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At a time when avalanches of informationcompete forattention and accusations of"fakenews" abound, Delaware Public Media remains a source of journalism Delawareans can count on. As the firstand only public news media service founded in Delaware, we are dedicated to providing a unique mix of the best local, national, and international news programming. We air content from National Public Radio and other high-quality media outlets alongside coverage by our Dover-based news team of the unique issues, events, personalities, and culture of the First State.

This report highlights how we fulfilledour mission over the fiscalyear ended June 30, 2018. The year was marked by growth in listenership, award-winning programming, sound financialresults, and improvements in our radio transmitting and online capabilities.

We are particularly proud of the partnerships we've built with educational institutions and arts organizations throughout the state. We enjoyed close collaboration again this year with Delaware State University, the , and the Brandywine School District, and we established new relationships with the Red Clay Consolidated School District and Delaware Humanities.

These combined resources add to the richness and robustness of our programming. At the same time, we are helping train future journalists to practice and uphold the highest standards of news gathering and reporting.

National research indicates trust in the news media is on the rise, local sources of news inspire the most confidence,and radio is the most popular source of news. Gallup reports that 45% of Americans trust the mass media, the highest since 2009. The latest Poynter Institute Media Trust Survey foundthat three-fourthsof Americans trust their local news. The Pew Research Center reports that audiences fornearly every major sector of the U.S. news media declined in 2017 except radio. Our own research confirms these trends. More Delawareans are choosing Delaware Public Media forthorough, accurate, and in-depth reporting of news and informationthey can trust.

We are deeply grateful forthe support we received from our partners, sponsors, underwriters, Producers Circle members, other donors, and devoted listeners statewide to make FY 2018 a success. We look forwardto working with all of you to extend our momentum into 2019 and beyond.

Jane C. W. Vincent Drewry Nash Fennell, Esq. President and Station Manager Chairperson

•.. • .>. - Delaware Public Media is on the air at WDDE 91.7, WMPH 91.7, and WHMS 88.1 - and online at delawarepublic.org.

• Our programming mixes NPR favorites with in-depth, Delaware-specificnews and commentary produced by our Dover-based news team. • NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered feature Delaware news from our anchors and reporters, as well as our "Legislative Update" report whenever the General Assembly is in session. • With a name that evokes open-air meeting places like those in Dover and New Castle, "The Green" is an on-air and online magazine that employs informedreporting, nuanced storytelling, and in-depth interviews in its coverage of issues, events, and ideas.

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2018 Highlights

• WDDE's listenership grew nearly 50% between the spring of 2017 and spring 2018, according to Nielsen Audio, a consumer research company that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences and conducts surveys across Delaware each spring and fall.

• "Generation Voice;' our youth media program at Mt. Pleasant High School since 2014, served more than 50 students during the 2017-18 school year.

• We launched the "A Matter of Facts" podcast series with Delaware Humanities to address the challenges of findingtrustworthy and reliable sources of information.

• We established a new partnership with the Red Clay Consolidated School District that will bring "Generation Voice" to Thomas McKean High School beginning with the 2018-19 school year. This expansion broadens our broadcast footprintin northern Delaware and makes our morning- and afternoon-driveofferings available to more listeners.

Thank you for supporting the range, depth, and diversity of Delaware Public Media's local news and programming.

Producer's Circle

Ellison Carey• Thomas Church• Leslie & Larry Cook• Sheila Cooper & Connor Cooper• Marilyn Davis• Marci Drees• Drew Fennell & Lisa Goodman• Jim & Patricia Griffin• Lisa Hastings• Jim McGiffin& Kathy Doyle• Robert & Melanie McKennett • Matthew Stehl • Robert Vari papa• Jane & Andy Vincent• Mary Woods• Amy Wright

Funders

John D. Baker• Vera Bell • Micheline Boudreau & David Primack• Karen Brause• David Brond• Richard & Bernice Byrne• G. Mitchell Edmondson• Heather Evans• Randy & Linda Farmer• John & Elizabeth Fisher-Gray• John Fink• Edward Hammond• Mary Kaltreider • Nancy Karibjanian & Joseph Nemecz • Patricia Killalea • Leslie Ledogar • Mitchell & Marianne Magee• David C. McBride• Dr. Christie & Tracey Miller• Dennis Rochford• William Martin & Jessica Scarane • Donald Voss • George Watson • Robert Young

