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2006 Annual Report

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A Letter from American University Interim President, Dr. Cornelius M. Kerwin

As a longtime member of the American University community, WAMU 88.5 has been a part of my life for more than 30 years. In addition to offering news, information, and civilized discourse for radio listeners in the nation’s capital, WAMU 88.5 is an important part of American University’s educational mission.

Through its local news coverage and well-known talk programs, the station is a great ambassador for AU. The Show, in national syndication, takes our name to more than 100 stations around the country. With its community-based programming, The Kojo Nnamdi Show takes an in-depth look at local issues and prompts thoughtful discussion. The town halls and panel discussions facilitated by WAMU Cornelius M. Kerwin, American University Interim President 88.5’s collaborations with America Abroad Media and the AU School of Communication promote an on-air review of the important issues of the day.

In addition to this record of success, WAMU 88.5 is constantly looking to the future for technological innovations that will increase our broadcasting services. WAMU 88.5 is a leader in the testing of HD Radio®, and we anticipate broadening our top-notch radio services into the future.

These are a few examples of WAMU 88.5’s role in furthering American University’s ideals of global education, civic involvement, and awareness of today’s important issues. We look forward to future plans and innovations that will benefit our listeners and friends even more.

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A Letter from WAMU 88.5’s General Manager, Caryn G. Mathes

As we celebrate 45 years as your NPR station in the nation’s capital, we envision WAMU 88.5 developing into a family of content services. From our traditional analog signal heard on radios throughout the region to online streaming audio and podcasts and the budding technology of HD Radio, our commitment is the same as ever: to be the media standard-bearer for reasoned civil discourse in our community.

This tradition was alive and well in Fiscal Year 2006 with the continued success of WAMU 88.5–produced programs. remained on the global scene with balanced analysis and perspective while expanding its audience overseas as part of the new NPR Berlin service. The “first lady of public radio

Caryn Mathes, talk programming” was also honored in Italy with the inaugural Urbino Press Award, created to recognize WAMU 88.5 General Manager outstanding work by American journalists. The Kojo Nnamdi Show continued to bring local culture and politics into focus, while host Kojo Nnamdi was named a “Washingtonian of the Year” by Washingtonian magazine, in recognition of his contributions to the community. Metro Connection followed through on its goal to connect listeners to news and cultural happenings from the District, Virginia, and .

As always, WAMU 88.5 augmented its own program productions in 2006 with the best of network offerings from a variety of respected producers and sources around the world. We participated once again in the Public Radio Collaboration, an annual national conversation on an important topic of interest in the world. This past year, the collaboration focused on the topic “Think Global,” with programs that explored our connections to local communities and the rest of the world.

WAMU 88.5 took a step into the future in 2006, putting its HD Radio multi-casting abilities to the test with special gavel-to-gavel coverage of the confirmation hearings for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts on WAMU2, the station’s second HD Radio channel. It was a great opportunity to raise awareness of the emerging technology and to demonstrate the enhanced community service it will allow us to offer listeners in the very near future.

Of course, WAMU 88.5 continued its support in 2006 for our community’s cultural roots with traditional music programming. Listeners can still hear all day Sundays on WAMU 88.5 and 24 hours a day at BluegrassCountry.org. Ed Walker, host of The Big Broadcast, celebrated 15 years on WAMU 88.5 at the end of this past year, and Hot Saturday Night host Rob Bamberger celebrated 25 years on the air. Hot Jazz Saturday Night also experienced expanded distribution through the NPR Berlin service.

The end of this past year marked the end of my first year as General Manager of WAMU 88.5. I’m greatly encouraged by our growth and by the ever-increasing support from our community. Without our members and listeners, we would quickly lose both relevance and the power of the microphone. I’m gratified that listeners continue to entrust us with that power, making us their first choice for NPR news, talk, and cultural programming in the nation’s capital.

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WAMU 88.5 Annual Report

Fiscal Year 2006

Programming Highlights ...... 2

Awards, Anniversaries, and Special Events ...... 12

Community Outreach...... 14

American University Radio ...... 18

.org ...... 19

Technology ...... 20

WAMU 88.5 Funding ...... 21

AU Board of Trustees, FY 2006 ...... 30

AU Employees, FY 2006 ...... 31

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Programming Highlights

Audience Update

WAMU 88.5 consistently is ranked as one of the top five public radio stations in the country by listenership, with more than 540,000 listeners per week in Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. In that time, WAMU 88.5 also was ranked fourth in the country for delivering listeners to National Public Radio (NPR) programming, and brought the fourth largest listening audience to and fifth largest to .

During FY 2006, WAMU 88.5’s The Diane Rehm Show was carried on 109 stations across the country, including 12 of the top 25 markets. It was ranked in the top 10 of five of those markets: Washington, D.C., Miami, Seattle, Phoenix, and St. Louis. Additionally, the audience for the show grew to more than 1,600,000 weekly listeners during FY 2006, an increase of nine percent over FY 2005.

“I wake up to WAMU every day, I drive to work listening to WAMU, I have my lunch listening to WAMU, I drive home listening to WAMU, and WAMU is the last thing I listen to before I sleep. Thank you for the wonderful programs that make me think about issues that really matter!”

— WAMU 88.5 listener

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WAMU 88.5 Productions

The Diane Rehm Show For more than 25 years, The Diane Rehm Show has offered listeners thoughtful and lively conversations on an array of topics with many of the most distinguished people of our times. Each week, more than 1.6 million listeners across the country tune in to the program, which has grown from a small local morning call-in show on WAMU 88.5 to one of public broadcasting’s most-listened-to programs, posting its best numbers ever at the end of last year. The program is carried on 109 stations across the country, the Armed Forces Network, NPR Worldwide, and Sirius satellite radio. Free podcasts now are available online at wamu.org.

In FY 2006, the show extended its reach internationally with two significant events. On April 3, 2006, the new free over-the-air NPR Berlin radio station in Germany began broadcasting the “first lady of radio talk programming.” In addition, Rehm received an international accolade as the inaugural recipient of the Urbino Press Award in Italy, created to recognize outstanding work by American journalists. Rehm was chosen for her “long and prestigious career in journalism and…special focus on the problems of human frailty.”

Guests in FY 2006 included: • Senators Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) • Governors Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) and Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) • Lynne Cheney, Mary Cheney, and Kristin Gore • Gen. Anthony Zinni, former Commander-in-Chief, Central Command, and Gen. James L. Jones, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and Commander of the U.S. European Command, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) • Former President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Canadian Ambassador Frank McKenna, and Lady Catherine Manning • Journalists Linda Greenhouse, Joe Lelyveld, Bob Woodward, Anthony Shadid, Andrea Mitchell, Maureen Dowd, Mike Wallace, Jane Bryant Quinn, Fred Barnes, and Joe Klein Diane Rehm interviews some of the • Violinist Joshua Bell and flutist Sir James Galway most distinguished people of our time. • Authors John Banville, Bebe Moore Campbell, Joan Didion, E.L. Doctorow, Umberto Eco, Jules Feiffer, John Irving, Erica Jong, Salman Rushdie, and Zadie Smith • Actors Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, David Hyde Pierce, Blair Underwood, and Gene Wilder

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The Kojo Nnamdi Show Kojo Nnamdi, a native of Guyana, lends a global perspective to front page headlines and explores emerging stories before they are news. Kojo’s inviting on-air style encourages guests and callers to discover new points of view, embrace controversy, and spark new ideas. In 2005, Washingtonian magazine named Kojo a “Washingtonian of the Year” for his contribution to the community.

