FY 2017 Radio Station Grant Calculations

Expenditure period: 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2018

The following is updated information regarding grant calculations for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Radio Community Service Grants (CSG).

FY 2017 Appropriation

The FY 2017 CSG pool is based on a general CPB appropriation for FY 2017 of $445,000,000.

70 Percent in the First Payment

In accordance with the CPB Board’s resolution of September 2012 and reaffirmed at the April 2016 Board meeting, CPB will once again provide each grantee with 70 percent of its annual CSG in its first payment.

Important Note: As stated on each grantee’s FY 2017 CSG Agreement and Certification of Eligibility form, the grant offer is contingent upon CPB's receipt of its authorized appropriation for FY 2017 and is subject to decreases.

Incentive Rate of Return

The Incentive Rate of Return (IRR), applicable to CSG Levels C and D, is 0.0565930006. Fluctuation in IRR from year to year is a function of total radio system non-Federal financial support (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 2017 Unrestricted Percentage:                                              73.93%
FY 2017 Restricted Percentage:                                                  26.07%*

*All radio CSG recipients are required to spend 26.07 percent of the FY 2017 CSG on national program production and acquisition costs and be used exclusively for the acquisition, production, promotion and/or 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 2017 Base Grant Amounts (based on current budget level):

Level A: $100,000
Level B: $72,313
Level C: $72,313
Level D: $57,850

 

Minority Audience Service Station Support

A station is designated as a Minority Audience Service Station if it meets at least one of the criteria below.

  • A measured minority audience composition (cume) greater than 45 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) a Native American Tribe; b) a consortium of Native American Tribes; or c) an entity controlled by a Native American Tribe, its community of license is within recognized tribal lands, and a substantial portion of its coverage area includes tribal lands.

Rural Audience Service Station Support

A station is designated as a Rural Audience Service Station if it has a coverage area population density 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 csg@cpb.org. Remember to always identify your station call letters and/or grantee ID number so that we can respond quickly to your inquiry.