
The information below provides a basic overview of Minority Audience Service Station and Rural Audience Service Station qualification. More information is available in the Radio CSG General Provisions.
Minority Audience Service Station Support
A grantee seeking Minority Audience Service Station qualification is based on the grantee meeting at least one of the criteria below.
- A measured minority audience composition (cume) greater than 35 percent averaged over the previous three consecutive measured quarters; or
- The station is licensed to a designated Historically Black College or University; or
- The station is licensed to a Native American Tribe, a consortium of Tribes, or an entity controlled by a Tribe, or is licensed to a community within recognized Tribal Lands and provides a coverage area of which a substantial portion includes Tribal Lands.
Rural Audience Service Station Support
A grantee seeking Rural Audience Service Station qualification must have a coverage area population equal to or less than 40 people per square kilometer.
Contact CPB
All questions about this information should be directed to the Office of Grants Administration at isis@cpb.org.