Big Sky Connection NIVERS AN AR 2010 annual report Y Y P P A E H Y A R S E C I P V U R E BL S IC NE WS ERSAR NNIV Y MEDIAY A OUTLETS PP A S H A R E City Y Map # Outlets Baker 1 KFLN-AM, KJJM-FM Belgrade 2 KCMM-FM, KGVW-AM, KISN-FM Belle Fourche, SD 3 KBFS AM Big Sky 4 Big Sky Weekly Big Timber 5 Big Timber Pioneer New Billings 6 The Billings Outpost, KBBB-FM, KBUL-AM, KCTR-FM, KGHL AM, KGHL FM, KKBR-FM Black Eagle 7 KFBB-TV, KRTV-TV Bozeman 8 The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, KMMS-AM, KMMS-FM, KZMY- FM, KBZK-TV, KTVM-TV City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets Butte 9 The Montana Standard, Glendive 22 KDZN-AM, KDZN-FM, KGLE Miles City 36 The Miles City Star, KATL-AM, KAPC-FM, KXTL AM AM, KXGN-AM, KXGN-TV KKRY-FM, KMTA-AM Chinook 10 KRYK-FM Great Falls 23 Great Falls Tribune, The Prairie Missoula 37 KBGA-FM, KGRZ AM, Conrad 11 Independent -Observer Star, KAFH-FM, KEIN AM, KGVO-AM, KUFM-FM, KEIN FM, KGPR-FM, KYSS-FM, KECI-TV, KPAX-TV Culbertson 12 Culbertson Searchlight KLFM-FM, KLSK AM, Pablo 38 Char-Koosta News Deer Lodge 13 KQRV FM KMON-AM, KMON-FM, Plentywood 39 KATQ AM, KATQ FM Dillon 14 Dillon Tribune Exam- KQDI AM, KQDI-FM iner, K219CS-FM, KBEV-FM, Hamilton 24 KBAZ-FM, KLYQ AM Rattle Snake Valley 40 K218AI-FM KDBM-AM Hardin 25 Big Horn County News, Scobey 41 KCGM-FM Dutton 15 KVVR-FM KHDN-AM, KMHK-FM Shelby 42 KSEN-AM, KZIN-FM East Helena 16 KHKR FM Havre 26 KOJM-AM, KPQX-FM Sundance, WY 43 KYDT AM, KYDT FM East Missoula 17 KLCY-AM Helena 27 Helena Independent Record, Swan Lake 44 K216BE-FM KBLL-AM, KBLL-FM, KTVH-TV Fairfield 18 Fairfield Sun Times White Sulphur Springs 45 Meagher County News Jordan 28 Jordan Tribune Forsyth 19 KIKC AM, KIKC FM Whitefish 46 K219BN-FM Kalispell 29 KALS FM, KBBZ-FM, Fort Belknap 20 KGVA-FM Wolf Point 47 KVCK AM, KVCK FM KDBR-FM, KUKL-FM Glasgow 21 KLAN-FM, KLTZ AM Statewide, CO 48 Western Citizen Laurel 30 KBSR-AM Lewiston 31 KLCM FM, KXLO AM Lincoln 32 Blackfoot Valley Dispatch Livingston 33 Livingston Weekly, KPRK-AM, KXLB-FM Big Sky Connection produced 134 news stories, which Malta 34 Phillips County News, ran approximately 16,000 times on 84 radio stations, KMMR AM 20 print outlets, and 8 television stations for a total Marysville 35 K296BI-FM of 112 media outlets in Montana and border states. Nationally, our stories were picked up by over 780 outlets, and shared on hundreds of websites including our own -- publicnewsservice.org, which generated over 11,600 views, alone. NUMBER OF STORIES | MEDIA OUTLET USAGE* Totals 134 | 16,087 STORYSTORY BREAKOUT BREAKOUT BudgetBudget Policy Policy & & Priorities Priorities 6 8| 704| 951 Children’sChildren’s IssuesIssues 2 3 | |233 321 Citizenship/RepresentativeConsumer Democracy Issues 11 | | 409 102 ConsumerCriminal Justice Issues 2 | 5232 | 597 Early Childhood EducationEducation 1 | 1325 | 610 Endangered SpeciesEducation & Wildlife 2 | 222 9 | 1,037 We rely on a wider variety Endangered SpeciesEnergy & Wildlife Policy 8 9| 921 | 1,005 Environment 21 | 2,438 Energy Policy 8 | 912 of news sources than ever Environmental Justice 1 | 104 Environment 18 | 2,052 before. Traditional media still Global Warming/Air Quality 3 | 375 Environmental Justice 2 | 236 provide news and information Health Issues 16 | 1,840 Human Rights/RacialHealth JusticeIssues 1 | 119 16 | 2,748 for a large majority of our Human