CPB Grant Programs that Help Public Media Stations Succeed Kate Arno ▪ Director, TV CSG Policy & Review Deborah Carr ▪ Director, CSG Radio Administration Kristina Cushing ▪ VP, Media Strategy Operations 1 Healthy Stations • Financially strong and efficient • Deeply engaged with community • Delivering and developing content on many technology platforms • Editorially sound and transparent 2 Healthy Stations 120% 100% 80% Operations & Admin 60% Content & Services 40% 20% 0% 1 2 3 CPB Grants • Collaborative Operations and Services • TV CSG: Merger and Consolidation • TV CSG: Collaborative Bandwidth • Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program 4 Collaborative Operations and Services • Two or more CSG recipients (radio or TV) • Funding up to $750,000 • Two types of grants: • “FAR” • Facilitation, analysis, and research • Help stations develop vision, financial and governance plans • Smaller grant $ • “Implementation” • Help stations finalize comprehensive collaboration • Larger grant $$$ 5 Collaborative Operations and Services • Proposals must include: • • • • Station commitments Collaboration plan Demonstrated need Project budget 6 Collaborative Operations and Services 7 TV CSG: Merger and Consolidation Purpose: • Encourages grantees to enter into new operating agreements to • Maintain universal service • Increase operational efficiency • Involve at least two stations • With a signed operating agreement 8 TV CSG: Merger and Consolidation • TV Merger – Universal Service • Funds up to the equivalent of the FY2014 CSG of Grantee facing closure • At least one station at high risk of closure • No more than 20% duplicate coverage area • Deadline: July 1, 2014 9 TV CSG: Merger and Consolidation • TV Merger – Operational Efficiency • Requires proof of scale or efficiencies • Funds up to 25% of combined FY2014 CSGs of participating stations, distributed equally • Deadline: July 1, 2014 10 CSG: Television Collaborative Bandwidth Purpose: • Encourages CSG grantees in overlap coverage markets to agreements to cooperatively use their bandwidth in a more creative and efficient manner. • • • • More cost effective use of bandwidth Reduction in station expenses Improved public service New source of revenue 11 CSG: Television Collaborative Bandwidth Requirements: • At least 2 participants must have at least 80% overlap. • Stations in multi-provider markets get preference. • Collaborating agreement in writing and ratified. Funding: • 3 or fewer stations, $250,000 each station for 3 years • 4 or more stations, $750,000 divided equally for 3 years • Deadline: July 1, 2014 12 TV CSG: Collaborative Bandwidth 13 Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program • Goal: To provide an incentive and support strategic alignment of the public radio system to achieve more effective and efficient scale, and maximize station resources and assets to significantly increase public service. 14 Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 TOTAL = $9,000,000 Qualifying Stations receive $150,000 base grant for up to 3 years 15 Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program • Full operational consolidations • Under one executive management structure • Mergers/LMAs/Acquisitions 16 Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program • Administrative collaborations under central management • Combing at least two operational areas: • HR • Financial • Engineering/IT OR • Development 17 Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program Multi-Station Consolidations MINIMUM # OF RADIO CSG RECIPIENTS MINIMUM COMBINED RADIO CSG RECIPIENT NFFS 2 $6 million 3 $3 million MINIMUM INDIVIDUAL RADIO CSG RECIPIENT NFFS All participating radio CSG recipients must have individual NFFS of no less than $1.5 million. All participating radio CSG recipients must have individual NFFS of no less than $1 million. 18 4 or more $1 million N/A Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program Multi-Station Operational and/or Development Collaborations MINIMUM # OF RADIO CSG RECIPIENTS 2 3 4 or more MINIMUM COMBINED RADIO CSG RECIPIENT NFFS MINIMUM INDIVIDUAL RADIO CSG RECIPIENT NFFS $6 million All participating radio CSG recipients must have individual NFFS of no less than $1.5 million. $3 million All participating radio CSG recipients must have individual NFFS of no less than $1.5 million. $1.5 million All participating radio CSG recipients must have individual NFFS of no less than $300,000. Stations below $300,000 may be included in the OC and DC, and their NFFS will be counted toward meeting the aggregate NFFS minimum. 19 Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program • Application deadline: July 28, 2014 • Ratified and Implemented Agreement: • • • • Executed by governing body of each CSG participant No sooner than January 1, 2014 No later than July 28, 2013 Full implementation by June 30, 2015 • Local Service Plan (“LSP”): An agreed upon plan that lays out the goals, budgets, costs, benefits, organizational structure and clearly defined roles for key staff. • Annual Certification collaboration/consolidation still in effect. 20 Radio CSG: Station Collaboration Program 21 For more information… Collaborative Operations and Services http://www.cpb.org/grants/grant.php?id=423 CSG: Television Merger and Consolidation CSG: Television Collaborative Bandwidth http://cpb.org/stations/grants/tv/generalprovisions/ CSG: Radio Station Collaboration http://www.cpb.org/stations/grants/radio/collaboration.html 22 CPB Grant Programs that Help Public Media Stations Succeed Kate Arno ▪ Director, TV CSG Policy & Review Deborah Carr ▪ Director, CSG Radio Administration Kristina Cushing ▪ VP, Media Strategy Operations 23
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