“Maybe the best interviewer in town” —

The Kojo Nnamdi Show continues to set the standard for local Washington radio both on-air and off. Every Tuesday, the show puts technology in context and assesses its relevance in your life with “Tech Tuesday,” hosted by The Computer Guys. On Fridays, Kojo hosts The DC Politics Hour with Kojo and Jonetta, a lively, intelligent, irreverent, and thought-provoking discussion of the latest social and political issues of concern to area residents.

WAMU Community Council member Marty Davis (left) with Kojo Nnamdi at a reception for Kojo’s recognition as a “Washingtonian of the Year” by Washingtonian magazine.

Guests and Topics in FY 2006 included: • , Host, NPR’s Saturday • “Terrorism Exercises” • “Robot Theology” • “Judicial Conservatism” • “Selling the Military” • “Living with Serious Illness” • “Obituary Writing” • “Negro League Baseball”

• Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg • “Politics and the Visual Image”

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Metro Connection In 1995, WAMU 88.5 began the first local news magazine in the Washington, D.C., market. The award- winning Metro Connection is produced by the WAMU 88.5 newsroom with the same attention to detail and technical standards as National Public Radio’s weekly news magazines. Instead of a national perspective, the focus is on our local communities. Metro Connection airs immediately after “The D.C. Politics Hour,” and broadens the focus from city government to news and features from the District, Virginia, and Maryland. The program also highlights upcoming arts events, tells the history of our neighborhoods, and offers live, in-studio performances from local bands, which have no other radio outlet in the region.

Traditional American Music For 32 years, WAMU 88.5 has been a pioneering presence in the bluegrass community with programs that explore traditional American music and are hosted by musicians, ethnomusicologists, historians, producers, and festival-goers who understand the history of this honest and heartfelt music format. The renowned locally produced music shows heard on WAMU 88.5 include: • Stained Glass Bluegrass with host Red Shipley, one of the longest-running gospel bluegrass shows on the air • Hot Jazz Saturday Night with host Rob Bamberger, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in FY 2006 with an event at the Clarendon Ballroom in Arlington, Va. • The Dick Spottswood Show, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on WAMU 88.5 in July 2005 • The Eddie Stubbs Show, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in FY 2006 • The Big Broadcast, which launched Feb. 16, 1964, making it the longest-running program on WAMU 88.5, and its host, Ed Walker, who celebrated 15 years with the station

• WAMU 88.5 bluegrass icon, Ray Davis, of The Ray Davis Show, who recently celebrated his own 20th anniversary

BluegrassCountry.org BluegrassCountry.org maintains a loyal worldwide audience that enjoys and supports efforts to continue the

Rob Bamberger, host of tradition at WAMU 88.5 of providing access to Americana music of the highest quality. The ‘round-the-clock Hot Jazz Saturday Night Internet radio station features award-winning WAMU 88.5 hosts Ray Davis, Lee Michael Demsey, Dick Spottswood, Gary Henderson, Eddie Stubbs, and Red Shipley. The service also offers programs by noted musicologists and artists from around the country and the world.

Many highlights in FY 2006 point to the continued growth of the service. The winter 2006 membership campaign raised $30,000 — the largest total membership donations received in a single month since the station was launched in June 2001. In addition, BluegrassCountry produced its first CD, featuring a compilation of performances and previously unreleased recordings donated by major artists such as Blue Highway, King Wilkie, and J.D. Crowe and the New South, among others. Finally, the station had a significant presence at the annual Merlefest Concert in Tennessee, where more than 60,000 bluegrass fans from around the country converge to celebrate bluegrass traditions. Hundreds of people stopped by the BluegrassCountry tent to find out about the service and become members.

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Local News Coverage

WAMU 88.5’s commitment to in-depth journalism was demonstrated once again in the weeks leading up to the Virginia Gubernatorial election in November 2005, with coverage on Metro Connection and The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Additionally, WAMU 88.5 produced a year- long series called “Barely Getting By” (see below) that yielded reports in Morning Edition, Metro Connection, and additional dialogue on The Kojo Nnamdi Show. The WAMU 88.5 newsroom covered Hurricane Katrina by looking at the wide-reaching effects on the Washington, D.C., area through reports on temporary housing, education, employment, and more.

Partnership with NBC 4 In December 2005, WAMU 88.5 announced a partnership with Washington, D.C.’s WRC-TV, NBC 4, to The WAMU 88.5 news team provide more substantial weather reports to the WAMU 88.5 listening audience. Meteorologists Tom Kierein and Bob Ryan join Morning Editon local host Bill Redlin and All Things Considered local host James White at the bottom of the hour during the NPR news magazines Monday through Friday.

New Partnership with Traffic.com On March 1, 2006, WAMU 88.5 began a partnership with Traffic.com to provide improved traffic reports to help listeners get to their destinations with less stress. The new service reports specific speeds along certain roadways and quantifies the delay drivers are likely to experience. It also provides customized information and reports directly to individual commuters via phone or email. In addition to these services, Traffic.com provides WAMU 88.5 with its own exclusive traffic reporter during morning and afternoon drive times. The reporter offers live reports and interacts with our morning and afternoon hosts, Bill Redlin and James White.

Barely Getting By: A Documentary on the Working Poor In 2004, WAMU 88.5 began producing a series of short features that explored the many issues affecting low-wage workers. More than a dozen features were produced, providing the base for a full-length radio documentary that took an in-depth look into the subject. This one-hour documentary, which aired on June 22, 2005, explored the needs and experiences of low-wage workers in the D.C. metro area. It was co-hosted by WAMU 88.5’s Sam Litzinger and David Shipler, author of The Working Poor, and was produced by Sidsel Overgaard from the WAMU 88.5 newsroom.

Hosted Midday Programs In May 2005, Matt McCleskey began as the live local host during midday programs. Prior to that, WAMU 88.5 had used all pre-recorded information during breaks from the end of Morning Edition at 10 a.m., to the beginning of All Things Considered at 4 p.m. This change created a more welcoming local presence to listeners, and allowed WAMU 88.5 to have a quicker and more effective response to breaking news, weather, and traffic updates.

Senior Broadcast Journalist James White is local host of All Things Considered.

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Youth Voices Every winter since Spring 2003, Washington-area high school students have been hard at work in the studios of WAMU 88.5 learning the skills necessary to produce their own radio news features. Each Youth Voices team cultivates the stories that reflect their lives as adolescents and what it’s like to live, learn, and grow in Washington, D.C. The reports air on WAMU 88.5 and are offered nationally through PRX, an Internet content-sharing platform through which many Youth Voices pieces have aired on other stations throughout the country.

Participants in the program have received national attention for their work. An obesity report by Youth Voices reporter Jennifer Rowe was the first youth-produced piece ever featured on National Public Radio’s podcast directory, and a report on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder from reporter Erikah Jacobs was a finalist for a Golden Reel Award given by the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. In addition, many graduates of the program have contributed to building the field of youth journalists locally and nationally by serving as school guest speakers, youth editors for PRX, and planning committee members for the National Youth in Radio Training Conference.

