Accountability Report Transmittal Form Agency Name: ETV Date of Submission: September 17, 2012 Agency Director: Linda O’Bryon Agency Director’s Email:
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[email protected] Organization Contact’s Telephone Number: 803-737-3249 1 ETV 2011-2012 Accountability Report 2 Section I -- Executive Summary 1. Mission and Values “ETV enriches people’s lives through programs and services that educate our children, engage and connect our citizens, celebrate our culture, help to ensure the security of our state, foster economic development and instill the joy of learning. Our values are South Carolina’s Uniqueness and Diversity, Integrity, Public-Private Collaboration, Educational Success, Innovative and Engaging Work, and Accountability.” 2. Major achievements from the past year: ETV developed a strategic plan to clearly define its business units and place more emphasis on customers. ETV has focused its state services on the areas of education, emergency service communications, transparency and law enforcement training. ETV’s strategic plan continues a move toward a “market driven” approach to ETV’s funding. ETV Radio is now celebrating 40 years in South Carolina. ETV Radio increased its audience by 6.5% to 378,000 weekly listeners statewide. Last fall ETV Radio moved to a brand-new production facility and studios, with private funds raised by the ETV Endowment. Two new national public radio series produced by ETV, Piano Jazz: Rising Stars and Song Travels with Michael Feinstein, launched in 2012. Local programs like Walter Edgar’s Journal, Your Day and three different programs from Spoleto USA in Charleston are among those productions bringing South Carolina alive to our citizens and across the United States.