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A E H Y A R S E C I P V U R E BL S IC NE WS 19 75 71 71 33 33 75 75 ERSAR MEDIA OUTLETS 32 NNIV Y Y A 32 32 PP City A RMa S p # Outlets City Map # Outlets H A Y E Algoma 1 WBDK-FM, WRLU-FM Hallie 29 WOGO-AM, WWIB-FM 65 Allouez 2 WJLW-FM Hammond 30 Central St. Croix News 12 9 9 17 41 Antigo 3 WACD-FM, WATK-AM Hartford 31 WTKM-AM, WTKM-FM 5555 27 14 14 3 3 41 41 46 59 73 Arcadia 4 Arcadia News-Leader Hayward 32 WHSM-AM, WHSM-FM, WRLS-FM 2246 68 45 47 47 59 73 30 20 20 29 29 45 69 25 46 53 42 47 69 28 Beaver Dam 5 WBEV-AM, WBEV-FM, WXRO-AM, Ironwood, MI 33 WIMI-FM, WJMS-AM 20 2020 53 6 28 1 1 49 53 84 28 WXRO-FM Kaukauna 34 Heart of the Valley Times - Villager, 8 34 34 28 18 76 4 51 Berlin 6 WBJZ-FM WOGB-FM 7 7 15 66 66 2 7 15 52 40 54 66 13 40 Black River Falls 7 Banner Journal, WWIS-AM, Kenosha 35 WGTD-FM, WIIL-FM, WLIP-AM 36 50 58 40 88 43 87 58 13 WWIS-FM 36 57 La Crosse 36 WIZM-AM, WKTY-AM, WRQT-FM 36 24 77 70 78 89 6161 44 82 Blair 8 Blair Press 78 64 61 82 83 Lake Geneva 37 WLKG-FM 64 5 5 48 48 26 39 5 85 85 Bloomer 9 Bloomer Advance, WQRB-FM 81 64 39 5 48 Lancaster 38 WGLR-FM 10 39 31 31 48 48 62 62 67 1616 63 48 Boscobel 10 Bosco bel Dial 23 39 79 63 48 Madison 39 YourNews.com, 77 Square, Catholic 62 39 39 39 39 21 56 80 63 63 Charlottesville, VA 11 WCJZ-FM Herald, WIBA-AM, WIBA-FM, 38 60 74 35 60 86 Cheteck 12 WATQ-FM WSUM-FM, WTSO-AM, WZEE-FM 72 373535 Chilton 13 Chilton Times-Journal, WMBE-AM Manitowoc 40 WLTU-FM, WOMT-AM, WQTC-FM 11 Chippewa Falls 14 Chippewa-Falls Herald, WEAQ-AM Marinette 41 Eagle Herald, WLST-FM, WMAM-AM Clintonville 15 WFCL-AM, WJMQ-FM Marshfield 42 The Marshfield News-Herald City Map # Outlets Columbus 16 WTLX-AM, WTLX-FM Mauston 43 Juneau County Star-Times Reedsburg 64 WBDL-FM, WNFM-FM, WRDB-AM Cornell 17 WDRK-AM Mayville 44 WMDC-FM Rhinelander 65 WXPR-FM Denmark 18 WPCK-FM Medford 45 WIGM-AM, WKEB-FM Ripon 66 WRPN-AM, WRPN-FM, WTCX-FM Duluth, MN 19 KDAL-AM, KDAL-FM Menomonie 46 WAGN-AM, WMEQ-AM, WMEQ-FM Sauk City 67 WMAD-FM Eau Claire 20 WAXX-FM, WAYY-AM, WBIZ- Merrill 47 Merrill Courier, WJMT-AM, Seymour 68 WECB-FM WMZK-FM AM, WBIZ-FM, WIAL-FM Shawano 69 WOWN-FM, WTCH-AM 48 Christian Courier, The Milwaukee Edgerton 21 Edgerton Reporter Sheboygan 70 WCLB-AM Elk Mound 22 WECL-FM Community Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Milwaukee Sparta 71 WCOW-FM, WKLJ-AM Fennimore 23 Fennimore Times Post, WRIT-FM, WVCY-FM, Spring Valley 72 Argus Sun Fond du Lac 24 WFON-FM WOKY-AM Sturgeon Bay 73 WDOR-AM, WDOR-FM Forestville 25 WRKU-FM Mondovi 49 Herald-News Sturtevant 74 WDDW-FM Gays Mills 26 Crawford County Independent & Montello 50 Marquette County Tribune Superior 75 KRBR-FM, WDSM-AM, WGEE-AM the Kickapoo Scout Neenah 51 The News-Record Two Rivers 76 WCUB-AM Glenwood City 27 Glenwood City Tribune/Press Neenah-Menasha 52 WNAM-AM Valders 77 Journal Reporter Neillsville 53 WCCN-AM, WCCN-FM, WPKG-FM Viroqua 78 WVRQ-AM, WVRQ-FM Green Bay 28 Press, WDUZ-AM, WDUZ-FM, WQLH-FM New London 54 Watertown 79 WTTN-AM New Richmond 55 New Richmond News, WIXK-AM Waukesha 80 WMIL-FM Oconomowoc 56 Oconomowoc Enterprise Waukon, IA 81 KNEI-FM Omro 57 WPKR-FM Waupaca 82 WDUX-AM, WDUX-FM Oshkosh 58 WOSH-AM, WWWX-FM Waupun 83 WFDL-AM Wisconsin News Connection produced 133 news Peshtigo 59 Peshtigo Times, WSFQ-FM Wausau 84 WXPW-FM stories, which ran approximately 