GOP Targets NHPTV

[UNHWildCats]

The New Hampshire legislature is working to end the $5 million subsidy the University of New Hampshire gets to run New Hampshire Public Television.

The Senate Majority leader also said if the University finds the $5 million to run the station within its current budget they will then cut the University budget by $5 million on top of ending the $5 million subsidy they get.

[blueballs]

If the programming NHPTV runs is compelling and interesting it should have no problem raising the funds to run it in the private sector... just like every other media outlet except NPR.

[bulldog10jw]

The New Hampshire legislature is working to end the $5 million subsidy the University of New Hampshire gets to run New Hampshire Public Television.

The Senate Majority leader also said if the University finds the $5 million to run the station within its current budget they will then cut the University budget by $5 million on top of ending the $5 million subsidy they get.

[SDHornet]

If the programming NHPTV runs is compelling and interesting it should have no problem raising the funds to run it in the private sector... just like every other media outlet except NPR.

This. The public TV station here in SD does fund raiser pretty much year round and they find the ways and means to stay on the air.*

*I think SDSU runs it and I don't know if any of the their annual budget goes towards keeping it afloat.

[UNHWildCats]

If the programming NHPTV runs is compelling and interesting it should have no problem raising the funds to run it in the private sector... just like every other media outlet except NPR.

This. The public TV station here in SD does fund raiser pretty much year round and they find the ways and means to stay on the air.*

*I think SDSU runs it and I don't know if any of the their annual budget goes towards keeping it afloat.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting is supported via three major funders: the audience, the state of South Dakota and federal sources.

The state of South Dakota maintains much of the SDPB infrastructure. SDPB is a division of the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, a state agency. The state pays the salaries of SDPB employees, buys equipment for the network and provides space for the network operations through the University of South Dakota, a state-supported school.

Federal funding includes yearly support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In addition, the network has acquired more than $5 million in grants since 2002 from federal sources to help pay for the conversion to digital broadcasting.

SDPB operates under the guidance of the seven-member Educational Telecommunications Board, an organization first set up by the South Dakota Legislature in 1967. Members are appointed by the governor. The board holds SDPB's broadcast licenses, sets goals, reviews expenditures and makes recommendations for the operation of the network. Friends of SDPB is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

The Friends of SDPB is the network's major source of funding for programming and programming-related services. Friends is made up of individual contributors and corporate sponsors. The Friends of SDPB provides money for programs on the local, regional and national level. In addition, it provides customer service for the SDPB audience and the monthly program guide with details about TV, Radio, Internet and Education & Outreach activities.

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[HI54UNI]

This. The public TV station here in SD does fund raiser pretty much year round and they find the ways and means to stay on the air.*

*I think SDSU runs it and I don't know if any of the their annual budget goes towards keeping it afloat.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting is supported via three major funders: the audience, the state of South Dakota and federal sources.

The state of South Dakota maintains much of the SDPB infrastructure. SDPB is a division of the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, a state agency. The state pays the salaries of SDPB employees, buys equipment for the network and provides space for the network operations through the University of South Dakota, a state-supported school.

Federal funding includes yearly support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In addition, the network has acquired more than $5 million in grants since 2002 from federal sources to help pay for the conversion to digital broadcasting.

SDPB operates under the guidance of the seven-member Educational Telecommunications Board, an organization first set up by the South Dakota Legislature in 1967. Members are appointed by the governor. The board holds SDPB's broadcast licenses, sets goals, reviews expenditures and makes recommendations for the operation of the network. Friends of SDPB is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

The Friends of SDPB is the network's major source of funding for programming and programming-related services. Friends is made up of individual contributors and corporate sponsors. The Friends of SDPB provides money for programs on the local, regional and national level. In addition, it provides customer service for the SDPB audience and the monthly program guide with details about TV, Radio, Internet and Education & Outreach activities.

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I think he is talking San Diego, not South Dakota......

[youngterrier]

This. The public TV station here in SD does fund raiser pretty much year round and they find the ways and means to stay on the air.*

*I think SDSU runs it and I don't know if any of the their annual budget goes towards keeping it afloat.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting is supported via three major funders: the audience, the state of South Dakota and federal sources.

The state of South Dakota maintains much of the SDPB infrastructure. SDPB is a division of the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, a state agency. The state pays the salaries of SDPB employees, buys equipment for the network and provides space for the network operations through the University of South Dakota, a state-supported school.

Federal funding includes yearly support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In addition, the network has acquired more than $5 million in grants since 2002 from federal sources to help pay for the conversion to digital broadcasting.

SDPB operates under the guidance of the seven-member Educational Telecommunications Board, an organization first set up by the South Dakota Legislature in 1967. Members are appointed by the governor. The board holds SDPB's broadcast licenses, sets goals, reviews expenditures and makes recommendations for the operation of the network. Friends of SDPB is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

The Friends of SDPB is the network's major source of funding for programming and programming-related services. Friends is made up of individual contributors and corporate sponsors. The Friends of SDPB provides money for programs on the local, regional and national level. In addition, it provides customer service for the SDPB audience and the monthly program guide with details about TV, Radio, Internet and Education & Outreach activities.

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San Diego. not South Dakota. cough cough fail cough cough

[UNHWildCats]

South Dakota Public Broadcasting is supported via three major funders: the audience, the state of South Dakota and federal sources.

The state of South Dakota maintains much of the SDPB infrastructure. SDPB is a division of the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, a state agency. The state pays the salaries of SDPB employees, buys equipment for the network and provides space for the network operations through the University of South Dakota, a state-supported school.

