2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community

WGTE Public Media is dedicated to enabling personal development and civic improvement by the innovative use of technology to educate, enlighten, engage, enrich, entertain, empower and explore.

WGTE, a Regional Asset WGTE Public Media continues to feature the best national and regional programs and is our community’s premiere source for original and local programs that educate, inspire, entertain and inform. We provide local and meaningful content, available whenever and however viewers and listeners wish: traditional over-the-air digital TV broadcast, FM radio broadcast from four stations (WGTE FM, WGLE, WGBE, and WGDE, collectively known as FM 91), as well as online streaming, multiple web-based products, public events and professional development workshops for educators.

WGTE’s Key Services • Producing and presenting more than 175 local video productions • Classical music, NPR news and local radio programs • Working with caregivers, parents and children to increase learning and literacy outcomes • Enabling teachers to become more effective with support, materials and training to integrate technology in the classroom

WGTE’s Deep Community Reach • 200,000 TV households watch WGTE TV each week. • 75,000 people listen to FM 91 each week. • Nearly 500 early childhood educators are trained annually. • 2,900-plus K-12 teachers receive professional development training annually.

2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community 1 Educate Education remains at the core of WGTE’s mission, as we provide lifelong learning services to our community.

Early Learning Gave away 303 Spanish and bilingual First Books to children and families who are clients of Adelante Latino Resource Center. 1,803 First Books given to children and families who are clients of Adelante Latino Resource Center, WSOS Head Start, East Toledo Family Center, Toledo Collaborative Head Start and FOCUS Toledo. 68 educators for Kids Unlimited afterschool program attended an anti-bullying workshop, presented by WGTE Early Learning. 406 early childhood caregivers attended 30 Ohio Ready to Learn professional development workshops, conducted by WGTE staff. 57 children entered WGTE’s Share a Story Contest, sponsored by The Conda Family. 1,264 families attended WGTE’s free Family Fun Day, sponsored by The Conda Family.

Educational Resource Center (ERC) 2,900 educators and community members received as a state-wide google conference with over 650 Ohio 8,500 contact hours of face-to-face, online and educators in attendance. blended professional development training that is aligned to state standards and targets 20-plus K-12 teachers participated in the measurable objectives. annual Community Resources Workshop, which WGTE sponsors in collaboration with The Blade, With state support provided by Toledo Mud Hens, Metroparks of the Toledo the Broadcast Educational Media Area, the Toledo Zoo and Toledo Museum of Commission, ERC produced five Art. short videos to enable students in grades 4-12 to explore careers as a ERC staff earned certification as Microsoft Dental Assistant, Big-rig Commercial MIE trainers and the ability to offer Driver (CDL), Welder, Pipe fitter and professional Microsoft training to local and Cosmetologist. national educators.

134 adult learners received 476 hours A partnership with Achieve3000 provided of professional development technology training, in support for Sylvania schools and our entire service partnership with the Center for Non-Profit Resources. area in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. ERC staff attended a state-wide Microsoft conference Produced a collection of short videos on iPad with over 120 Ohio educators in attendance, as well integration in the classroom.

2 2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community Enlighten WGTE Public Media’s programs and online services help the community stay informed about relevant issues and matters.

The Arts & Culture 1,143 people Produced and aired 13 made their first gift reports during “Morning Edition” that focused on to WGTE in fiscal the art of video games, local poets and musicians year 2014-15. and more regional arts and cultural offerings, from FM 91 host Haley Taylor. Five reports aired during Public Affairs “All Things Considered” Produced 29 new episodes of WGTE’s that highlighted area weekly public affairs series, “Deadline cultural festivals, Now,” hosted by produced by FM 91 noted journalist reporter Katie Mullin. FM 91’s Haley Taylor. Jack Lessenberry. Topics covered WGTE TV, in the economy, the environment, politics, partnership with the social issues and more. Toledo Symphony Orchestra, filmedsix 159 new

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online archive of free, video- on-demand multimedia resources for the public and for educators. At www. knowledgestream.org, the public and educators can easily access rich content anytime, anywhere, anyhow.

WGTE FM continued its partnership with The Blade to bring local news to “Morning Edition” listeners.

The Toledo Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal for a TSO in HD concert.