Rights/RacialImmigrant Justice Issues 11 | | 120 122 population and social media Public Lands/WildernessMedia Reform 1 | 117 23 | 2,757 has transformed our ability Public Lands/WildernessRural/Farming 16 |20 1,947 | 2,454 Rural/FarmingSocial Justice 3 | 218 25 | 2,968 to discover new stories and Sustainable SocialAgriculture Justice 2 | 218 6 | 726 interact with our audience. Sustainable AgricultureWater 1 | 4123 | 473 Water 1 | 103 Women’s Issues 2 | 256 Arizona News Connection Follow us on Twitter! Illinois News Connection Missouri News Service North Carolina News Service Phoenix, AZ 34% Bloomington 40% Columbia 36% Charlotte-Gastonia 31% Tucson, AZ 13% twitter.com/pns_ MT Chicago 14% Fayetteville, AR 1% Chattanooga, TN 8% Additionally, 68 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Decatur 18% Joplin 41% Fayetteville 15% Like us on Facebook! Dubuque, IA 21% Kansas City 20% Greensboro-Winston-Salem 17% BSC MarketBig Sky Share Connection Information Evansville, IN 19% Marion-Carbondale, IL 1% Greenville-New Bern 6% facebook.com/ Billings 39% LaSalle-Peru 2% Pittsburg, KS 18% Greenville-Spartanburg, SC 2% publicnewservice Great Falls 23% Marion-Carbondale 36% St. Louis 29% Knoxville, TN 1% Kalispell-Flathead Valley 22% Peoria 4% Additionally, 133 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Myrtle Beach 2% Raleigh-Durham, SC 49% Find us on Google+ and Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Quad Cities 3% Rockford 1% Rocky Mount-Wilson 28% other networks! California News Service St. Louis, MO 7% Wilmington 49% Additionally, 114 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bakersfield 22% Nevada News Service Chico 28% Las Vegas 21% Fresno 5% Reno 27% Los Angeles 20% Additionally, 55 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Merced 19% Iowa News Service Oregon News Service Modesto 4% Cedar Rapids 32% Bend 57% Monterey-Salinas 19% BSC Des Moines 19% New Hampshire News Connection Boise, ID 3% PrintOxnar Outletsd-Ventura 14% 20 Total Dubuque 41% Augusta-Waterville, ME 3% Eugene-Springfield 38% Media Radio StationsRedding 6% 84 La Crosse, WI 2% Boston, MA 2% Las Vegas, NV 2% Outlet Riverside-SanTelevision Ber Stationsnardino 15% 8 113 LaSalle-Peru, IL 2% Concord (Lakes Region) 32% Medford-Ashland 51% Types Sacramento 20% Mason City 36% Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction 17% Portland 19% Online —San Stories Diego live on 100s of news/bloggers/advocacy21% sites Quad Cities, IL 36% Lewiston-Auburn, ME 8% Tri-Cities, WA 2% San Francisco 19% Rochester, MN 2% Manchester 51% Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. San Jose 23% Sioux City 12% Montpelier-Barre St. Johnsbury, VT 3% San Luis Obispo 5% Waterloo-Cedar Falls 47% Portland, ME 5% Santa Barbara 39% Prairie News Service Portsmouth-Dover 38% Santa Maria-Lompo 12% Additionally, 155 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bismark 79% Public News Service Big Sky Connection Additionally, 38 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Rosa 13% Fargo-Moorhead 49% 888.891.9416 • fax 208.247.1830 888.320.9607 Grand Forks 45% [email protected] Stockton 5% [email protected] Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Victor Valley 26% Kentucky News Connectioin New Mexico News Connection www.publicnewsservice.orgVisalia-Tulare 4% Albuquerque 40% Bowling Green 15% Additionally, 98 