Michael Spikes, a radio producer from Cleveland, Ohio, joined the WAMU 88.5 staff in FY 2006 as the Youth Voices Producer/Project Coordinator. As always, students learned to find their voices and produced pieces with honest perspectives on life as a youth in the D.C. area. Here is a sample of their work:

Youth Voices producers and mentors • All teens like to party... well, most of them do. Youth Voices producer Mia knows all too well the potential consequences that teens face consuming alcohol underage. Mia seeks to find answers to whether the Teen Court system is effective in curbing the dangerous effects of underage drinking.

• Marjorie explores what it’s like to not fluently speak her parents’ native language. Although she has learned the culture of her native Uganda, what’s a kid to do when she needs a translator to talk to her own grandmother?

• Jennifer has experienced just about every quadrant of Washington, D.C. She explains that not every neighborhood in the district is judged fairly, and Jennifer’s story may just change the way you think.

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Additionally, in summer 2005, a hybrid “alumni” Youth Voices group produced five stories that were well-reviewed and distributed. A number of these pieces were picked up by public radio stations in Pennsylvania, Oregon, and New York.

The Youth Voices project relies heavily on its relationships with community organizations. In FY 2006 alone, the project forged relationships with the D.C. Public Schools’ Office of Career and Technology Education to begin development of specialized workshops for participating high schools. Youth Voices also formed relationships with the students and staff of Prince George’s County public schools and Friendship Public Charter Schools in Washington, D.C., by training students in radio production, providing meeting space on the weekends, and scheduling free studio time for student productions.

With its continued success, Youth Voices has begun to reach out to more students in the area by widening the net on potential recruits to include the entire Washington, D.C., metro region. The program has already begun to receive applications from students in Loudon and Prince William counties in Virginia, and Prince George’s and Montgomery counties in Maryland.

Finally, the project received good news for its future in the form of generous grants. Norman and Winifred Portenoy of the Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation donated a $10,000 gift, their first to WAMU 88.5, after being inspired by what they heard and experienced at the listening event in March 2006. In October 2005, the program received a $17,500 grant from the Freddie Mac Foundation. This support reveals the value of the program and ensures that future generations of youth will have the opportunity to have their voices heard on WAMU 88.5 and around the country.

Youth Voices participants learn essential reporting skills through a series of workshops.

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Ongoing Partnerships/Special Programs

Public Radio Collaboration The Public Radio Collaboration was launched in the fall of 2001 as a way to provide public radio producers and broadcasters across the country with the opportunity to engage their listeners in a national conversation about a topic of interest to all Americans. The collaboration is a “power week”: an on-air event that highlights a single topic and provides listeners with in-depth information that advances their thinking and empowers them as engaged and informed citizens. It is coordinated by and involves the participation of hundreds of public radio producers, journalists, and station staff.

WAMU 88.5 has been involved with the collaboration since its inception and was proud to contribute to this year’s topic, “Think Global,” a look at the often-hidden connections between us, our communities, and the rest of the world. In partnership with America Abroad Media, the American Consortium for EU Studies, and The Economist, WAMU 88.5 produced a town hall program, “Globalization and Poverty,” that featured a panel discussion about the effect of the global economic system on the world’s poor. The discussion was co-hosted by WAMU 88.5’s Kojo Nnamdi and America Abroad Media’s Garrick Utley and was recorded live at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., for distribution to public radio stations around the country.

Other programs that aired on WAMU 88.5 as part of the collaboration, May 16–22, 2005: Global 3.0 — A look at the impact of globalization on the status quo (May 16) Security Check: Confronting Today’s Global Threat (May 17) Feet in Two Worlds: Immigrants in a Global City (May 18) China’s World: Competing for Commerce (May 19) China’s World: Partnering with the Giant (May 19) For Richer, For Poorer: A Global Call-In (May 21)

Partnership with America Abroad Media America Abroad Media produces an international affairs public radio program distributed in the U.S. by Public Radio International and internationally by National Public Radio Worldwide. It is broadcast on more than 100 U.S. public radio stations and in more than 145 countries. Content contributed to the program is a collaborative effort between WAMU 88.5, American University’s School of International Service, America Abroad Media, and The Economist magazine.

Several times a year, WAMU 88.5 partners with America Abroad Media to present town hall meetings and special documentaries on important current events and global issues. WAMU 88.5 and America Abroad collaborated on the following productions in FY 2006: Globalization and Poverty (May 9, 2005) Running on Empty: America’s Energy Security (Aug. 25, 2005) Evangelicals and the New Global Mission with the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life (Oct. 6, 2005) Avian Flu: Pandemic Threat and the Global Response (Jan. 17, 2006) Torture and the Laws of War in the Fight Against Terrorism (Jan. 30, 2006; aired Feb. 8 & April 17, 2006)

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StoryCorps® in D.C. The StoryCorps project is a national oral history initiative sponsored in part by NPR, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Saturn Automobiles, and local public radio stations across the country. It was created by award-winning NPR producer and MacArthur “Genius” David Isay. The project built soundproof recording studios across the country beginning in 2003 and launched its MobileBooths in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2005, with the goal of collecting 250,000 stories over the next ten years from cities across the country. These stories will become part of a permanent archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

Beginning in May 2005, WAMU 88.5 aired selected interviews from the D.C. MobileBooth recording sessions during Morning Edition, which continues to feature excerpts from the project every Friday. Additionally, WAMU 88.5 aired a half-hour special about the project on May 23, and Kojo Nnamdi interviewed Isay about the project on The Kojo Nnamdi Show on May 19.

National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows Concert Each year, the National Endowment for the Arts celebrates folk and traditional artists by recognizing the NEA National Heritage Fellows. On Sept. 23, 2005, twelve superlative makers of rosemaling, papel picado, Yiddish song, Cajun, gospel, and “go-go” music were given the highest federal recognition for their arts and crafts.

WAMU 88.5 aired the 2005 National Heritage Fellows concert in a special two-hour Thanksgiving Day broadcast. The program featured the performances of these extraordinary artists in concert from the Lisner Auditorium on the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C. The performances included rockabilly diva Wanda Jackson; the fabulous Michael Doucet, who has led the revitalization of Cajun music; Albertina Walker, the “Queen of Gospel Music”; and Janette Carter of the legendary Carter Family.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Path to Nonviolence On Jan. 16, 2006, WAMU 88.5 marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a special program on the story of African-Americans in , Va. — a city that overcame the twin evils of slavery and segregation to evolve into black and white communities living together today. WAMU 88.5’s Sam Litzinger hosted the program, which featured an interview with Dr. Pamela Cressey, Alexandria’s City Archaeologist, who is working to ensure that the past remains present.

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National Public Radio Programs and Specials As always, WAMU 88.5 broadcast its regular slate of NPR programs, which featured special coverage of major events throughout the year. Here is a sample of NPR programs and features heard on WAMU 88.5 in FY 2006: • June 28, 2005: NPR News live coverage of President Bush’s speech about the war in Iraq on the first anniversary of the transfer of power from the U.S.-led coalition to Iraq’s interim government. • September 2005: NPR coverage of Hurricane Katrina and a special from The Infinite Mind entitled In the Wake of the Storm, which examined the aftermath of the hurricane. • Dec. 27, 2005: A perennial NPR favorite, Hanukkah Lights, in which four authors explore Hanukkah traditions in original stories. • Jan. 31, 2006: Live anchored coverage of President Bush’s State of the Union Address, hosted by NPR’s , with analysis and reaction from NPR correspondents, political analysts, and members of Congress.