2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community 3 Engage WGTE Public Media builds communities and connects them with others who share their interests and views.

featured fun-filled, hands-on literacy, science and math activities. For the first time, WGTE FM broadcast live from Family Fun Day and featured performances by the Toledo School for the Arts’ Steel Drum Band. FM 91 hosts and volunteers greeted hundreds of festival-goers during live broadcasts from the 1,264 children and their families Crosby Festival of the Arts at Toledo attended WGTE’s annual Family Botanical Gardens and Art on the Fun Day on September 14 at Mall at the University of Toledo. Sylvania Tam-o-Shanter. Free and open to the public, the event was made possible by the Conda Family. Three stars from PBS Kids Nearly 1,000 people attended popular children’s programs, Super more than 40 program preview Why! and Peg + Cat were on hand events, held at WGTE Public to greet young fans. The afternoon Media and at public libraries throughout the region. Free and open to the public, these events offered sneak peeks at new seasons of “Downton Abbey,” WGTE FM presented the first ever “Wolf Hall,” “The Roosevelts,” “Portraits in Swing LIVE!” concert as well as opportunities to enjoy at Centennial Terrace in Sylvania, classic episodes of WGTE’s “Toledo featuring FM 91 host Larry Wagner Stories.” and the Johnny Knorr Orchestra.

In December, WGTE hosted nearly 100 guests at a free, double-feature I will miss screening of two classic “Toledo Downton“ Abbey. Stories.” The event was underwritten by The Andersons, Inc. Charitable So sick of reality Foundation. programming and wish there were more shows like Downton Abbey with wonderful actors who entertain us with their journey. - PAM K. VIA FACEBOOK”

4 2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community Enrich & Entertain WGTE provides programs that entertain and enrich our daily lives.

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“Wildwood: Land as Good as Gold” recounts The U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1968 made it Fair Housing: A Place To C the origins of Wildwood Preserve and how Wildwood: illegal to refuse to sell or rent a place to live the former R.A. Stranahan estate was nearly to anyone based on race, color, sex, religion, lost to a luxury real estate developer’s national origin, familial status or disability. But bulldozer. that didn’t prevent discrimination. The estate was acquired by Metroparks of Land as Good as “FairGold Housing: A Place To Call Home” the Toledo Area in 1975 after a hard fought recounts the history of housing discrimination grass roots effort. Today, Wildwood Preserve’s in the United States while profiling the origins stately Manor House, surrounded by acres and ongoing work of the Toledo Fair Housing of natural habitat, is one of the region’s most Center. This fledgling organization founded in popular attractions. Premiered September 25, 19752014 by a core group of concerned citizens had a central focus to expand equal housing “Wildwood: Good as Gold” is illustrated opportunities for all people both locally and with rare newsreel and personal film footage, nationally. Today, the Toledo Fair Housing archival photographs and contemporary High Center is recognized as a national leader Definition footage, capturing all four seasons Wildwood Preserve’s stately manorfor its fairhouse, housing investigations, precedent all Home in Wildwood Preserve. setting cases, enforcement, advocacy, training and outreach. Producer/Director: Darren LaShelle Producer/Editor: Marc A. Hathaway surrounded by acres of natural habitat,The program includes interviews with Shanna Associate Producer: Scott Carpenterr Smith, President and CEO of the National

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Watch! Bid! Buy! The TV 30 Auction Rewind Watch! Bid! Buy! The TV 30 Auction Rewind Watch! Bid! Buy! The TV 30 Auctionrelives the moments andRewind memories of the Watch! Bid! Buy! TV 30 Auction. For thirty years WGTE, or Channel 30 as it was known then, annually dedicated more than a week of programming The TV 30 Auction Rewind to fundraising with a live, televised auction. Premiered June 18, 2015 Staff members and an enthusiastic corps of volunteers planned, organized and auctioned off to the highest bidder a variety of products and services donated by local and national This 30-minute film took a nostalgic look back at the madcap 30-yearbusinesses. history of the This program is a walk down memory lane as it travels back to the first ever “Buy In” in 1968 to the “Last Great Auction” of 1998. Great Channel 30 Buy-In, later the TV 30 Auction, made possible withYou will meet some generous of the Auction’s most support dedicated and memorable volunteers and hear the stories of all the fun, food and from KeyBank. friendships, as told by those who made the TV 30 Auction a true Toledo Story. Executive Producer: Ray Miller Producer: Marc Hathaway Associate Producer: Courtney Hutton WGTE Public Media 1270 S. Detroit Ave. Toledo, OH 43614 419-380-4600 The TV 30 Auction www.wgte.org Underwriting support provided by Premiered June 18, 2015

