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NIVERS AN AR Y Y 2010 annual report P P

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ERSAR MEDIA OUTLETS NNIV Y Y A PP 38 A R S H A Y E City Map # Outlets 55 54 54 Ashland, KY 1 WCMI-AM 56 49 48 56 56 34 Beaver Falls, PA 2 WAMO-FM 56 34 30 35 35 56 13 34 30 28 13 13 24 23 30 Beckley 3 WCIR-FM, WIWS-AM, WVPB-FM, 5656 13 17 46 WWNR-AM 56 41 32 58 Buckhannon 4 WVPW-FM 50 50 47 4 40 40 40 53 Catlettsburg 5 WRVC-FM 40 40 40 12 Charleston 6 Charleston Daily Mail, Country 42 42 16 Roads Journal, WBES-AM, WQBE- 18 21 20 42 20 52 7 43 21 6 52 7 FM, WVPN-FM, WVSR-FM, 10 20 20 20 6 52 51 10 5 6 51 WVTS-AM 1 22 20 6 9 31 6 6 Charlottesville, VA 7 WVTU-FM, WVTW-FM 22 11 6 39 31 15 33 27 36 19 Christiansburg, VA 8 WWVT-AM 3 25 25 26 26 37 3 19 19 Clay 9 Clay County Free Press 3 57 57 3 Coal Grove, OH 10 WBVB-AM, WBVB-FM 44 45 Dunbar 11 WZJO-FM 59 8 Elizabeth 12 WRZZ-FM 29 14 Fairmont 13 WKKW-FM, WMMN-AM, WRLF- FM, WTCS-AM City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets Ferrum, VA 14 WFFC-FM Lewisburg 25 Greenbrier Valley Ranger, Petersburg 41 WAUA-FM Frost 15 WVMR-AM The Mountain Messenger Point Pleasant 42 WBGS-AM, WBYG-FM, WPCN-FM Glenville 16 Glenville Democrat and Pathfinder Logan 26 WVOW-AM, WVOW-FM Portsmouth, OH 43 WNXT-FM Grafton 17 Mountain Statesman Madison 27 Coal Valley Newspapers Princeton 44 Princeton Times Greenup, KY 18 WLGC-FM Marietta, OH 28 WMOA-AM Roanoke, VA 45 WVTF-FM Hinton 19 Hinton News, WMTD-AM, Marion, VA 29 WVTR-FM Romney 46 Hampshire Review WMTD-FM Martinsburg 30 WEPM-AM, WLTF-FM, WVEP-FM Salem 47 WAJR-FM Huntington 20 WHRD-AM, WKEE-FM, WMUL- Milton 31 WAMX-FM, WZZW-AM FM, WRVC-AM, WVHU-AM, Shadyside, OH 48 WVKF-FM WVWV-FM Moorefield 32 Moorefield Examiner Shepherdstown 49 WSHC-FM Ironton, OH 21 WBKS-FM, WIRO-AM Morehead, KY 33 WMKY-FM St. Mary’s 50 WJAW-AM, WJAW-FM Kenova 22 WTCR-AM, WTCR-FM Morgantown 34 WVAQ-FM, WVPM-FM, WWVU-FM Summersville 51 Nicholas Chronicle, WCWV-FM Keyser 23 Keyser Mountain Echo Moundsville 35 Moundsville Daily Echo, WVLY-AM Sutton 52 Braxton Citizens’ News, WDBS- Kingwood 24 WKMM-FM Mt. Hope 36 WTNJ-FM FM, WSGB-AM, Mullens 37 Mullens Advocate Union 53 Monroe Watchman New Cumberland 38 Hancock County Courier Washington, PA 54 WJPA-AM, WJPA-FM Oak Hill 39 WAXS-FM Wellsburg 55 Brooke County Review Parkersburg 40 WADC-AM, WGGE-FM, WHBR- Wheeling 56 WBBD-AM, WEEL-FM, WEGW-FM, FM, WVNT-AM, WVPG-FM, WKKX-AM, WKWK-FM, WOVK- WXIL-FM FM, WVNP-FM, WWVA-AM News Service produced 157 news Williamson 57 WBTH-AM, WXCC-FM stories, which ran approximately 5,400 times on 90 Winchester, VA 58 WTRM-FM radio stations, 20 print outlets, and 14 television Wise, VA 59 WISE-FM stations for a total of 124 media outlets in West Statewide, TN West Virgina Public Virginia and border states. Nationally, our stories were picked up by over 555 outlets, and shared on hundreds of websites including our own -- publicnewsservice. org, which generated over 23,000 views, alone. Arizona News Connection Illinois News Connection Missouri News Service North Carolina News Service Phoenix, AZ 34% Bloomington 40% Columbia 36% Charlotte-Gastonia 31% Tucson, AZ 13% Chicago 14% Fayetteville, AR 1% Chattanooga, TN 8% Additionally, 68 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Decatur 18% Joplin 41% Fayetteville 15% Dubuque, IA 21% Kansas City 20% Greensboro-Winston-Salem 17% Big Sky Connection Evansville, IN 19% Marion-Carbondale, IL 1% Greenville-New Bern 6% Billings 39% LaSalle-Peru 2% Pittsburg, KS 18% Greenville-Spartanburg, SC 2% Great Falls 23% Marion-Carbondale 36% St. Louis 29% Knoxville, TN 1% Kalispell-Flathead Valley 22% Peoria 4% Additionally, 133 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Myrtle Beach 2% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Quad Cities 3% Raleigh-Durham, SC 49% Rockford 1% Rocky Mount-Wilson 28% California News Service St. Louis, MO 7% Wilmington 49% Additionally, 114 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bakersfield 22% Nevada News Service Chico 28% Las Vegas 21% Fresno 5% Reno 27% Los Angeles 20% Additionally, 55 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Merced 19% Iowa News Service