WAMU 88.5 News Director Jim Asendio and Reporter Sarah Hughes

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Awards, Anniversaries, and Special Events

Throughout the year, WAMU 88.5 holds special events, receptions, and gatherings to celebrate station and personal achievements, thank donors for their generous support, and connect station staff with the community. These events are usually organized by the WAMU 88.5 Membership Department for the enjoyment of station staff and donors and serve as a way to bring together the WAMU 88.5 community. Here is a sample of the events, awards and anniversaries recognized in FY 2006: • WAMU 88.5 held a welcome reception on May 5, 2005, for new General Manager Caryn G. Mathes at the University Club in the Mary Graydon Center on the American University campus. WAMU 88.5 staff were in attendance, along with figures from both American University and public broadcasting communities, including NPR President Kevin Close. • July 2005 marked the tenth anniversary of WAMU 88.5’s local news magazine, Metro Connection.

• Approximately 80 people attended a Major Donor Reception at Strathmore on July 7, 2005, including Andrea Leifer, who joined the WAMU 88.5 staff as Manager of Special Giving. Andrea served as a Major Gift Officer for the Corcoran Gallery of Art prior to her arrival at WAMU. • Nearly 70 WAMU 88.5 donors joined station senior staff in attending the American University President’s Circle Dinner on October 20, 2005. Attendees got a sneak preview of the new AU and the museum housed there. • On Nov. 5, 2005, Hot Jazz Saturday Night and its host, Rob Bamberger, celebrated 25 years on WAMU 88.5 with a gala benefit at the Clarendon Ballroom in Arlington, Va. The event was a huge hit with more than 400 fans in attendance, as well as station staff and friends. Rob was touched by the turnout of so many devoted listeners, and the event raised $15,728 to support WAMU 88.5. Of course, Rob was right back at the microphone the following week. • On Nov. 19, 2005, WAMU 88.5 and George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium presented “Radio Stories & Other Stories,” an evening with Ira Glass, host of This American Life. Renowned for producing radio programs with depth and substance, Glass presented an exploration of how to do just that. The event was followed by a Q & A session. WAMU 88.5 offered 50 pairs of tickets to the performance and an invitation to the special “Meet & Greet” at the $365 membership level during its fall campaign in October 2005, and the event was a sell-out! WAMU 88.5 General Manager Caryn Mathes and Congressman Jim Moran (D-Va.) present • In December 2005, Bill Redlin celebrated his 20th anniversary as local host of Morning Edition. Hot Jazz Saturday Night host Rob Bamberger For 20 years, Bill has gotten up every weekday morning at 3 a.m. to help WAMU 88.5 listeners with a Congressional Record honoring his 25 years on the air. get a jump-start on the day. • In February 2006, General Manager Caryn Mathes and Senior Director of Programming Mark McDonald met with 19 journalists from the Middle East and North Africa as part of the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Project. The project is designed to introduce participants to the field of journalism as it is practiced in the U.S., and the policies, institutions, and players that influence the field.

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• Kojo Nnamdi was recognized as a 2005 “Washingtonian of the Year,” an award given by Washingtonian magazine to honor “those who make the region a better place for all of us.” A special intimate reception was held for Kojo at the station on Feb. 16, 2006, with Community Council members, senior staff, major donors, and the entire Kojo Nnamdi Show team. Diane Rehm hosted the official awards ceremony for the 2005 “Washingtonians of the Year.” • A listening party for Youth Voices was held March 10, 2006, at the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church. In addition to students, their families, and WAMU staff and Community Council members, NPR local Trustees and local President’s Councils members also attended. Andrea Roane, the weekday morning anchor for WUSA-TV, Channel 9, was a special guest of one of the students. Kojo Nnamdi served as the moderator. • In a ceremony on Monday, March 13, 2006, at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Diane Rehm was named the inaugural recipient of the Urbino Press Award, created to recognize outstanding work by American journalists. In May, she traveled to Urbino, Italy, known as “the birthplace of the Renaissance,” to receive the award in a formal presentation. Diane shared photos and highlights of her trip and took questions at a major donor event held later in May at American University’s Katzen Center for the Arts. • Ed Walker, host of The Big Broadcast, celebrated 15 years with WAMU 88.5 on April 1, 2006. • Kojo Nnamdi participated in the 14th Annual Arena Stage Benefit for Community Engagement on April 6, 2006. This charity benefit raises money for the theater’s educational outreach programs, which reach more than 20,000 local students. The star-studded event is a single-performance show that includes local and national politicos and media. • On April 22, 2006, WAMU 88.5’s James White hosted the Alley Big Band JAM celebration, featuring the music of Quincy Jones and Oliver Nelson performed by the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, the orchestra-in-residence at the National Museum of American History. • Diane Rehm was featured in the 2006 book Extraordinary Women: Fantasies Revealed, produced Ed Walker, host of The Big Broadcast by Ilene Leventhal and Francine Levinson with photographs by Clay Blackmore. • WAMU 88.5 and BluegrassCountry.org host Eddie Stubbs emceed “An Evening with The ,” an evening of country and bluegrass music under the stars at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. The showcase featured Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless, the Del McCoury Band, Riders in the Sky, and Old Crow Medicine Show. • WAMU 88.5 was the official media sponsor of a listening event and conversation with Thembi Ngubane, a South African teenager who documented her experience living with AIDS in a half-hour radio documentary, “Thembi’s AIDS Diary,” that aired on NPR in April 2006. Her story became more than a radio documentary, sending her on a five-city tour of the U.S. to share her experiences with students, doctors, Congressional staff, and HIV-positive teens. The Kojo Nnamdi Show featured a conversation with Thembi the day before the event.

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Community Outreach

Kojo in Your Community WAMU 88.5’s Kojo Nnamdi periodically leaves the studio for a discussion of important topics in local communities throughout the D.C. area. The Kojo in Your Community series began in 2001 as WAMU in Your Ward and is now broadcast as part of The Kojo Nnamdi Show. The discussions are town hall–style meetings in which “the audience is the expert.” They drive the discussion and determine the focus of each show. All discussions are free and open to the public.

The Kojo in Your Community discussions in FY 2006 included: • “DC’s Changing Housing Market” from the All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. (Feb. 28, 2006) • “Preservation and Identity in Laurel, Maryland” from the Oseh Shalom Synagogue in Laurel, Md. Kojo Nnamdi has a strong presence in the D.C. community. (March 28, 2006) • “The Changing Nature of Life in Washington Suburbs” from George Mason High School in Falls Church, Va. (April 25, 2006)

The Community Minute As a service to the community, WAMU 88.5 airs public service announcements that are also posted on wamu.org. The “Community Minute” is a recorded feature that airs three times a day and highlights community activities and other community service information. These are reserved for non-profit organizations to publicize events or services and to request volunteers.

In FY 2006, WAMU 88.5 produced and aired a total of 27 community minutes. Here is a sample of the topics featured in these messages: Cancer Control Month Martin Luther King Day Activities Diabetes Awareness Domestic Violence Emergency Planning National American Indian Month National Blood Donor Month City Year National Safety Month Holiday Events Black History Month Drunk Driving Awareness Hurricane Katrina Donations

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WAMU 88.5 Community Council The WAMU 88.5 Community Council is the station’s community advisory board as defined by the Public Broadcasting amendments of 1981. The purpose of the Community Council is to represent the interests of the listening public in regular meetings with the staff and management. The WAMU 88.5 Community Council serves as an extra set of eyes and ears for the station. It also provides assistance to station staff in community outreach activities.

