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ABOUT TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO exas Public Radio was organized in 1988 and questions on a wide range of subjects is offered BOARD OF DIRECTORS and formally incorporated the follow- during NPR’s Talk of the Nation and The Diane Rehm Chairman ROSE MARY FRY* ing year. It grew out of a merger of Show. Foreign perspective on news-making events is Vice-Chair two separate organizations, the Classical offered in The World and overnight broadcast of the JOHN MCLAUGHLIN* T President & CEO Broadcasting Society of San Antonio (owner of BBC World Service. Entertainment programs on DAN SKINNER* Secretary KPAC-FM) and San Antonio Community Radio weekends include such public radio favorites as A KAREN RAYZOR* (owner of KSTX-FM). TPR is an independent, non- Prairie Home Companion, Car Talk and San Antonio’s Treasurer DORA ANN VERDE* profit organization governed by a Board of Directors own Jim Cullum Jazz Band in the nationally distrib- Members composed of San Antonio and Hill Country resi- uted series Riverwalk, Live From the Landing. As many Freda Facey Mary Flanagan dents. as 96,000 people listen regularly to KSTX. Jay Forrest KPAC specializes in broadcasting classical music In 1998 Texas Public Radio added a third sta- Pat McGowan Marilyn Moll and fine arts information. For the most part, its pro- tion to the family. Transmitting from a site near Huyen Nguyen, M.D. gramming is created from its own library of classical Kerrville, KTXI-FM serves listeners in the Hill Dogan Perese William Rector, M.D. music recordings – a collection that provides varied Country with simultaneous broadcasts of programs Stewart Reuter, M.D. and comprehensive opportunities to sample the in the KPAC and KSTX schedules. William Reynolds Nancy Taylor Shivers entire range of music. The schedule also includes San Antonio and the neighboring Hill Country Tim Summerlin, Ph.D live broadcasts of The Metropolitan Opera and the are among the premier places in the nation to listen *EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE daily showcase of classical music, Performance Today. to the finest that public radio has to offer in great Specialty programs include music for children, early musical art, educational entertainment, news and music and new compact disc releases. KPAC is lis- information; and civil discourse about issues. We are STAFF RANDAL ANDERSON* tened to regularly by as many as 57,000 people. proud of this significant accomplishment. Our pride SHANA AVERY* KSTX broadcasts public radio’s premier news, is confirmed when listeners and supporters tell us JAMES BAKER* ROBERT BATES information and entertainment programs. Its week- our programs make a major difference in their lives. DIANE BERLANGA CHARLES BOOKER day schedule is composed mainly of programs pro- BARRY BRAKE DANA BROWN duced by National Public Radio, such as NPR’s HENRY BRUN flagship newsmagazines All Things Considered and ELIZABETH CASTRO WAYNE COBLE* Morning Edition. Opportunity for listener comments NATHANIEL CONE* KATHLEEN COUSER* DAVID MARTIN DAVIES* GEORGE EYCHNER ANNETTE EWER* VALUES, VISION, MISSION KELLIE FICHTER* As we prepare to meet the challenges of the future, we are guided by the following values, vision and DAVID FURST mission statements: TERRY GILDEA* JESSICA GONZALEZ* EAMONN GRANT Values Vision Mission JANET GROJEAN* The values that serve as the The vision for Texas Public The mission of Texas Public JULIA HAYDEN framework within which Texas Radio is: Radio is to engage in the pro- JOHN KILGARIFF JAMES LEONARD* Public Radio operates are: • to be recognized as one of the duction and distribution of BARBARA LEWIS-HARRIS • to contribute to the apprecia- preeminent non-commercial non-commercial informational, CONNIE LEYVA* tion of artistic expression, media systems in the United educational, cultural and enter- GLADENE MOLETT* CELINA MONTOYA • to respect diverse points of States, tainment content for the people RON MOORE* view, • to elevate awareness and of Texas. Content will be guided TONI MURGO* • to facilitate civil and construc- discourse regarding impor- CHARLOTTE NARBONI by the shared interests of the NASSER NAZIR tive discourse, tant community and cultural membership and users of Texas LAVERNE PITTS* • to follow the ethical principles issues, Public Radio media, while ALBERTO SALAZAR documented in our Code of • to continue expanding and BEA SALAZAR* adhering to the highest stan- DEIRDRE SARAVIA* Ethics. diversifying its audience, dards of responsible journalism ABRA SCHNUR • to be a leading source of high and the values of Texas Public GERALD SELF quality, national programming THOMAS SITTNER* Radio. PAMELA TOTH* that empasizes the multicultur- MICHAEL A. THOMAS al character of its geographic ERNIE VILLARREAL* area, CHARLES WALKER RYLA WOLFE • to promote good citizenship through community-oriented *FULLTIME EMPLOYEES programs and positive environ- mental practices. THE YEAR IN REVIEW Revenue showed growth 2007 REVENUE & SUPPORT 5% CONTRIBUTIONS 2007 in 2007, as it had for the previous four years. CASH REVENUE: CORPORATE/ Membership . $ 1,433,521 Listener support (membership) was BUSINESS Public/Private Grants . .471,901 30% SUPPORT again the major source of our funds and Corp. & Business Support . .890,550 PUBLIC/PRIVATE increased over the previous year. Growth GRANTS Contributions/Spec. Event/Other . ______________. .148,769 also occurred in the number of grants 16% MEMBERSHIP received and the amount of corporate TOTAL REVENUE . .