Supporters

Karen Abate• Seiichi Akana• William Allan• Ria Allman• Nancy Alteri• Carolyn Apple• Elizabeth Archer• Brian Baer• Carol Benner-Chaffinch• Christopher & Karen Bennett• Bob & Janet Blazovic• Larry Bledsoe• Bruce Bochnowski • George Bockius • William & Anne-Marie Bond• Julian Booker• Jeff Booth• Robert Soucek• Kimberly Brockenbrough • Scott & Terri Brown• Teddy Burke• Thomas Byrne• Maryellen Carbaugh• The Hon. Sen. Thomas Carper• Karen Carson• Andrew Chrzanowski• John Clark• James Clougherty •Benjamin Cohen• Garrett Col morgen• Stuart & Lucy Comstock-Gay• Naomi Conn• Jennifer Cornell• Mary Curran• Hubert Daniel• Christine Davidson• Thomas & Alice Davis• Jordan Dean• Bradley Dellinger• AJ & Carolyn DeMarco• Jeanmarie Desmond• Richard Dillard• Stephen Doggett• GriffinD ubreuil• Deanna Duby• Allan Dueck• John & Margaret Dunham• John & Rosemarie Eberly• Rebecca Eliason• Brett & Gwendolyn Elliott• Arthur Ellisen• Alice Erickson• Paul Esposito• Emily Falcon• Amy Ferrer• John Filicicchia • Jeremy Firestone• Jeannette Fisler• Beverly Fletcher• Nicholas Foery • Richard & Ann Freeman• Patrick & Jennifer Gallagher• J. Brian Graham• Charles Grant• Rachel Grier-Reynolds• Jack Grimm• Jay Valorie Hailey• Suzanne Harper• Melissa Harrington • Thomas Charles Harris• Terri Hasson Cornelius & Margaret Hawk• James & Kathleen Hawkins• John & Judy Hayes• Bob Haynes• Linda Heckert• Frankie Hill• Cheryl & Walter Hoey• Carl Hoffman• Sara Hoffman• Chester Hollingsworth• Claudia Hughes• Helga Huntley• Joe & Kathy Huston• Karen Hutchison• Sandra Dennison James• Clay & Virginia Jester• Eugene Johnson• Evelyn Joiner• Mark Jolly-Van Bodegraven • Howard Joseph• John Jungck• Leba Kauffman• Diana Keegan• Ann Kempski • Connie Klimke • George Knapp• Jan & Ken Konesy • Andrea Kreiner & Ali Mirakhalili • Jimmy Kroon & Lori Brown• Hannah Lapp• Rebecca Lawrence• William Leeman• Charles Lewis• Jerome & Linda Lewis• Lawrence Lichty• Theresa Little• Bruce Lorenz• Craig Lukezic• William Lustfield• Janet MacDonna • Michael Malkiewicz• Stephen Mangat• Andrew Marshall• Cindy Martin• Kevin McCarthy• Mary Jane McClements • Joseph & Kip McDaniel• Henrey Mensack • Jennifer Merrill• Timothy & Ingrid Miller• Thomas & Carole Miller• Michael & Janet Miller• Susan Moliken• Christopher Moore• Elizabeth Moore• Paul Nasca• Leslie Newman• Melissa Nixon• Eric Noren­ berg• Maureen O'Mara • Michael O'Rourke • Reig & Elizebeth Outten• Roseann Pack• Allison Parkes• Chris Patterson• Ronald Peikes • Perspectives Counseling Center• John & Carrie Phillos• Madaleine Polhemus• Ben Pressly• Theresa Pugh• Ron & Suzanne Raab-Long• Maureen Raitz• Andreas & Alice Rauer• Samuel Richter• Frances Riddle & Bob Frazier• Kate Rohrer• Jeffrey Ross• Jeffrey Roushey • Pierre Rouvierre • Bernadette Ruf• Susan & Chazz Sal kin• David Schmidt• Mary Schoettinger • Kristofer Scholl• Nathan Schreppler • James & Virginia Schweiger• Susan Selph• Purushottam Shanbhag • Rod & Lynn Sharp• Rick Sheppard• Rachel Simon• Robin Sirkis• Cynthia & David Small• Paul & Anita Smith• Diane Snover• Alexander Soroka• Cem Soykan• Ross Spencer• John Stevenson• Margaret Stewart• Lester & Christine Stillson• Vicki Stockslager • Carol Stratford• Wayne Stulz • Danielle Sullivan• Michael & Clara Szczechura • Joseph Takahashi• Stephen Taylor• Andrea Tinianow • Thomas Trezise• William John Ullman• Samuel & Amanda Van Horne• Guy & Sandra VanderLek • Nuggehalli Vasuki • Melodie Virtue• Walter Walls• Katherine Ward • Paul Weagraff• Susan West• Warren Weatherbee• Elisa White• Kenney Workman• Joe & Judy Zingaro• Ursula Zipperer• Richard Zuckerman