4,600 times on Platteville 60 WPVL-AM, WPVL-FM West Bend 85 WBKV-AM, WBWI-FM 142 radio stations and 36 print outlets for a total of Portage 61 Portage Daily Register, WBKY-FM, Williams Bay 86 The Beacon 178 media outlets in Wisconsin and border states. WIBU-AM Winneconne 87 WVBO-FM Nationally, our stories were picked up by over 520 Prairie Du Chien 62 Courier-Press, WPRE-AM, WQPC-FM Winona, MN 88 KHME-FM outlets, and shared on hundreds of websites including Racine 63 WBJX-AM, WEZY-FM, WKKV-FM, Wisconsin Dells 89 WNNO-FM our own -- publicnewsservice.org, which generated WRJN-AM over 20,000 views, alone. Statewide Wisconsin Farm Report Arizona News Connection News Connection Missouri News Service North Carolina News Service Phoenix, AZ 34% Bloomington 40% Columbia 36% Charlotte-Gastonia 31% Tucson, AZ 13% 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% Kentucky 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% 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% Elmira-Corning 9% Pueblo 33% Memphis 29% Hamptons-Riverhead 17% Additionally, 81 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Nashville 21% Ithaca 43% Additionally, 50 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Keystone State News Connection Middlesex-Somerset-Union 12% Allentown-Bethlehem 24% Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 5% Virginia News Connection Commonwealth News Service Morristown, NJ 15% Altoona 20% Baltimore, MD 2% Boston 13% Nassau-Suffolk 32% Atlantic City, NJ 2% Charlottesville 61% Cape Cod 16% New York City 26% Binghamton, NY 9% Frederick, MD 7% Hartford-New Britain, CT 3% Newburgh-Middletown 10% Erie 11% Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC 1% New Bedford-Fall River 20% Olean 37% Harrisburg-Lebanon 41% Harrisonburg-Chambersburg-Waynesborro, MD 1% Portsmouth-Dover, NH 5% Poughkeepsie 16% Johnstown 5% Harrisonburg 60% Providence, RI 7% Rochester 35% Lancaster 39% Johnson City-Kingsport, TN 5% Springfield 35% Stamford-Norwalk, CT 17% Pittsburgh 25% Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 14% Worcester 26% Syracuse 51% Reading 25% Richmond 28% Additionally, 27 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg 26% Utica-Rome 23% NUMBER OF STORIES | MEDIA OUTLET USAGE* Roanoke-Lynchburn 27% Trenton, NJ 9% Watertown 9% Additionally, 78 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Totals 133 | 4,633 Wheeling, WV 2% Additionally, 70 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. News Service Wilkes Barre-Scranton 27% Bridgeport 9% STORYWa BREAKOUTshington News Service Williamsport 19% Danbury Budget Policy & Priorities 6 | 704 19% Wilmington, DE 13% Budget PolicySeattle- & PrioritiesTacoma 11% 8 | 305 Hamptons-Riverhead, NY Northern Rockies News Services Campaign Finance Reform/MoneyChildren’s in IssuesPolitics 3 | 3218 | 271 2% York 27% Spokane 34% Hartford-New Britain ConsumerChildren’s Issues Issues 1 | 102 7 | 228 18% Additionally, 62 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bend, OR 10% Tri-Cities 36% Citizenship/RepresentativeCriminal Democracy Justice 1 2| 36| 232 New Haven 19% Boise 57% Early ChildhoodConsumer EducationYa Issueskima 1 | 132 28% 9 | 203 New London 23% Spokane, WA 46% Additionally,Criminal 76 Educationstations Justice outside the major1 2| ma75 | rk 222ets aired the stories. Springfield, MA 4% Additionally, 57 