Kentucky Broadcasters Association THE VOICE OF KENTUCKY BROADCASTERS 2013 annual report contents message from Chairman Bill Lamb Chairman’s Message ...... .2 President/CEO’s Message . .3 As I conclude my year as Chairman of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, KBA Services and Benefits I do so with a mixture of satisfaction, sadness, and anticipation. The satisfaction comes from all our organization has accomplished this year, ABIP................... .4 and I don’t mean to imply that I had much to do with that. The credit must go to Gary White, our outstanding President, with marvelous support from our board Lobbying ............... .4 and our member stations. This has been a record setting year on many levels. The KBA fiscal year ended Nov. 30, with a record income of almost 1.4 million Scoholarships ........... .5 dollars, netting a tidy profit of just over $400,000. This financial stability has allowed us an unprecedented growth of our services and benefits to our member KBART / PAC........... .6 stations. TDGA ................. .6 The sadness comes as a result of the sudden passing of Kevin Riecke, our Director of Sales for KART. He was a good, sincere man with a challenging KART .................. .6 job which he approached with optimism every day. He left us much too soon. I am proud to say the KBA board did some things to help Kevin’s wife and kids Legal Hotline ............ .7 through the end of the year that were both needed and appreciated by his family. My anticipation comes from what we have done to prepare for a prosperous KBA Seminars future. We have started to realize that we, as broadcasters, have significant and Training ............ .8 collective influence and we are learning how to harness that power for the good of our listeners, our viewers and our own businesses. In the big scheme of KBA Annual Conference things, our individual stations or groups may be small, but there is nothing small & Award Winners ....... .9 about us when we band together. Broadcasters are all ultra-competitive people and sometimes we may have to learn to sublimate our competiveness for the KBA Member Benefits .10-11 opportunity to join something bigger, stronger, and more productive than what PEP ................... 15 we could accomplish individually. This realization gives me great hope for the future. Our relationships with our legislators have never been stronger. Thanks to Financial Report......... 16 Gary’s gentle prodding, we continue to stay in front of our lawmakers on a regular basis to not only have contact with them, but contact with impact. KBA Past Chairmen ..... 19 More anticipation: We hired James Reed to run KART. I anticipate that he will take what Kevin started and continue to build upon it. James is a very talented individual and I’m glad he has joined KART. Finally, I anticipate that we will continue to grow and prosper under the continued leadership of Gary White, the great organization skills of Patti Pullen and the new Chairmanship of Rick McCue next year. Thank you for allowing me to be your Chairman for 2013. It has been an honor and a privilege. 2 KENTUCKY BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION message from board of President/CEO Gary R. White directors Bill Lamb Chairman WDRB-TV WMYO-TV, Louisville Rick McCue, Chairman-Elect WBKO-TV, Bowling Green Kelly Wallingford, Past-Chairman It is a challenge for me to write about what has happened in the past. Now don’t Wallingford Broadcasting, Richmond take me wrong, it has been a great year for the KBA and we have a lot to reflect on Radio Directors and be proud of but, I get more excited thinking and talking about what may, can and Chris Freeland will happen in the future. Throughout this Annual Report you can read about what WCBL AM/FM, Benton Bob Kelley has happened in the “past” year. On pages 10 and 11 is a list of benefits, services and WFMW WKTG, Madisonville programs currently offered by the KBA. In 2013 the list grew with the addition of Tom Ulmer items like the Continuing Education Reimbursement Program, the Poynter Institute Main Line, Broadcasting, Louisville News Reporting Seminar and the National Radio Talent Institute. All of the KBA’s Derron Steenbergen offerings are designed to save broadcast stations money or help them make more Commonwealth Broadcasting, Glasgow money through better management, programming and sales training. And they are Bill Gentry Clear Channel, Lexington all provided at no cost to member stations. The Mission of the KBA is to represent Bridgett Gambrel and further the interest of broadcasters. There is no doubt we met that challenge Forcht Broadcasting, London/Anneville in 2013, as the Mission Statement says, “through meetings and publications, and Chris Winkle providing educational services through conventions and workshops”. WCYN-AM, Cynthiana The statement also says the KBA is to further the interest of broadcasters through Adam Gearheart “other appropriate means” in order to better to serve the public. It’s that word Gearheart, Harold Paul Hitchcock “other” that gets me excited because now we can think and talk about what may, WMKY-FM, Morehead can and will happen in the future. 