Oregon News Service Modesto 4% Cedar Rapids 32% Bend 57% Monterey-Salinas 19% Des Moines 19% New Hampshire News Connection Boise, ID 3% Oxnard-Ventura 14% Dubuque 41% Augusta-Waterville, ME 3% Eugene-Springfield 38% Redding 6% La Crosse, WI 2% Boston, MA 2% Las Vegas, NV 2% Riverside-San Bernardino 15% LaSalle-Peru, IL 2% Concord (Lakes Region) 32% Medford-Ashland 51% Sacramento 20% Mason City 36% Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction 17% Portland 19% San Diego 21% Quad Cities, IL 36% Lewiston-Auburn, ME 8% Tri-Cities, WA 2% San Francisco 19% Rochester, MN 2% Manchester 51% Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. San Jose 23% Sioux City 12% Montpelier-Barre St. Johnsbury, VT 3% San Luis Obispo 5% Waterloo-Cedar Falls 47% Portland, ME 5% Santa Barbara 39% Prairie News Service Portsmouth-Dover 38% Santa Maria-Lompo 12% Additionally, 155 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bismark 79% Additionally, 38 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Rosa 13% Fargo-Moorhead 49% Stockton 5% Grand Forks 45% Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Victor Valley 26% News Connectioin New Mexico News Connection Visalia-Tulare 4% Albuquerque 40% Bowling Green 15% Additionally, 98 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Fe Clarksville, TN 18% 32% Te nnessee News Service Waco, TX Cookeville, TN 2% 3% Bowling Green, KY 5% Evansville, IN 29% Additionally, 45 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Chattanooga 41% Huntington-Ashland, WV 4% Clarksville 18% New York News Connection Colorado News Connection Lexington-Fayette 21% Cookeville 60% Albany-Schenectady-Troy 63% Cheyenne, WY 48% Louisville 22% Jackson, MS 3% Binghamton 37% Colorado Springs 29% Nashville< TN 7% Johnson City-Kingsport 51% Buffalo-Niagara Falls 28% NUMBER OF STORIES | MEDIA OUTLET USAGE* Denver-Boulder 38% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 14% Jonesboro, AR 6% Danbury, CT 8% Fort Collins-Greeley 49% Additionally, 104 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Knoxville 25% Totals 157 | 5,421 Elmira-Corning 9% STORY BREAKOUT Pueblo 33% Memphis 29% Budget Policy & Priorities 6 | 704 Hamptons-Riverhead 17% Budget Policy & Priorities 17 | 651 Additionally, 81 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Nashville 21% Ithaca Children’s Issues 3 | 321 43% Campaign Finance Reform/MoneyAdditionally, 50 stat ionsin Politicsoutside the major ma rk ets aired the 9 stories. | 328 Consumer Issues 1 | 102 Keystone State News Connection Middlesex-Somerset-Union 12% Children’s Issues 10 | 353 Criminal Justice 2 | 232 Allentown-Bethlehem 24% Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 5% Citizenship/Representative Democracy 4 | 135 Commonwealth News Service Early ChildhoodVirginia Education News 1Connection | 132 Altoona 20% Morristown, NJ 15% Consumer Issues 11 | 399 EducationBaltimore, MD 2% 2 | 222 Boston 13% Atlantic City, NJ 2% Nassau-Suffolk 32% Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault 4 | 187 Endangered Species & WildlifeCharlottesville 9 | 1,005 61% Cape Cod 16% New York City 26% Early Childhood Education 1 | 22 Binghamton, NY 9% EnergyFrederick, Policy MD 7% 8 | 912 Hartford-New Britain, CT 3% Newburgh-Middletown 10% Education 1 | 19 Erie 11% We rely on a wider variety GreensboroEnvironment-Winston-Salem, NC 1% 18 | 2,052 New Bedford-Fall River 20% Olean 37% Harrisburg-Lebanon 41% of news sources than ever Harrisonburg-Chambersburg-WaynesboEnvironmentalEnergy Justice Policyrro, MD 1% 2 | 236 20 | 749 Portsmouth-Dover, NH 5% Poughkeepsie 16% Environment 10 | 192 Johnstown 5% before. Traditional media still HealthHa Issuesrrisonburg 60% 16 | 2,748 Providence, RI 7% Rochester 35% Environmental Justice 2 | 25 Lancaster 39% Human Rights/RacialJohnson City-Kingsport, Justice TN 1 5% | 122 Springfield 35% provide newsStam andford-Norwalk, information CT 17% Global Warming/Air Quality 1 | 74 25% Norfolk-VirginiaPublic Lands/Wilderness Beach-Newport News 14% 23 | 2,757 Worcester 26% for a large majority Syracuseof our 51% Health Issues 24 | 754 Reading 25% Rural/FarmingRichmond 28% 16 | 1,947 Additionally, 27 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg 26% population and socialUtica-Rome media 23% Housing/HomelessnessSocial Justice 23 || 144218 Roanoke-Lynchburn 27% Trenton, NJ 9% Watertown 9% Human Rights/Racial Justice 3 | 6 68 | 726 has transformed our ability SustainableAdditionally, Agriculture 78 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Wheeling, WV 2% Additionally, 70 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Livable Wages/Working FamiliesWater 1 | 123 23 | 918 Connecticut News Service to discover new stories and Wilkes Barre-Scranton 27% Women’sMedia Reform Issues 1 2 | | 29 256 Bridgeport interact with our audience. Washington News Service 9% Williamsport 19% Mental Health 4 | 143 Danbury 19% Wilmington, DE 13% Public Lands/WildernessSeattle-Tacoma 211% | 38 Hamptons-Riverhead, NY Northern Rockies News Services 2% York 27% Follow us on Twitter! Senior IssuesSpokane 4 | 138 34% Hartford-New Britain 18% Additionally, 62 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bend, OR 10% Social JusticeTri-Cities 2 | 9 36% New Haven 19% twitter.com/pns_BoiseWV Women’s Issues 1 | 22 57% Yakima 28% New London 23% Spokane, WA 46% AdditionallYouthy, 76 stat Issuesions outside the1 major | 24 markets aired the stories. Springfield, MA 4% Like us onAdditionall Facebook!y, 57 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 52 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. WVNSWest Market Virginia Share News Information Service facebook.com/ Beckley 50% publicnewservice Maine News Service News Connection Charleston 35% Florida News Connection Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston 20% Augusta-Watervile 2% Akron 21% Brunswick, GA 8% Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD 4% Bangor 59%Find us on Google+ Cantonand 29% Daytona Beach 19% Huntington-Ashland 54% Portsmouth-Dover 2% other networks! Charleston 1% Dothan, AL Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont 36% 4% Additionally, 11 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Cincinnati 62% Fort Myers-Naples Parkersburg-Marietta 43% 6% Cleveland 29% Pittsburgh, PA 2% Fort Pierce-Vero Beach 14% Columbus 31% Wheeling 42% Fort Walton Beach 12% Dayton 44% Gainsville-Oscala 16% Additionally, 61stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Michigan News Connection Huntington-Ashland, WV 5% Jacksonville 30% Lima 47% Battle Creek 53% Lakeland-Winter Haven 24% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 17% Wisconsin News Connection Melbourne-Titusville Detroit 31% 22% Toledo 32% Appleton-Oshkosh 30% Miami-Fort Lauderdale Flint 10% WVNS 11% Wheeling, WV 36% Print OutletsDubuque, IA 5% 20 Mobile, AL Grand Rapids 32% Total 5% Youngstown-Warren 49% Media RadioDuluth-Superio Stationsr, MN 24% 90 Orlando Kalamazoo 38% 19% Additionally, 80 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Outlet Television EauStations Claire 68% 14 124 Panama City Muskegon 16% 31% Types Green Bay 35% Pensacola South Bend, IN 19% 22% Online — StoriesLa Crosse live on 100s of 42 news/bloggers/advocacy% sites Sarasota-Bradenton Toledo, OH 2% 31% Madison 29% Sebring Traverse City-Petoskey 45% 10% Milwaukee-Racine 21% Tallahassee Additionally, 140 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. 13% Sheboygan 9% Tampa-St.Petersburg 29% Wausau-Stevens Point 8% The Florida Keys 46% Additionally, 67 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 17% Public News Service West Virginia News Service 888.891.9416 • fax 208.247.1830 800.317.6705 Additionally, 56 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. [email protected] [email protected] Minnesota News Connection Wyoming News Service Duluth-Superior, MI 57% www.publicnewsservice.org Casper 97% Fargo-Morehead, ND 51% Greater Dakota News Service Cheyenne 48% Grand Forks, ND 31% Fort Collins-Greeley, CO 2% La Crosse, WI 3% La Crosse, WI 5% Rapid City, SD 34% Rapid City 69% Mankato-New Ulm 29% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 157 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Mason City, IA 21% Minneapolis-St. Paul 22% Rochester 24% St. Cloud 31% Additionally, 182 stations outside the major markets aired the stories.

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