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Endangered Species &Disabilities Wildlife 6 | 183 9 | 1,005 Additionally, 52 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. We rely on a wider variety Education 7 | 270 WestEnergy Virginia Policy News Service 8 | 912 of news sources than ever Energy Policy 7 | 263 EnvironmentBeckley 50% 18 | 2,052 before. Traditional media still Environment 14 | 439 Maine News Service Ohio News Connection EnvironmentalEnvironmentalCharleston Justice Justice 1 2 | 32 | 236 35% Florida News Connection provide news and information Global Elkins-Buckhannon-WestonWarming/AirHealth QualityIssues 4 20% | 156 16 | 2,748 Augusta-Watervile 2% Akron 21% Brunswick, GA Hagerstown-Chambersburg-WHuman Rights/RacialHealthaynesbo Justice roIssues, MD 4% 1 | 122 27 | 946 8% 59%for a large majorityCanton of our 29% Bangor PublicHunger/Food/Nutrition Lands/Wilderness 1 | 18 23 | 2,757 Daytona Beach 19% Huntington-Ashland 54% Portsmouth-Dover 2% population and socialCharleston media1% Public Lands/WildernessRural/Farming 1 | 48 16 | 1,947 Dothan, AL 4% Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont 36% Additionally, 11 stations outside the major markets aired the stories.has transformed ourCincinnati ability 62% Rural/FarmingSocial Justice 3 | 218 9 | 404 Fort Myers-Naples 6% Parkersburg-Marietta 43% to discover new storiesCleveland and 29% SustainableSmoking Agriculture Prevention 6 6| 270| 726 Fort Pierce-Vero Beach 14% SocialPittsburgh, Justice PA 2% 10 | 271 Columbus 31% Water 1 | 123 Fort Walton Beach 12% interact with our audience. Sustainable AgricultureWheeling 5 | 178 42% Dayton 44% Women’s Issues 2 | 256 Gainsville-Oscala 16% AdditionallWomen’sy, 61stations outside Issues the major1 |ma 37rkets aired the stories. News Connection Huntington-Ashland, WV 5% Jacksonville 30% Follow us on Twitter! Lima 47% Battle Creek 53% Lakeland-Winter Haven 24% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 17% WNCWisconsin Market News Share Connection Information Melbourne-Titusville 31% twitter.com/pns_WI 22% Toledo 32% Appleton-Oshkosh 30% Miami-Fort Lauderdale Flint 10% 11% Wheeling, WV 36% Dubuque, IA 5% Mobile, AL Grand Rapids 32% 5% Like us on Facebook!Youngstown-Warren 49% Duluth-Superior, MN 24% Orlando Kalamazoo 38% 19% Additionally, 80 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Eau Claire 68% Panama City Muskegon 16% 31% facebook.com/ Green Bay 35% Pensacola South Bend, IN 19% 22% publicnewservice La Crosse 42% 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. Find us on Google+ and 13% Sheboygan 9% Tampa-St.Petersburg other networks! 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% Additionally, 56 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Minnesota News Connection Wyoming News Service Duluth-Superior, MI 57% 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% WNC Print RaOutletspid City, SD 34% 36 Total Rapid City 69% Mankato-New Ulm 29% Media AdditionallRadioy, 112 Stations stations outside the major markets aired the stories. 142 Additionally, 157 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Mason City, IA 21% Outlet 179 Minneapolis-St. Paul 22% Types Rochester 24% Online — Stories live on 100s of news/bloggers/advocacy sites St. Cloud 31% Additionally, 182 stations outside the major markets aired the stories.

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