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In a salute to the TV 30 Auction’s 30 years on the air, WGTE recreated© 2015the WGTE Public eventMedia in a WIDESCREEN 90-minute mini-Auction, complete with merchandise and services donated by local businesses, the ever-popular “Firehouse Quickie,” veteran volunteers, a live studio audience and plenty of balloons!

2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community 5 Empower WGTE Public Media provides the tools and information that enable communities to act upon and influence things.

WGTE Town Hall: Dreams + Education = Success Spring 2015 WGTE was chosen as one of just 13 public media markets in the Sign On: A Journey nation to bring of Integrating together community organizers, Technology educators, parents Premiered August 4, 2014 and stakeholders to address issues This half-hour program followed surrounding A scene from the documentary “180 Days: Hartsville.” teachers at the Islamic School of academic success Greater Toledo and Waite High and graduation rates. In March, WGTE hosted a free screening School as they learned how to use and discussion of the PBS documentary “180 Days: Hartsville” at iPads in their classrooms. Viewers Holland Free Methodist Church. A week later, the “WGTE Town Hall: went inside the classroom with Dreams + Education = Success” brought together a live studio WGTE’s Educational Resource audience and a panel of faculty, administrators and parents from Center’s professional development Holland Elementary School to discuss local efforts to improve public staff that helped the teachers education. Viewers at home were able to interact by calling or learn how technology can produce emailing questions and comments during the broadcast. better learning outcomes for their students. At www.wgte.org, “Sign On” Web extras include a video discussion on technology and early learning, a behind-the-scenes look Cancer: The Emperor of All at the production process and more. Maladies Spring 2015 WGTE received a grant from WETA Public Media to produce five video podcasts, available at www.wgte.org, featuring cancer survivors and caregivers who shared their personal stories of coping with a devastating cancer diagnosis. WGTE collaborated with the Victory Center in Toledo for the project, which was inspired by the PBS premiere of the six-hour film “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies,” from executive producer Ken Burns and director Barak Goodman.

6 2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community Explore WGTE provides opportunities and means to discover the new and different.

Produced and hosted by WGTE FM 91’s Music Director Brad Cresswell, “New Music from Bowling Green” returned for a second season of 13 hour-long syndicated episodes, heard on more than 150 radio stations worldwide. The series is a collaborative effort by WGTE, the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University and the WFMT Radio Network in Chicago.

I loved that broadcast... I’ve“ pointed so many people to it to check it out. THANK YOU for sharing the music with your audience. - FILM & TV COMPOSER ANDREW SHAPIRO, VIA FACEBOOK”

FM 91 continued “Classical Conversation,” a series of WGTE TV: Serving viewers for 63 years interviews with 18 of the WGTE HD - WGTE Family - WGTE Create world’s best-known performers, including Time for Three, WGTE FM Toledo: Serving listeners for 39 years Project Trio, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, pianist Pierre-Laurent WGLE FM Lima: 34 years Aimard, singer Storm Large and many others. Each conversation WGBE FM Bryan: 19 years is preserved in an online audio 16 years archive at wgte.org. WGDE FM Defiance:

For the fifth year, WGTE and Metroparks of the Toledo Area invited all kids, 13 years or younger, to share their best nature photos. Nearly 50 kids submitted photos to Click with Nature! Each photo was featured in special Facebook gallery and a celebration for the young photographers and their families was held at Secor Metropark and the National Center for Nature Photography.

2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community 7 Support WGTE Public Media’s programs and services are made possible thanks to your support.

