NHPTV Day at StoryLand is a fun time for all! (The West family, seen here with Super WHY!) Richard J. Maloney William A. Barker Jeffrey Gilbert James T. McKim Board of Board Treasurer Retired Principal, WJP Technology Strategist Directors President, Maloney John D. Crosier, Sr. Development, LLC Sean O’Kane & Kennedy, PLLC Trustee, Lois Haskins Retired New Hampshire 2010 – 2011 Ron L. Abramson,Esq. University System of LGH Consulting Dr. Sara Jayne Steen Board Secretary New Hampshire Larry K. Haynes President, Plymouth Mark H. Collin Abramson George Epstein President & CEO, State University Public Television Immigration Solutions Board Chair Trustee, Grappone Auto Group David M. Sundman Annual Report Sr. VP, CFO & Marjorie Chiafery University System of Angela Irons President, Littleton Treasurer, Unitil Immediate Past New Hampshire Assistant VP, Lincoln Coin Company 2010 – 2011 Corporation Board Chair Marilyn Higgins Financial Group Superintendent, John Swope Steven A. Albrecht Forest Edward MacKay Retired Board Vice Chair Merrimack Forest Real Estate School District Chancellor, Katherine Wells CEO, Charter Management University System Trust Company Wheeler of New Hampshire Retired A Year of Success, Opportunity & Major Changes OUR VALUE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE and the region – produced programs such as Roadside Stories, which extends far beyond the TV screen – is affirmed At the River’s Edge: An Oral History of Berlin, continually by our viewers, those who tap our NH, and Lost in Laconia also aired on NHPTV. educational resources, and supporters like you. Educators, parents, child care providers and We are a community, counting on one another. students use our educational engagement New Hampshire Public Television celebrated many resources on-air, online and in the community. successes this past fiscal year. However, a significant They attend our workshops on literacy, math, change in our funding at the end of the year has set us science, family health, and parenting, and they on a dramatically new course. receive free books. We reach tens of thousands of families through these initiatives. And, over As a result of losing all our state funding ($2.7 million) Past Board Chair Marjorie Chiafery, 90,000 kids watch our trusted, commercial-free as of July 1, 2011, we underwent a major restructuring President & CEO Peter Frid & PBS children’s programs each week. Every year, Board Chair Mark Collin. to offset the 30% reduction in our $8.8 million annual NHPTV receives an average of 800 entries to our budget. Twenty full-time positions were eliminated, and NHPTV-PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest from elementary staff salaries were reduced. Most critically for our school kids eager to participate. For 16 years the viewers, two New Hampshire-centric programs went on contest has encouraged literacy development and a hiatus: our public affairs program, NH Outlook, which love of reading and learning in NH youth. provided coverage of state issues, and Granite State Challenge, which hosted more than 5,000 NH students Over the years NHPTV has moved from being a TV as a popular academic quiz competition. broadcaster to an influential community service organization making an impact on the issues that Going forward, we are exploring ways to collaborate matter to Northern New England. NHPTV has produced and implement operational efficiencies with other a series of successful public engagement efforts New England public broadcasters, and to develop a targeting major community issues (elder needs, sustainable model that will allow us to deliver quality childhood obesity, science and math education, and the PBS national and local programs in our region. environment) that incorporate broadcast, education, I MENTIONED OUR SUCCESS THIS YEAR, and I don’t and interactive online resources. Our two ongoing want the budget news to overshadow this. We produced community engagement initiatives, Planet Granite and and aired numerous exceptional programs, about which LiveFIT NH, involve individuals, communities, schools, we receive many appreciative comments. Our content and businesses. Our MESY – Math, Engineering, Science can be seen on your television, on our website, and on and You initiative received an award from the National YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Educational Telecommunications Association. NHPTV’s