Friends

Christina Abramowicz • Jennifer Acord• Lloyd & Ann Alexander• Virginia Angstadt• Peter Appel• Susan Baker• Lafayette Bell• David Bever• Elizabeth Blumer• Daniel Bobrowsky • Mark Borer• Marlene Burke• Paul Burns• Carla Burton• Scott Caplan• Nigel Caplan• Carrie Casey• Jeanne Celiberti • Elizabeth Chajes • Aman Chandi • Karen Chellquist • Charlotte Cherriman• Alexander Clawson• Michael Cohalan • Wayne Comer• Janelle Cornwell• Edgar & Heather Cregar• James & Susan Cycyk • Kiley Dancy• Edward Dawley• Bethany DeBussy • Nicole Desaulniers •Virginia Digialleonardo • Thomas Dix• Jeremy Ernest• Maureen Ewadinger • Robert Federwitz • John Ferrell• Vavah Fiase • Frieda Fisher-Tyler• Claire Ford• Myna German• John Gingrich• Deborah Gottschalk• Susan Hatch• Ajay Hatkar • Paul Hayes• Clayton Heaton• Teri Hines• Eliza Hirst• Virgil & Vickie Hogue• Nancy Holland• Wlliam Holler• Ivory Hopkins• Lynne Howard• Katherine Jackson• Jan Jenkins• Frederika Jenner• Kathleen Kelly• Gifford King• Daniel & Karen Laughman• Joyce Leahy• Dieter Littles• Esther & Matthew Lovlie • Raymond & Ellen Malenfant• Harvey Manchester• G. Bradley Mansolf • Francis & Marian Marro• Stephanie & Robert McBride• John McCarthy• David & Judith Mellen• Justin & Gus Mercante-Bartels • Michelle Middlebrooks• Sean Miller• Lina Mills• Gina Miserendino• Erick Moyer• Sarah Mueller• John Munroe• John & Nadine Murphy• Joseph Nestlerode • Michael Nielsen• Barbara Oberender • Sara Obyrne• Bob Oswald• Roy Parikh• Mark & Catherine Parsells• Rakesh Patel• Jonathan Patz• Sara Toursh Pavlow • Anthony Pawlowski• John Petersen• Christine Polo• Mark Powell• Vickie Pritchett• Tracey Quillen• Nancy Quinn• Barbara Ralph• Kathy Samworth • Michele & Howard Sands• Ann Schneider• David Schueck II• Kevin Scott• Walter Slutsky• Perrin Smith• Sara Smith• Polly Steenhagen• Jay Stirling• Jennifer Strickland• RJ Szechtman • Charles Tarver• Jerell Thomas• Chelsea Thomeer • Shirley Thoms• Jonathan Tice• Arlene Torres• Cevina Vulinec & David Mellow• Marianne Walch• Douglas Ware• Barbara Warnell• Melville & Peni Warren• Vicki Williamson• Ted & Juanita Wilson• Lawrence Windley• Lynn Winkler• Jean Woods• Dolores Finger Wright• Martin Yerick• Joanna York• Carol Zervas• Jim Zimmie