2014 is under way, please don’t hesitate to contact Television Directors me or your KBA board representative with suggestions and ideas to help us better Marti Hazel serve you this year. Bring it on. let’s keep the services and benefits list growing! WDRB-TV/WMYO-TV, Louisville Chris Aldridge WTVQ-TV, Lexington Nick Ulmer WFIE-TV, Evansville Julie Schmidt KET, The Kentucky Network, Statewide Mike Feldhaus, Associate Member E L U Productions/ KY Farm Bureau, Louisville At-Large Members Lynn Martin L M Communications, Lexington Keith Casebolt Casebolt Marketing/Broadcasting, Pikeville Dawn Sciarrino-Legal Counsel Sciarrino & Shubert, Centreville VA 2013 ANNUAL REPORT 3 KBA services and benefits ABIP 2013 LOBBYING KBA – 2012 Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program Report 2013 was our third year of offering FREE ABIP inspections to KBA member stations. The cost was previously $300 and up! While we have seen an increase in new stations signing up, there are still many that are not taking advantage of this valuable opportunity. When a station signs up for ABIP they will be contacted by an FCC trained KBA inspector to arrange a mutually satisfactory inspection date. Inspection results are confidential between the inspector and station management. The FCC is not notified of any violations, only that a station has passed. The ABIP does not impose fines or NAL’s. Occasionally, I hear ABIP referred to as a “Mock Inspection”. That is a misnomer. ABIP is performed under contract with, fully sanctioned and recognized by, the Federal Communications Commission. Any station passing the ABIP receives a certificate exempting it from random FCC inspection for a period of three years. Testimonials are available from pleased broadcasters across the state! Greg Happel, Director KBA Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program For further information contact Greg Happel at: [email protected] Phone (270) 325-4120 or the KBA office: [email protected] (888) 843-5221 4 KENTUCKY BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS 2013-14 Harry Barfield Scholarship This marks the 22nd year of the program. During 2013, the Kentucky Broadcasters Association proudly “The KBA is announced the recipients of its 22nd annual Harry Barfield proud to be able to Scholarship awards program. help these talented The four new recipients who received $2,500 scholarships students pursue their for the 2013-14 academic year are: Whitney Davis of Western higher education,” Kentucky University, DaJuan Edwards of the University of said Gary White, Louisville, Ashley Hancox of the University of Kentucky, and president and CEO Caitlin Jackson of Eastern Kentucky University. of KBA. “This year’s The scholarships are awarded through a competitive total of $20,000 means that the KBA now has application process which includes academic achievement, the awarded nearly $190,000 in Harry Barfield Scholarships since recommendation of a faculty member, and extracurricular the inception of the program in the 1992-93 academic year. activities. The awards are renewable for a second year provided Many of these recipients have gone on to successful careers in recipients continue to meet specified criteria. broadcasting and other related communications fields.” In addition, four students who received the KBA Harry Barfield The program is named in honor of Harry Barfield, the late Scholarship in 2012-13 had their awards, also valued at $2,500, president and chairman ofWLEX-TV in Lexington. renewed for the 2013-14 academic year: Kelly Berry of Lindsey Carl Nathe of the University of Kentucky Public Relations & Wilson College, Danielle Collier of U of L, Ryan Vennell ofWKU, Marketing office administers the program. and Scott Vennell of WKU. Ryan and Scott are twin brothers. KBA High School Senior Scholarship In 2013 the KBA continued the KBA High School Senior Scholarship Fund, for the children of Kentucky broadcast station employees. In the second year the KBA awarded fourteen scholarships of $ 1,500 each for a total of $21,000. The scholarship can be used to aide in the payment of tuition, books, room/board or other incidentals. The students must attend fulltime a college, university, vocational school institute of technology, or academy that awards academic degrees or professional certifications. Listed below are the inaugural recipients of the scholarship. Samantha Lewis daughter of Paul Hitchcock, Josie Quinn Lavey daughter of Jeffrey Lawrence,