Underwriting Support The Andersons, Inc. Charitable Toledo Choral Society Foundation Toledo French Alliance WGTE received 82 underwriting The Ballroom Company Toledo Museum of Art orders from 53 local businesses The Guild of Artists & Artisans Toledo Opera and organizations. The Nature Conservancy Toledo Symphony Orchestra A.A. Boos & Sons The Ohio State University Fisher College Toledo Zoo Adams Laundry & Cleaners of Business University Musical Society Adrian Symphony Toledo Ballet University of Findlay Antique Furniture Repair Toledo Chapter, American Guild of University of Toledo Department of Music Black Swamp Players Organists Wood County District Public Library Bowling Green State University College Toledo Community Foundation of Business Toledo Museum of Art Early Learning & Bowling Green State University Fine Arts Toledo Opera Outreach Support Center Galleries Trinity Lutheran School Bowling Green State University Graduate University of Toledo College of Law The Conda Family College Woodcraft Corporation for Public Broadcasting Bright New Leaders for Ohio Schools Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Brooks Insurance Non-Profit Services Catholic Cemeteries – Diocese of Toledo Announcements Owens-Illinois Defiance College PBS Delta Dental WGTE received 131 nonprofit WETA Washington, D.C. Epworth United Methodist Church announcement orders from 34 local Findlay-Hancock County Community organizations. WGTE TV & FM Program Foundation Bowling Green State University College Production Support Fulkerson Jewelers & Clock Shop of Musical Arts Anastasia Foundation Keybank Bowling Green State University The Andersons, Inc. Lakeside Chautauqua Department of Theatre and Film Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio Lourdes University Graduate School Bowling Green State University Fine Arts Beverly Seeman Lovell Foundation Center Galleries Bowling Green State University Maryse & Ramsey Mikhail Endowment Bowling Green State University School Buckeye Health Fund of Arts City of Toledo Maumee Valley Country Day School Claire’s Day for Read for Literacy Conda Family Mercy College Epworth United Methodist Church EZ Meals Nacht Law Findlay-Hancock Community Foundation KeyBank Ohio Education Association Guild of Artists & Artisans Metroparks of the Toledo Area Ohio History Center Museum Islamic Center of Greater Toledo Mobile Meals Ohio Mediation Association Lourdes University Lifelong Learning NPR Ohio Northern University Masterworks Chorale Owens-Illinois Ohio Theater Maumee Valley Country Day School PBS Owens-Illinois Maumee Valley Historical Society ProMedica Patricia K. Jarzabski Trust Monroe Street United Methodist Church Taylor Automotive Family Paycor Musical Arts Series Toledo Fair Housing Center Quality Overhead Door Sauder Village Toledo Symphony S. Amjad and Dorothy G. Hussain St. Patrick of Heatherdowns University of Toledo Family Fund Stranahan Theater Valley Food Services Spangler Candy The 577 Foundation Westfield Insurance Sunset Retirement Communities The Blade / Toledo Lucas County Library Sylvania Recreation The Toledo Repertoire Theatre TARTA Think TV / Delta Dental WGTE Public Media Taylor Automotive Toledo Ballet Clement O. Miniger Memorial Foundation Ten Thousand Villages Toledo Botanical Garden

8 2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community Support Statement of Activities

2015 Annual Report on Content and Service to the Community 9 Summary

To our individual donors, • 200,000 TV households watch WGTE TV each week. • 75,000 people listen to FM 91 each week. underwriters, community partners • 500 early childhood educators are trained by WGTE annually. and grantors who supported • 2,900-plus K-12 teacher receive professional development WGTE Public Media this year: training annually. • 150 radio stations worldwide aired WGTE FM’s syndicated Thank you. series “New Music from Bowling Green.” Your investment means everyone • 159 new presentations by leaders in the arts, sciences, culture and history were produced by WGTE and presented in our community has access to on the Knowledge Stream website. original and local programs and • 1,264 children and their families attended WGTE’s annual services that educate, inform, Family Fun Day. • Nearly 1,000 people attended more than 40 free public entertain and inspire. program preview events.

WGTE Public Media educates the community through technology, including television, radio, internet and innovative professional development for educators. We extend the value of our broadcast and online programming through a variety of community outreach efforts, bringing people together for a shared learning experience. WGTE – where you belong!

WGTE TV • WGTE FM • www.wgte.org • www.knowledgestream.org WGTE Public Media, 1270 South Detroit Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43614

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