The role of the Community Council is solely advisory in nature. It periodically reviews the programming goals and significant decisions, and advises station management on whether programs and policies are meeting the needs of the communities served by the station. Meetings of the Council are held quarterly and are open to the public.

The WAMU 88.5 Community Council consists of 21 individuals who live within the station’s coverage area and are contributing members who wish to preserve, promote, and strengthen the public radio service provided by WAMU 88.5. The composition of the council reflects the diversity of WAMU 88.5’s listening public. Members serve three-year staggered terms. The WAMU Community Council serves as a The nominating committee makes nominations, which are voted on by the full council. Final appointments citizens’ advisory board for the station. Their quarterly meetings are open to the public. are made by station management.

Community Dialogues In addition to its advisory duties, the WAMU 88.5 Community Council holds regular “Community Dialogues” that convene local leaders and members of the community to discuss specific issues of interest to the region. These sessions promote dialogue and strengthen the connections between WAMU 88.5 and community leaders.

FY 2006 Community Dialogues: • Emergency Preparedness in the D.C. Metropolitan Area (June 23, 2005) • Educating D.C.’s Children: Are They Getting Our Money’s Worth? (Sept. 29, 2005) • Concerns about Gentrification and Affordable Housing in the District of Columbia (March 2, 2006)

• The Nursing Shortage in the Washington Metropolitan Area (April 27, 2006)

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Community Partnerships Imagination Stage Family Nights performances (May 19 & July 14, 2005) Washington Folk Life Festival (June 4–5, 2005) National Geographic World Refugee Day (June 15–18, 2005) Wolf Trap Foundation’s Grand Ole Opry performance (July 1, 2005) 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival (June 23–July 4, 2005) Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian 2005 Pow Wow (Aug. 12–14, 2005) National Geographic’s All Roads Film Festival (Sept. 29–Oct. 2, 2005) Cultural Tourism DC — 2005 WalkingTown, DC (Oct. 1, 2005) Filmfest DC’s Arabian Sights Film Festival (Oct. 14–23, 2005) Johns Hopkins Medicine Women’s Health Conference (Nov. 12, 2005) D.C. Environmental Film Festival (March 16–26, 2006) 2006 Filmfest DC (April 19–30, 2006)

“Many people have told us they heard our announcements on WAMU 88.5. We were proud to include the WAMU 88.5 logo on our film brochure, website, and press materials. I believe that our collaboration makes sense because both organizations attract people who want to better understand what is going on in the world; our audiences and your listeners share the same curiosity, quest for knowledge, and global perspective.”

— Helen Strong, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital

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WAMU 88.5 Community Council members, FY 2006 Kenneth E. Barnes, Sr., Chair Louis Stamberg, Vice Chair Chuck Bean Siobhan Canty Martis Davis Elizabeth Downes Murray Horwitz Lee Kirstein Abel Lopez Patricia N. Mathews Dale Clayton Morrison Nancy Sanger Pallesen Mark Sachs Dan Sheehy Kathleen Sheekey Kathryn S. Smith Professor Edward Smith Peter Tannenwald Amy J. Truesdell Alexander D. Wilson Victoria Zuckerman

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American University Radio

WAMU 88.5 is committed to helping further the goals and purpose of its licensee, American University, by contributing to the University’s primary commitments to: • Foster international understanding • Generate new knowledge beneficial to society • Apply knowledge through student experiential learning • Maximize the advantage of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan setting

American Forum Every year, WAMU 88.5 collaborates with the American University School of Communication to produce a series of American Forums. These one-hour panel discussions bring together academics, journalists, elected officials, and public policy makers to address and debate the issues of the day related to media and public affairs. The American Forums have a tradition of examining critical media issues with panelists who are at the top of their fields. The forums are free to the public and recorded live at the Mary Graydon Center on the AU campus for later broadcast on WAMU 88.5 and wamu.org.

In FY 2006, the forums focused on the following topics: • “From Watergate to Iraq: The Role of Confidential Sources” (Sept. 2005) • “The Media’s Coverage of Katrina” (Oct. 2005) • “Watch Dog Or Lapdog? The State of Investigative Journalism” (Nov. 2005) • “Debating the Baby Boomers' Legacy” (Feb. 2006) • “The White House Press Corps: Then and Now” (April 2006)

Additional Support for American University: • American University is acknowledged in the credits of The Diane Rehm Show, distributed nationwide • AU schools and colleges receive discounted rates for program underwriting on WAMU 88.5 • WAMU 88.5 provides technical and equipment support benefiting faculty and students in the AU School of Communication • Other senior WAMU 88.5 staff volunteer their time to speak to classes or participate in School of Communication outreach events and/or student competitions • WAMU 88.5 staffs a booth at AU Internship Fairs to publicize and recruit for internships and work-study opportunities at the radio station • WAMU 88.5’s Director of Programming, Mark McDonald, also serves as American University’s Broadcast Journalist in Residence

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wamu.org

The official station web site, wamu.org, is a crucial aspect of WAMU 88.5’s content services, with 24-hour streaming audio of the WAMU 88.5 signal. In FY 2006, wamu.org began offering podcasts of WAMU 88.5 local productions The Diane Rehm Show, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, and Metro Connection. In addition to providing program content and information, the site is an important contact point for listeners to become members, find out more about the programs on WAMU 88.5, and provide feedback to station personnel.

Podcasts Wamu.org began podcasting in fall 2005. By the end of FY 2006, the site was offering podcasts of The Kojo Nnamdi Show’s “Tech Tuesday” and The Diane Rehm Show’s “Friday News Roundup” in partnership with NPR’s podcasting program. Additionally, WAMU 88.5 independently provided podcasts of “The DC Politics Hour” and Metro Connection.

“I hope you continue to make more segments of The Kojo Nnamdi Show available as podcasts — I rarely get to listen to his shows in “real time,” but I always enjoy the content.”

— WAMU 88.5 listener

Transcripts In January 2006, WAMU 88.5 contracted Soft Scribe, LLC of Falls Church to provide immediate transcripts of its locally and nationally distributed programs. Listeners can now visit wamu.org to order transcripts from The Diane Rehm Show, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, and Metro Connection.

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Technology

HD Radio WAMU 88.5 has been among the first stations in the country to develop and test HD Radio — the new technology that greatly enhances the audio quality of radio signals and provides the capability to create additional digital radio channels from a single FM frequency. More than 500 radio stations, public and commercial, are currently using HD technology, but WAMU 88.5 was one of fewer than 25 that began offering second digital channels in FY 2006. The HD Radio signal delivers CD-quality sound free of the static, hissing, popping, or fading characteristic of many conventional analog signals. It also allows for real-time delivery of text and images associated with the on-air content on the screen of an HD receiver.

On Sept. 12, 2005, WAMU 88.5 rolled out its multicasting service in a special demonstration featuring NPR’s special gavel-to-gavel coverage of the confirmation hearings for Chief Justice Nominee John G. Roberts, produced by NPR. The coverage featured commentary from NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent and , host of NPR’s . WAMU 88.5’s “main channel” continued to broadcast in analog and digital without interruption while the confirmation hearings were on WAMU2.