$ 2,944,741 49% support. Although revenue increased, 2007 EXPENSES expenses also reached their highest 5% point of the five year period. This was Broadcasting . $ 1,747,715 ADMINISTRATION Marketing . 439,893 mainly due to increases in fees we pay Development . 387,735 14% DEVELOPMENT for nationally distributed programming Administration . 129,104 MARKETING and this trend is expected to continue in ______________ 16% the future. For example, National Public TOTAL EXPENSES . $ 2,704,447 BROADCASTING Radio continues to invest in expanding 65% its international news bureaus and con- more local news reports than the previous tinues to have a significant news gathering fiscal year. We continued to offer podcasting presence in Iraq. In a time when most other and on-demand audio streams to provide news organizations are reducing their reach, locally produced program content to listeners 5-YEAR COMPARISON NPR’s growth in first hand international via our website. news reporting capability provides a vital Our Endowment Fund, administered 2250 2239 2404 2574 2704 service to the listening audience. through the Texas Public Radio Foundation, During Fiscal Year 2007, Texas Public continued to show growth during this fiscal Radio received solid financial support from year. In FY2007, we created the Gwathmey listeners, local businesses, and the philan- Legacy Guild in honor of former TPR presi- thropic community. This support reflects the dent Joe Gwathmey who retired in FY2006. value that the listening community places The Gwathmey Guild is designed to recognize on the programming TPR offers. However, and encourage donations to the Endowment TPR continues to strive toward improving Fund through planned giving. and expanding the range and depth of the After a nationwide search, Dan Skinner 03 04 05 06 07 service it provides. In FY2007, as part of our was selected to become the new President TOTAL EXPENSES on-going effort to increase our local news and General Manager of Texas Public Radio ($ IN THOUSANDS) and public affairs programming, TPR hired as of November 2006. Mr. Skinner brings Terry Gildea to serve as a reporter and All over 32 years of broadcasting experience and Things Considered host. Also, Celina Montoya a passion for public radio to TPR. He was was hired to serve as an Arts Reporter. As previously the General Manager WBAA AM a result of our expanded news department, & FM, the public radio stations of Purdue during FY 2007 we produced significantly University in West Lafayette, Indiana. 5-YEAR COMPARISON 5-YEAR COMPARISON 1357 1370 1335 1373 1433 2321 2356 2448 2749 2948 03 04 05 06 07 03 04 05 06 07 MEMBERSHIP REVENUE TOTAL REVENUE ($ IN THOUSANDS) ($ IN THOUSANDS) HIGHLIGHTS FROM A TYPICAL DAY ON THE AIR AT TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 4pm: All Things Considered 9am: EJ Collins - A Tragic Overture/ Albany 267 KSTX 89.1 FM • John Pike, director and founder of GlobalSecurity.org, talks with Telemann - Suite for trumpet, strings and basso continuo in D/ Robert Siegel about the capability of satellites that will be used by Dorian 80132 4am: Morning Edition Homeland Security to spy within the United States. Paganini - Ghiribizzo No. 17 La Streghe in D Op 9 MS 43/ • Sunni politicians have left the Iraqi government, calling it too sectarian. Many Shiites are gone, too. This week, the Iraqi govern- • NPR’s Jackie Northam reports the State Department is report- Cedille 41 ment called a meeting to bring together various factions — with edly preparing to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, or Vanhal - Oboe Quartet No. 4 in E-Flat/ Helios 55033 mixed success at best. Joost Hilterman of the International Crisis part of it, as a terrorist organization. The designation would allow Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 Sleepers Group talks with John Ydstie. U.S. financial officials to, among other things, take action against Awake- Telarc 80584 businesses with ties to the Revolutionary Guard. Rodrigo - Concierto Pastoral for flute and orchestra/ DG • With illegal immigration, drug trafficking and a possible wall, 435767 Vaughan-Williams - Symphony No. 5 in D/ EMI/ the U.S./Mexico border is a hotbed of news. And if Americans are • Former referee Tim Donaghy has pleaded guilty to felony to make decisions about these problems, they are going to need charges for causing a betting scandal that devastated the NBA. Angel 65110 reliable reporting from the border. But that information is getting Donaghy faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when he is Noon: The Writer's Almanac with Garrison harder to come by because journalism on the border is becoming sentenced for conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting Keillor betting information through interstate commerce.