Federal funding includes yearly support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In addition, the network has acquired more than $5 million in grants since 2002 from federal sources to help pay for the conversion to digital broadcasting.

SDPB operates under the guidance of the seven-member Educational Telecommunications Board, an organization first set up by the South Dakota Legislature in 1967. Members are appointed by the governor. The board holds SDPB's broadcast licenses, sets goals, reviews expenditures and makes recommendations for the operation of the network. Friends of SDPB is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

The Friends of SDPB is the network's major source of funding for programming and programming-related services. Friends is made up of individual contributors and corporate sponsors. The Friends of SDPB provides money for programs on the local, regional and national level. In addition, it provides customer service for the SDPB audience and the monthly program guide with details about TV, Radio, Internet and Education & Outreach activities.

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I think he is talking San Diego, not South Dakota......

Minor techincality...




KPBS director of communications Nancy Worlie says San Diego's public radio and television station supports the NPR board's decision. "There have been a lot of issues with NPR lately and we're hopeful we can move past those. Its really important for all of public broadcasting to have a unified voice at times when we are under constant criticism from the federal government and our funding is at stake," said Worlie.

Worlie takes pains to point out that while NPR supplies about 30-percent of KPBS's radio programming, KPBS is an independent radio and television station. About 12-percent of its budget comes from federal funding. Through the corporation for public broadcasting.

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I can't pinpoint what percent of their budget comes from the state, but some of it does...

[HI54UNI]

Read this Michael Barone column. He has a good suggestion for NPR and CPB. Too bad they won't listen.

Let me offer what is intended as a helpful suggestion to NPR: Don't fight defunding. Instead work with Congress to get NPR and CPB off the public payroll.

It may be painful in the short run. But in the long run you'll be a better organization, and you won't have to worry about pleasing politicians.

There's a precedent pretty closely on point: the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Back in 1994, when Republicans unexpectedly won majorities in both houses of Congress, the National Trust was suddenly threatened with a fund cutoff.

The organization had been campaigning against a proposed theme park near the Manassas battlefield in Northern Virginia, which made some congressional Republicans angry. Congress seemed likely to cut off the one-third of National Trust funding that came from the federal government.

Rather than fight that effort, Dick Moe, then head of the National Trust and before that a longtime top aide to Walter Mondale, decided to join it. He approached Ralph Regula, the chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction, and proposed a three-year drawdown of federal funding.

That would give his organization enough time to develop alternative sources of funding, he thought. And, as he correctly judged, it took the wind from the sails of those Republicans who wanted funds cut off immediately.

In retrospect, Moe has said, it was the best thing that could have happened to his organization. It prompted the National Trust to reach out to citizens and donors who shared its vision. And it allowed the organization to take politically controversial stands without fear of political retribution.

The National Trust is thriving today. It has undertaken major projects, like a splendid restoration of James Madison's home Montpelier. It publishes a first-rate magazine. It has developed a large constituency of contributors (I give a few bucks every year) who appreciate its work. It does not have to do the bidding of political masters.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ ... ts-subsidy

[CID1990]

Hey UNH-

How many times did you watch Bob Ross before you decided you were gay?

It's too late for you, but not for all the poor little future UNH's.

"Happy little trees"

[biobengal]

Read this Michael Barone column. He has a good suggestion for NPR and CPB. Too bad they won't listen.

Let me offer what is intended as a helpful suggestion to NPR: Don't fight defunding. Instead work with Congress to get NPR and CPB off the public payroll.

It may be painful in the short run. But in the long run you'll be a better organization, and you won't have to worry about pleasing politicians.

There's a precedent pretty closely on point: the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Back in 1994, when Republicans unexpectedly won majorities in both houses of Congress, the National Trust was suddenly threatened with a fund cutoff.

The organization had been campaigning against a proposed theme park near the Manassas battlefield in Northern Virginia, which made some congressional Republicans angry. Congress seemed likely to cut off the one-third of National Trust funding that came from the federal government.

Rather than fight that effort, Dick Moe, then head of the National Trust and before that a longtime top aide to Walter Mondale, decided to join it. He approached Ralph Regula, the chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction, and proposed a three-year drawdown of federal funding.

That would give his organization enough time to develop alternative sources of funding, he thought. And, as he correctly judged, it took the wind from the sails of those Republicans who wanted funds cut off immediately.

In retrospect, Moe has said, it was the best thing that could have happened to his organization. It prompted the National Trust to reach out to citizens and donors who shared its vision. And it allowed the organization to take politically controversial stands without fear of political retribution.

The National Trust is thriving today. It has undertaken major projects, like a splendid restoration of James Madison's home Montpelier. It publishes a first-rate magazine. It has developed a large constituency of contributors (I give a few bucks every year) who appreciate its work. It does not have to do the bidding of political masters.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ ... ts-subsidy

This overlooks the importance of PBS and NPR in doing the people's business in many rural states. For example, in Idaho, Idaho Public Television is the only station offering continuous live video in the Statehouse, including continuous broadcasts from the House, Senate and JFAC (finance committee). IPTV broadcasts debates from candidates for local office that wouldn't otherwise be seen. IPTV broadcasts press conferences from the Governor that wouldn't otherwise be seen, except in sound bites. As in NH, Idaho public universities also house IPTV, they use the station and the shared equipment to teach courses in mass communication.

Given these benefits, I'm sure the more reasoned people on both sides could reach some compromise.