This opportunity to showcase the quickly emerging technology was also a demonstration of the “family of content services” WAMU 88.5 envisions providing to listeners through a variety of delivery systems well into the future. It shows the enhanced community service that WAMU 88.5 continues to offer through new and emerging technologies.

Information Technology The Information Technology (IT) Department continued to maintain and improve the performance of the WAMU 88.5 data network in FY 2006, as the station continued to rely ever more heavily on digital audio production and automation. Working with the engineering department, system enhancements for secure and reliable data backup were undertaken and improvements were made in security to prevent system availability problems from virus infections.

IT undertook a review of options for improving on-air traffic reports, and in April, the station launched our new service with Traffic.com. Not only does WAMU 88.5 now have a dedicated traffic reporter to complement its on-air presence, but the station also offers a suite of services that allow listeners to obtain customized traffic reports at any time for their commuting routes, sent to them with a phone call or email.

John Holt, Director of Engineering, and Dick Cassidy, Director of IT & New Media, work to keep the station signal strong.

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WAMU 88.5 Funding

“I am so pleased that I have sent my renewal check to our Human Resources department for forwarding to you, to ensure that it gets matched.”

— WAMU 88.5 listener

Membership Campaigns Members are the most reliable source of funding for WAMU 88.5, providing approximately 50% of our annual budget. The generous financial support of our members makes everything we broadcast possible. WAMU 88.5 held three membership campaigns in FY 2006, each of which was a huge success.

The May New Member Campaign was held May 16–20, 2005, during Morning Edition only, and exceeded its goal of 750 first-time and rejoining members with a total of 955 new members. Combined with 600 current members, listeners donated a total of $141,507 to help pay for their favorite programs on WAMU 88.5.

The fall on-air membership campaign was held October 15–21, 2005, and also surpassed its goal of $925,000 with 8,187 members contributing a total of $950,044. The outstanding response included $125,000 from 1,153 Save-A-Day donors who contributed before the campaign to help shorten it by a day.

Finally, the winter campaign, held February 4–10, 2006, welcomed 5,412 members who donated $711,265.50.

In addition, Capitol Hill Bikes provided bicycle giveaway packages as special incentives during our campaigns.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to or volunteered for our successful membership campaigns in FY 2006.

FY 2006 Foundation Grants The Annie E. Casey Foundation Corporate Voices for Working Families Freddie Mac Foundation The Harman Family Foundation

The Hitachi Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts The Spring Creek Foundation Wallace Genetic Foundation

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Individual Major Donors

Individuals who have given $1,000 or more to WAMU 88.5 during the fiscal year ending April 30, 2006.

Anonymous (6) Chamsi Brown Kathryn Dando Alejandra M. Abella Kenneth Bruder Jonathan David Toby Abrahamsen Sandy Buchanan Carolyn Dejanikus Kenneth L. and Anita Adams B. Bernei and Amelie Beverly B. Denbo James B. and Esthy Adler B. Burgunder Martha Bridge Denckla Clarke Allen Annie L. Burns and Jason P. and Nancy-Ann De Parle John Monahan David W. and Ann Allen John and Gina Despres Timothy Butler John W. and Katherine Daniel Deutsch Mary M. Cabriele and David B. Anderson Ralph Donnelly S. Hudson M. Jean Anderson Lynn K. Dorris-Tapiero Carol A. Campbell Donald G. and Rosemary Avery W. Leslie and Jean W. Douglas Michael A. and Kristina M. Caplin Donald B. and Anne N. Ayer Timothy P. Dunn and Ellen Lisa Carr Bennie Baker R. Stofan George C. Casey Robert L. Baker Jean Durfee Kamlesh T. and Luci Chainani Markham Ball Stephen A. Eckert David Challinor and Joan Stephen R. Bell Don Edwards R. Challinor Alexander E. Bennett Jonathan Eifrid Priscilla B. Chen Ava H. Berland Joseph Ellis Tapio L. Christiansen Alan and Susan Berlow Jeffrey and Stephanie Elms Barry G. and Laura Clapsaddle Dana Best Linda Eng Sylvia Clark Charles Bethel and Lori Richard and Lois England Thomas A. and Elizabeth G. Clark B. Weinstein Paul R. Erickson Daniel Clements Hank Blakely Clare E. Evans Garrett V. Coleman June Blalock John Ezekiel Donald and Patricia Coupard Don and Nancy Bliss Vic and Judy Fazio Sascha Coyner George H. Bohlinger III and Lisa Felker Keith L. Carr Nancy Crisman Gary Fender Jean R. Bower Stephen D. and Beth G. Crocker Margaret Fenton Joseph Breen Thomas C. Crouse Jr. and Kashiyo Enokido John H. and Karen W. Ferguson Penny Britt Jay Cuasay Veronica Fischbein Jere and Bonnie Broh-Kahn Kathryn Culbertson Elizabeth Fischer Craig S. Brooks Charles B. and Rochelle E. Curtis Gerald I. Fisher and Mary James K. Brooks C. Kennedy Yvonne R. Cuthbert Margarita Brose Jerome R. Daly

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Cindy Fishman and Michael Stephen A. and Judy Hopkins C. Peter Magrath and Silverman Joseph F. and Lynne N. Horning Deborah Howell Latricia A. Fleetwood Elinor and Norman H. Horwitz Kathleen Manatt Johnnie Ford John A. Hurvitz Matthew J. Mann Thomas S. Foster Terrill Hyde B. Thomas Mansbach Alan J. and Royce E. Friedman Daniel Ingber William G. Mascioli and Anne B. Manuel Navroz Gandhi James E. Joseph Caryn G. Mathes Joe Garman and Alisa Gravitz Michael and Carol Joseph Julia Anne Matheson Alison B. Garrett Michael Kader Margaret L. Mauck Begna Gebreyes Thomas S. Kahn and Susanna Mark Gerchick and Lisa Schwartz-Sanchez Virginia McArthur Koteen Gerchick Florence Kaltovich Michael D. and Debra J. McCurry James Gerlaugh Richard D. and Barbara Ray and Nancy McKinley Anthony Giaccone A. Kaufman John and Christina McLaughlin Andrea Glazer Michael R. Kershow and Kathleen McMillan Jo Anne Glisson Marianne M. Keler Duncan L. McVey Helen M. Golde Lee G. Kirstein Patricia Mejia Amelia A. Gomez Jay Kloosterboer Jill D. Metzger Jamie S. Gorelick Jerry Knoll Melanie Metzger Peter and Susan Greif Deborah Knuckey Harris N. Miller and Deborah Peter D. Guerrant Kristen Kohc A. Kahn Jose M. Guillen Ted and Grace Anne Koppel Rebecca Mills Bonnie Hammerschlag Lisa Kountoupes Michael Minnich Richard and Pamela Hanlon Jerry and Amanda Kraus Arrigo P. and Ingrid Mongini Nancy W. Harding Catherine Kroohs Gregg and Heather Montalto John C. and Tucker A. Harris John F. Kunz Richard M. and Margaret Moose Catharine Hartzenbusch Sze T. Kuo Kent R. Morrison and Dale Clayton-Morrison Marc Hausman Alberta Kwansa Latika Mukherjee June R. Hechinger Philine R. Lachman William “Casey” Murphy Stephen A. and Sally M. Herman Ruth Lammert and Desi Avila Jim G. Hershberg Lee Landesberg Joan D. Murray Chris Hertz Walter E. Larrimore Jr. Laura L. Murray Joseph Higdon Neil Lefkowitz Robert C. and Barbara Musser William Hoffman Bruce D. and Karen Levenson Terry L. Nally James R. Hood Mark and Carol Levin David T. Newhall Deborah G. Litt Dan and Alice Nicolson Ralph Lopez and Linda I. Marks Louise G. Nold and Barbara Molly C. Lynch L. Jarvis David Nygaard

