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14 2 8 40 52 49 50 48 43 44 53 45 28 13 27 SERVICE 15 16 39 17 18 29 32 33 30 21 12 31 3 4 5 6 42 PNS National Pick Up 19 20 7 1 36 1,232 Stations 51 22 23 37 38 24 25 26

41 1. NDPR (1) Beach 9 10 47 11 2. KEYA-FM (1) Belcourt 34 35 3. KHOL-AM (1) Beulah 46 4. ASSOCIATED PRESS Bismarck 93 state/regional radio stations aired PNS stories in 2005 5. KACL-FM, KBYZ-FM, KKCT-FM, KLXX-AM (4) Bismarck 6. KFYR-AM, KBMR-AM, KQDY-FM, KSSS-FM, KXMR-AM, KYYY-FM (6) Bismarck 18. NDPR (1) Devils Lake 35. NDPR (1) Hettinger 7. NDPR (1) Bismarck 19. KZRX-AM (1) Dickinson 36. KQDJ-FM, KXGT-FM, KYNU-FM (3) 8. KBTO-AM (1) Bottineau 20. NDPR (1) Dickinson Jamestown 9. KPOK-AM (1) Bowman 21. KCNN-AM, KZLT-FM (2) East Grand Forks 37. KSJB-AM, KSJZ-FM (2) Jamestown 10. NDPR (1) Bowman 22. KDSU-FM, KCND-FM (2) Fargo 38. NDPR (1) Jamestown 11. KBMW-AM, KGWB-FM (2) Breckenridge 23. KFGO-AM/FM, KVOX-FM, KDAM-FM, 39. NDPR (1) Lakota 12. KDAK-AM (1) Carrington KFAB-FM, KKBX-FM, KRVI-FM, WDAY-FM 40. KNDK-AM (1) Langdon 13. NDPR (1) Crary (8) Fargo 41. KQLX-AM/FM (2) Lisbon 14. NDPR (1) Crosby 24. KPFX-FM, KVOX-FM, KQWB-AM/FM, 42. KMAV-AM/FM (2) Mayville 15. KDLR-AM (1) Devils Lake KLTA-FM (5) Fargo 43. KCJB-AM, KRRZ-AM, KIZZ-FM, KMXA-FM, 16. KDVL-AM (1) Devils Lake 25. NDPR (1) Fargo KYYX-FM, KZPR-FM (6) Minot 17. KZZY-AM (1) Devils Lake 26. WBFG-FM (1) Fargo 44. KHRT-FM (1) Minot 27. KAUJ-AM/FM (2) Grafton 45. NDPR (1) Minot 28. KXPO-AM/FM (2) Grafton 46. KOLY-AM/FM (2) Mobridge PNS Market Share Information 29. KKXL-FM, KJKJ-FM, KKXL-FM, KQHT-FM, 47. KDDR-AM (1) Oakes KSNR-FM (5) Grand Forks 48. KZZJ-AM (1) Rugby Fargo-Moorhead 21% 30. KNOX-AM/FM, KYCK-FM (3) Grand Forks 49. KTGO-AM (1) Tioga 31. NDPR (1) Grand Forks 50. NDPR (1) Tioga Bismark 81% 32. KHND-AM (1) Harvey 51. KOVC-AM (1) Valley City Grand Forks 42% 33. NDPR (1) Harvey 52. KEYZ-AM (1) Williston 34. KNDC-AM (1) Hettinger 53. NDPR (1) Williston

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Story Breakout Number of Radio Stories Station Airings* Broadcasters “Informative and easy Budget Policy & Priorities 3 118 to use... Appreciate the ease and extra sound... Consumer Issues 7 423 The stories are ones that we would probably not Disabilities 4 215 cover. I like the voices... Timely info that other services don’t have.” Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault 5 1,166

“Their journalists are pros, easy Environment 16 1,667 to work with... and get results! In fact, this week one of the radio news stories they produced Health Issues 11 634 and distributed on livable communities was picked up by Human Rights/ Racial Justice 2 66 the Clear Channel network and aired on hundreds of stations across the country.” Livable Wages/Working Families 11 1,327

Lyle Halvorson, AARP North Dakota Native American Issues 2 282

“We just capped a four-year campaign to bring accountability Public Lands/Wilderness 3 186 to our state economic development efforts with the passage of state Rural/Farming 19 1,214 legislation that — before this year — had gone nowhere. The many stories that PNS did on this Senior Issues 10 547 issue and other economic justice issues were vitally important in building the public case for Totals 93 7,845 accountability and democracy. ”

Don Morrison, North Dakota Progressive Coalition

ANNUAL REPORT 2005 * Represents the minimum number of times stories were aired.