stations outside the major mar kets aired the stories. Santa Fe Clarksville, TN 18% 32% Te nnessee News Service Waco, TX Cookeville, TN 2% 3% Bowling Green, KY 5% Evansville, IN 29% Additionally, 45 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Chattanooga 41% Huntington-Ashland, WV 4% Clarksville 18% New York News Connection Colorado News Connection Lexington-Fayette 21% Cookeville 60% Albany-Schenectady-Troy 63% Cheyenne, WY 48% Louisville 22% Jackson, MS 3% Binghamton 37% Colorado Springs 29% Nashville< TN 7% Johnson City-Kingsport 51% Buffalo-Niagara Falls 28% Denver-Boulder 38% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 14% Jonesboro, AR 6% Danbury, CT 8% Fort Collins-Greeley 49% Additionally, 104 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Knoxville 25% Elmira-Corning 9% Pueblo 33% Memphis 29% Hamptons-Riverhead 17% Additionally, 81 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Nashville 21% Ithaca 43% Additionally, 50 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Keystone State News Connection Middlesex-Somerset-Union 12% Allentown-Bethlehem 24% Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 5% Virginia News Connection Commonwealth News Service Morristown, NJ 15% Altoona 20% Baltimore, MD 2% Boston 13% Nassau-Suffolk 32% Atlantic City, NJ 2% Charlottesville 61% Cape Cod 16% New York City 26% Binghamton, NY 9% Frederick, MD 7% Hartford-New Britain, CT 3% Newburgh-Middletown 10% Erie 11% Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC 1% New Bedford-Fall River 20% Olean 37% Harrisburg-Lebanon 41% Harrisonburg-Chambersburg-Waynesborro, MD 1% Portsmouth-Dover, NH 5% Poughkeepsie 16% Johnstown 5% Harrisonburg 60% Providence, RI 7% Rochester 35% Lancaster 39% Johnson City-Kingsport, TN 5% Springfield 35% Stamford-Norwalk, CT 17% Pittsburgh 25% Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 14% Worcester 26% Syracuse 51% Reading 25% Richmond 28% Additionally, 27 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg 26% Utica-Rome 23% Roanoke-Lynchburn 27% Trenton, NJ 9% Watertown 9% Additionally, 78 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Wheeling, WV 2% Additionally, 70 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Connecticut News Service Wilkes Barre-Scranton 27% Bridgeport Washington News Service 9% Williamsport 19% Danbury 19% Wilmington, DE 13% Seattle-Tacoma 11% Hamptons-Riverhead, NY Northern Rockies News Services 2% York 27% Spokane 34% Hartford-New Britain 18% Additionally, 62 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bend, OR 10% Tri-Cities 36% New Haven 19% Boise 57% Yakima 28% New London 23% Spokane, WA 46% Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Springfield, MA 4% Additionally, 57 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 52 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. West Virginia News Service Beckley 50% Maine News Service Ohio News Connection Charleston 35% Florida News Connection Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston 20% Augusta-Watervile 2% Akron 21% Brunswick, GA 8% Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD 4% Bangor 59% Canton 29% Daytona Beach 19% Huntington-Ashland 54% Portsmouth-Dover 2% Charleston 1% Dothan, AL Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont 36% 4% Additionally, 11 stations outside the major mar kets aired the stories.