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Paul D. O’Brien and John Romanowich Joseph P. Urbano Susanne Owens Austin Rooke Mary Uyeda Nancy J. O’Rourke David Rosmarin Juan S. Vegega and Paula E. O’Rourke Edward R. Saltzberg and Hardee Mahoney Kathryn O’Toole Sharon H. Schoeller Scott A. Vickland Stacy E. Palmer Ken Samuel William W. and Priscilla Vodra Mark Parrotte Roger W. and Victoria P. Sant Raymond Waldron Andrew Partan Marc D. Saylor Mallory and Diana Walker Molly Pauker Joseph Schachter Christopher Warner Carol and Gaige B. Paulsen Thomas Schruben Timothy P. Warren John A. Payton and Susan Schuldiner Richard Weibl and Terri L. Nally Gay J. McDougall Kathy Schwartz Marvin F. Weissberg Jane Petip-Moore Bambi Semroc Leslie M. Westbrook Carol A. Petsonk Deanne H. Sharlin Ernest W. White Amy Phee Daniel M. and Maxine F. Singer Abigail Whitney Andrew D. Pike and James H. Skiles and John S. Williams Jr. and Barbara Sarshik Lynne H. Church Janet B. Williams Steve J. and Ruth Pollak Gerald D. and Larry L. Williams Elisabeth Porter Constance H. Slawecki Charlie Wilson James and Nancy Porter Elaine U. Sloan and John Hudson Jim A. and Jane Winchester Teresa Quon Fay Slotnick Deborah M. Winn Hugh L. Randall William R. Smith Linda Winslow Miki Rankin Fredda S. Sparks Karen Wise Virginia Record Howard Stark Scott Wiskoski Diane and John Rehm Mr. and Mrs. David E. Steinglass Kenneth and Dottie Woodcock Robert Remes and Mark Stencel Pandit Wright Deborah Carliner Sandra Stewart Vernon and Lucy Wright Dr. F. Turner Reuter and Terence Stewart Alan L. and Irene V. Wurtzel Nancy B. Reuter David E. and Charlotte Taylor Velma Wyman Henry Richardson Frances C. Taylor Vahid Yazdi John I. and Peggy Richardson Ann M. Thompson Bernard J. and Ellen Young Alice M. Rivlin and Sela Thompson Sidney G. Winter Vance Zavela and Francine L. Tolson Jean Schiro-Zavela Steven V. and Cokie B. Roberts Mary Ann Tondreau Stephen P. and Jessica R. William B. and Sandy B. Rogers Gigi Toth Zdravecky Terry and Christine E. Rolon Ellie Trowbridge Victoria and Harvey Zuckerman Joel Turkewitz Arthur A. Zuehlke Jr.

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Corporations & Foundations Estates

Esthy & James Adler Ernestine M. Moore Philanthropic Fund Mildred W. Willenbrock The Apex Foundation The Annie E. Casey Foundation The Clinton Family Foundation Corporate Voices for Working Families William M. & Linda R. Dietel Philanthropic Fund Fink Foundation Freddie Mac Foundation Goodall Family Foundation The Hanley Foundation The Harman Family Foundation The Hitachi Foundation The Richard L. Levin Family Foundation Peck Family Foundation, Inc. Prince Charitable Trusts Radio & Television News Directors Foundation C.B. Ramsay Foundation Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation William J. & Sally R. Siegel Foundation, Ltd. Esther Simon Charitable Trust The Spring Creek Foundation Sunrise Foundation Wallace Genetic Foundation

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Underwriting

WAMU 88.5 receives more than 40% of its operating budget from the generous support of its underwriters. In sponsoring the station, corporate underwriters support the ongoing services provided by public radio.

“Underwriting is one way we can give back to the community, and we are honored to be able to do that with a quality station like WAMU 88.5. WAMU 88.5 provides high visibility for us in the Washington, D.C., business community.”

— Keith R. Styles, Managing Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Washington, D.C.

In FY 2006, the underwriting department exceeded its annual net goal of $3,500,000 by more than $500,000; the department set a new station record by ending FY 2006 with more than $4,000,000 in cash billings, and kept costs down to 23 cents per dollar of underwriting raised. In addition, WAMU 88.5 implemented a successful new online underwriting program in FY 2006.

List of WAMU 88.5 Underwriters for FY 2006

AARP American University School Bendure Communications Abt Associates, Inc. of International Service Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community Academy for Educational American University School School Development of Public Affairs Blackwell Publishing AEG Live American University Washington Blue Note Records College of Law AFI Silver Theatre and BlueCross BlueShield Association Americans with Disabilities Act Cultural Center BNA, Inc. Amtrak African Chamber of Commerce Booz Allen Hamilton Angie’s List Airbus North America Branch Banking & Trust Anteon AllianceFrancaise de Bread for the City Washington D.C. Apex CoVantage British School of Washington American Association Arena Stage Brookfield Homes for Homecare Arent Fox Capital One American Chemical Society As Kindred Spirits Capitol Hill Bikes American Legacy Foundation Assassination Archives and Capitol Records American Petroleum Institute Research Center CareFirst Commitment American Red Cross Athena Group Casey Trees Endowment Fund American Society of Health Avon Walk for Breast Cancer CDW-G System Pharmacists Babson College Chatham Hall American University Baci Management Chesapeake Bay Trust American University College Balducci’s of Arts & Sciences Chesapeake Bioneers Baltimore Symphony Orchestra American University Kogod Chevron Texaco Bansal Foundation School of Business Chevy Chase Bank

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Circle Lending Freddie Mac Laborer’s International Union City of Hagerstown George Mason University of North America Civilrights.org George Mason University Center Linden Vineyards Clarice Smith Performing for the Arts Lisner Auditorium Arts Center George Mason University LMI Government Consulting Clear Channel Entertainment Cultural Studies Lockheed Martin College Savings Plan of Maryland George Mason University Maggio & Kattar, P.C. Executive MBA Program Computer Sciences Corporation Marian Koshland Science George Washington University Congressional Black Caucus Museum School of Public Health & Foundation Market 10 Health Services Consumer Electronics Association Maryland Public Television Georgetown University Corcoran College of Art & Design Maryland Renaissance Festival Georgetown University Press Corcoran Museum of Art Maryland Symphony Orchestra German Embassy Crate & Barrel Medimmune Global Impact CropLife America MerleFest Greater Houston Convention Current Newspapers, Inc. & Visitors Bureau Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church D’Amore Promotions Health Systems Research, Inc. Michigan State University D.C. College Savings Plan Healthy Back Store Migration Policy Institute D.C. Department of Transportation High Point Farm Montgomery College Darden Graduate School History Channel of Business Montpelier Cultural Arts Center Home Box Office, Inc. DDX Mount Airy Mansion Honda Deering Company National Academies Press Houghton Mifflin Discovery Channel National Air Traffic Controllers Hyperion Books Don Beyer Volvo Association I.M.P. Duke Ellington Jazz Festival National Capital Presbytery IBA Duke Fuqua School of Business National Capitol Concerts IFC Films Duke University National Geographic Live Imagination Stage EADS North America National Institute on Aging Independence Air Environmental Film Fest National League of Cities International Bluegrass Music National Portrait Gallery Exergen Museum National Propane Gas Association Fannie Mae Foundation International Finance Corporation Navigation Arts Financial Times International Spy Museum New Fund Flowers on Island Press New Line Home Entertainment Folger Shakespeare Library Johns Hopkins Whiting School Ford’s Theatre of Engineering New York Times Digital Foundation for the National Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff Nextbook Archives Center Nissan Pavilion Fox Searchlight Pictures Junior League of Washington Nixon Peabody LLP Francophonie Festival 2006 Korean Cultural Services Nonesuch Records Fred Friendly Seminars KSI Services, Inc. Nuclear Energy Institute

