WWOZ Board of Directors Meeting Wednesday, January 12, 2011 General Manager’s Report

1. Sirius XM Satellite Application. As part of a Qualified Entities Set Aside program, WWOZ has submitted, as of January 7, 2011, a response to a Sirius XM request for proposal regarding one of twelve channels on the Sirius and XM satellite broadcast services. Announcement of the selected entities is scheduled to take place by March 2, 2011, by which time a lease for operation of a program channel will be required before programming can commence. The Board of Directors of the Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation held a special meeting on January 5, 2011 to review all aspects of the response being submitted by WWOZ for consideration by Sirius XM.

2. CPB Grant. Corporation for Public Broadcasting. On December 23, 2010, WWOZ received the first half of a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The amount of the award was $128,126. Prior to this grant, an additional one-time Hardship Grant (due to policy change) was issued to WWOZ on December 9, 2011. The amount of the grant was $43,973.

3. Membership. Crystal Gross, Development Support Director, reports that membership has raised $363,723 from 2912 members. Of that total, $168,412 is from 397 Brass Passes. This time last year membership had raised $424,800 from 2,700 members, with $237,500 representing 593 Brass Passes memberships. Membership Director, Molly Cobb, anticipates Brass Pass movement will increase with the Jazz Fest lineup announcement. ($40,000 in Brass Pass memberships were pledged directly after the announcement last year.) On balance, the Fall 2010 pledge drive was very successful, bringing in 200 new members to the station. The Spring On-Air Membership Drive will begin 8 am, Monday March 21st and end 4pm, Thursday March 31st.

4. Major Giving. Strategic Development Director Lauren Cangelosi reports that major giving has raised $12,442 in major contributions from December 10 until the present, totaling $31,000. She also is currently re-organizing WWOZ‘s Social Aid & Pleasure Club to include four separate giving levels with benefits scaled to contribution levels. In addition, a focused approach to cultivating SAPC members is being designed that will incorporate personal correspondences and specialized SAPC events. At this time last year, $30,000 had been raised from 21 donors.

5. Underwriting. WWOZ CFO Beau Royster reports that $19,985 was collected for sponsorship since December 10, 2010.

6. Swamp Shop. Julie Raimondi, Swamp Shop Administrator, reports that $5,014 was collected in Swamp Shop contributions during the period December 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010.

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WWOZ Board of Directors Meeting Wednesday, January 12, 2011 General Manager’s Report

7. Digital Deployment. At the end of November, the Digital Deployment team launched a WWOZ Android App. The DD team reports that there are already more than 1,000 downloads. New landing pages and navigation were also created for the WWOZ Swamp Shop, making for easier and more productive holiday shopping. (Swamp Shop sales have doubled this year compared to December 2009.) Also, the December issue of the ‘OZone newsletter was e- mailed to more than 18,000 subscribers, helping to promote WWOZ‘s end-of- year giving campaign. And, during the holidays, the digital management platform was upgraded from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6, which will make possible many new features for the website, livewire music calendar and playlists throughout 2011. Several substantive improvements were also made to the mobile website throughout December allowing users to see articles tailored for better viewing on mobile devices. Finally, applications are now being accepted for a Digital Content Coordinator position (which replaces the Web Editor position). Interviews for this contract position will be conducted throughout January.

8. Jazz Educators Network Conference. From 9am – 11 am, Wednesday, January 5 through Friday, January 7, WWOZ provided live, in-lobby broadcasts of its programming from the Roosevelt Hotel, site of the 2nd Annual Jazz Educators Network Conference. In addition, WWOZ broadcast live music performances from the conference on the evenings January 5 and January 6 (see below).

9. WWOZ Interviews

In Studio

December 9, Johnny Angel, Jean Baptiste, Olivier Franc, John Mahoney, December 12, Matt Rota, Dylan Williams, Craig Alexander , Jacob Tanner, Graham Robinson Hazel, December 13, Little Freddie King, December 15, Gavin Bell, Big Daddy O, Donald Harrison, Jr, Jeff Greenberg, December 18, Jose Toma, December 20, Christopher Poche West, January 2, Elizabeth Butha Hazel, William Wilkie, Cindy Scott, January 3, Bicycle Louis, Cindy Scott, January 4, John Lisi, January 7, Jack Eckert, January 8, James Finney

Remote Location

January 5 – 7, Jazz Educators Network Conference, Roosevelt Hotel: Reuben Alvarez, JEN board member, Bruce Silva, JEN board member, Dave Liebman, Musician, Terell Stafford, Lynne Arialle, Orbert Davis, JEN board member, Mary Jo Papich, JEN vice-president, Eugen Uman, Bridget Wilson, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Mark Samuels, Herman Mehari, musician, Christopher Evan and Erika Floreska, Jazz from Lincoln Center,