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Office of Champagne USA Science Application International Toyota Olney Theatre Center Corporation Trader Joe’s Paramount Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Trobridge-Lewis Galleries Park & Associates Shakespeare Theatre Company U.S. Chamber of Commerce PBS Simon & Schuster, Inc. Understanding Government Peapod Sittercity.com UNHCR PF Changs China Bistro Smithsonian Associates University of Maryland Office Pineapple Alley Catering Smithsonian Folkways Recordings of Professional Studies PNC Bank Snow Time PA University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business Politics & Prose South West Connection University of Maryland University Population Reference Bureau Spaulding & Slye Colliers College Porter Novelli Sport & Health Clubs University of Michigan Press Potomac Hospital Stop the Silence Inc. University of Virginia McIntire Strathmore PricewaterhouseCoopers School of Commerce Studio Theatre Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa USEC Sundance Channel Public Citizen Foundation, Inc. Utility Service Express Ten Thousand Villages Pure Barnyard VintageRadioShows.com Textile Museum Purple Turtle, LLC Virginia Hospital Center The American Lung Association Randstad Visa of Maryland Raytheon Vistage The Archdiocese of Washington Regent University Wachovia The Barrie School Regus Warner Brothers The Bullis School Rehoboth Beach Film Festival Washington Antiquarian Book Fair The College of William and Mary REI Washington College The Communitarian Network Reingold, Inc. Washington Episcopal School The Hope Center Research America Washington International School The John F. Kennedy Center Results Direct for the Performing Arts Washington Jewish Film Festival Robert Half International The Key School Washington National Cathedral Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Kiplinger Foundation Washington Performing Arts Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi Society The Lewin Group Rocklands Barbeque & Grilling Washington Regional Transplant The Montpelier Foundation Company Consortium The Patriot Center RTC Relationship Marketing Weston A. Price Foundation The South Mountain Group, Inc. RTI International WNET The Washington D.C. Jewish Rumi Forum Wolf Trap Foundation Community Center Saint Anselm’s Abbey School Women’s Edge Coalition Theatre J SAP World Parkinson Congress TMA Resources Yale School of Management

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Food and Service Donors Wasabi Modern Japanese Cuisine, Washington, D.C. 3 Citron Caterers of Georgetown, Well Dunn Catering, Inc., Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Amy’s Kitchen, Glenelg, Md. Yenching Palace in Cleveland Bistro Bis, Washington, D.C. Park, Washington, D.C. Catering 2 you Chef Geoff’s, Washington, D.C. Federal Bakers USA, Inc., Arlington, Va. Dolcezza Argentine Gelato Café Geppetto Catering, Inc., Riverdale, Md. Inner Working Massage Therapy of Silver Spring Jaleo Restaurant in Crystal City, Arlington, Va. La Prima Catering, College Park, Md. Lia’s, Chevy Chase, Md. M.E. Swing Coffee Roasters, Alexandria, Va. Mindy’s Distinctive Catering, Washington, D.C. Napoleon’s Restaurant, Warrenton, Va. Original Pancake House Pineapple Alley Catering, Clinton, Md. Rocklands Barbeque, Washington, D.C. Route 11 Potato Chips, Middletown, Va. The Parkway Deli, Silver Spring, Md. Twin Spring Fruit Farm, Gettysburg, Pa. Vidalia, Washington, D.C.

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AU Board of Trustees, FY 2006

Gary M. Abramson, Chairman Jerome King Del Pino Robyn Rafferty Mathias Thomas A. Gottschalk, David R. Drobis Regina L. Muehlhauser Vice Chairman Fuad El-Hibri Matthew S. Pittinsky Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith Hani M.S. Farsi Arthur J. Rothkopf David M. Carmen Gisela B. Huberman Mark L. Schneider Edward R. Carr C. Nicolas Keating Jr. John R. Schol Jack C. Cassell Cornelius M. Kerwin Neal A. Sharma Gary D. Cohn Margery Kraus Jeffrey A. Sine Pamela M. Deese Charles H. Lydecker

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AU Employees, FY 2006

Anne Adams Frank H. Hamilton Berta Najera Stacy D. Anderson Anthony V. Hayes Carey Needham Doris Anisman Michael J. Headley Kojo Nnamdi Sandra S. Baker Anne S. Healy Jason M. Novak Robert Bamberger Gary A. Henderson Lisa J. Nurnberger Jonetta R. Barras Jennifer C. Hitt Ekene I. Okobi Elisha E. Bartels Lettie M. Holman Sidsel Overgaard Chad D. Bascombe John M. Holt Tricia A. Pray Rebecca S. Berlin Lucile N. Horn William J. Redlin Devonna C. Bowie Lisa K. Howard James T. Reeder Tara N. Boyle Sarah E. Hughes Diane Rehm Charles R. Caffrey Keith L. Jackson Nancy Robertson Richard Cassidy Patrice A. Jackson Stacy-Anne M. Scarlett Charles A. Chadwick Keosha F. Johnson Michael P. Scherer Jonathan N. Charry Iain D. Johnston Tobey I. Schreiner Lois G. Clark Danielle Karson Robert G. Shipley Joelle Costello Stephanie E. Kaye Ali S. Shirazi Jason J. Cunningham Margo Kelly Virendra N. Silva Jeffrey Custer Janel E. Knight Jessica Smith Ray Davis Tracy N. Knighton Jonathan P. Smith Lee Michael Demsey Andrea F. Leifer Lillian M. Smith Michelle Dewolfe Samuel M. Litzinger Richard Spottswood Desmond P. Donaghue Merrell C. Lloyd Jennifer L. Strong Fred Fiske A. Bernard Manson Eddie Stubbs Jocelyn D. Frank Hally Y. Marrazzo Brendan C. Sweeney David M. Furst Kenneth W. Mason Diane L. Vogel Bonnie P. Gantt Caryn G. Mathes Ed Walker Walter R. Gillette Melanie L. McCarty Bobby Webster John Gilroy Matthew McCleskey Tanya D. Weinberg Nanci Gius Mark McDonald Elizabeth L. Weinstein Susan Goodman Karen C. McManus James S. White Marci E. Greenstein Bettina Meier Trevor J. Whitney John Haas Gashaw Mekibib Amy J. Wielunski Jane E. Hagan Karen Munson Jack F. Zahora

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