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WWOZ Board of Directors Meeting Wednesday, January 12, 2011 General Manager’s Report

11. Live Music.

Remote Location

10:30 PM, Friday, December 31, Irvin Mayfield Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel), 300 Bourbon Street, Irvin Mayfield, Adonis Rose, Neal Caine, David Torkanowsky, Leon Brown, Don Vappie, Aaron Fletcher, Lucien Barbarin, Trixie Minx

9 PM, Wednesday, January 5, Blue Room (Roosevelt Hotel), 123 Baronne Street, Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony with , Mark Brooks and Joe Ashalar

9 PM, Thursday, January 6, Blue Room (Roosevelt Hotel), 123 Baronne Street, Dr. Michael White Quartet with Detroit Brooks, Greg Stafford and Kerry Lewis

Louis Armstrong Jazz Camp All Stars with Calvin Johnson, Troy Andrews, Gregory Agee, Joe Dysono, Jonathan Baptiste, Brian Quezergue, Bobby Samabria, Kidd Jordan and Marlon Jardon

Jeff Coffin and the Mu’tet with Jeff Coffin, Kofi Burbridge, Jeff Sipe, Feliz Pastorius and Bill Fanning.

12. Press and Promotion.

Oxford American (Music Issue), December, 2010. Dan Baum, ―To Be Continued....‖ In a major-length article on music education in New Orleans schools, WWOZ General Manager David Freedman was widely quoted concerning the enormous gap in music instruction in New Orleans‘ schools post-2005 compared with the pre-Katrina situation. ―For all the talk about rebuilding New Orleans culture after the storm—and despite all the evidence that band saves lives—high school band is still a rarity here. ‘You need teachers. You need schools to carve out the time and a space for a program. This is New Orleans. It should be the first thing we teach in the schools. But nobody seems to care‘ ‖

Digitaljournal.com, December 31, 2010, Alli Maria, ―New Orleans jazz 95 miles north of the Arctic Circle.‖ and Spirit of New Orleans are playing Ylläs Jazz Blues, one of the world‘s northernmost jazz festivals in Finnish Lapland. Spirit of New Orleans is an internationally known group that was founded ten years ago. It has performed on most Finnish jazz festivals and also in for example Norway, Switzerland, New Zealand, and Denmark. The band's three recordings have had a very positive reception and the latest, "Mahogany Hall Stomp", is often played on New Orleans' WWOZ jazz station.

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WWOZ Board of Directors Meeting Wednesday, January 12, 2011 General Manager’s Report

12. Press and Promotions (continued)

Gloucester Daily Times, December 29, 2010, ―Willie 'Loco,' Henri hit Shalin Liu stage for New Year's.‖ A total of six performances — in three-hour blocks — at Rockport Music's Shalin Liu Performance Center will feature favorites Henri Smith and his New Orleans Friends and Flavors band….Smith was born and raised in New Orleans, and his career has focused for decades on New Orleans jazz, blues and Cajun-flavored music while touring the United States and Europe. For more than 14 years, Smith was also an FM radio personality on the New Orleans jazz station WWOZ 90.7 FM. He frequently performed and served as the emcee at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the largest jazz festival in the world.

PRLog, December 27, 2010, “New York City Radio Personality Weighs In On ‗Curioso,‘‖ Marc Hoffman, Curioso has enjoyed air time on the famous WWOZ-FM in New Orleans, the NPR station WFSS-FM in at Fayetteville State University, KTU Jazz Radio in Kaunus, Lithuania, and on ―All That Jazz with Brian Parker‖ in Malaga, Spain.

Times-Picayune, December 10, 2010, Keith Spera, ―Kathleen Lee at Pres Hall….‖If you‘re a fan of swing jazz, you know Kathleen Lee even if you‘ve never heard her sing. For nearly a decade, she’s hosted WWOZ’s “Swing Session” show on Sundays from 6 to 8 p.m. But she‘s also a versatile jazz, blues and classical vocalist who trained at the Boston Conservatory and under the auspices of Harold Batiste and Ellis Marsalis. Her new, debut CD, ―Coming Up for Air,‖ contains three original compositions and such standards as ―Fever,‖ ―All of Me,‖ ―Bye Bye Blackbird‖ and George & Ira Gershwin‘s ―Oh, Lady Be Good.‖

13. Correspondence:

See attachment, letter from Corporation for Public Broadcasting dated January 3, 2011.

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