original programming was recognized with It’s been an extraordinarily challenging year, but eight awards from the New Hampshire Association of knowing that we can count on our viewers and supporters Broadcasters. In FY11, we aired local programs such as has helped refocus and reinvigorate our mission to Candidate Forums on the Economy, and NH Outlook serve. As NH’s only statewide, locally owned and Specials commemorating the 50th anniversary of the operated TV network, reaching 98% of the state, we first American in space, the legacy of Christa McAuliffe, will continue to be YOUR public television station. recession success stories, and NH’s anti-bullying law. New Hampshire and our one million monthly viewers We also aired a new season of Windows to the Wild with can count on that. Thank you for your support and your adventurer Willem Lange; the 28th season of Granite belief in the power and promise of public television – it’s State Challenge; and Making $ense New England, a more essential now than ever before. 10-part series produced with the Maine and Vermont — Peter A. Frid, President & CEO public television stations. Notable independently [From left] Willem Lange hosts our award-winning Windows to the Wild series; Bishop Brady High School came out on top during the 2010-2011 season of Granite State Challenge; and Rebecca Eaton, executive producer of the PBS Masterpiece series, spoke at the 2010 NHPTV Women of Influenceluncheon (seen here with co-chairs Barbara Maloney (l) and Barbara Pitsch (r). For more than 50 years, NHPTV has provided award-winning locally focused and produced television programs, as well as PBS and independently produced programs that engage, educate and enrich lives. We are a trusted source for television programs on our NHPTV PRIME and NHPTV EXPLORE channels, and for content on nhptv.org. We extend our deepest appreciation to our valued partners and supporters for investing in NHPTV and our community. New Hampshire’s only EnviroVantage NH Film Festival Story Land AUCTION UNDERWRITERS statewide locally owned Fidelity/Unique College New Hampshire Strawbery Banke Museum Amphenol and operated television Investing Plan Home Magazine Three Chimneys Inn network engages minds, Bottomline Technologies Geo. J. Foster & Co., Inc. New Hampshire Magazine connects communities, UNH Athletics CGI Employee Benefits and celebrates New Graf Bros. Leasing New Hampshire Society Unitil D.F. Richard Energy of Accountants Hampshire with programs Granite State College University of Desmarais Environmental that entertain, educate Irving Oil Corporation New Hampshire Trusted New Hampshire and enrich. Beyond its Choice Insurance Agents EnviroVantage Isles of Shoals University System FairPoint Communications award-winning local Steamship Company New Hampshire of New Hampshire and national television Union Leader Financial Planning programs, New Hampshire Kearsarge Magazine Upper Valley Life Association of New Horizons Computer Magazine Public Television is a Keene Sentinel Learning Center of NH Northern New England leader in education and Verizon Wireless Arena Keene State College NHHEAF Network Graf Brothers community outreach. Kingsbury Corporation Organizations Virtual Learning Academy Granite State College Laconia Savings Bank Northeast Credit Union Waddell & Reed Lindt & Sprungli (USA) Fiscal Year 2011 League of New Northeast Delta Dental WFEA 1370 AM Molloy Sound JULY 1, 2010 – Hampshire Craftsmen Omni Mount WHOM 94.9 FM Monadnock Water JUNE 30, 2011 Lindt & Sprungli (USA) Washington Resort WMLL 96.5 FM Mt. Washington Valley Littleton Coin Company The Palace Theatre WTPL 107.7 The Pulse Accommodations PROGRAM, PROJECT, Lowell Festival Foundation The Parcel Room WZID 97.5 FM WEBSITE AND SPECIAL New England Society of EVENT SPONSORS M5 NH Parenting NH Magazine Your New England Accountants Toyota Dealers New Hampshire Trusted AARP NH Manchester Radio Group People’s United Bank Choice Insurance Agents (WZID 97.5, WMLL The Perfecta Wine Company Amphenol TCS Mill 96.5, WFEA 1370) FOUNDATIONS Plymouth State University New Horizons Computer Anthem Blue Cross Markem Imaje Alabama Public Television Learning Center and Blue Shield Print Savvy e-Learning for Educators McLean Communications NHHEAF Network BAE Systems Proulx Oil & Propane Norwin S. & Elizabeth N. Organizations Media Logic Bean Foundation The Balsams Grand Public Service of NH Northeast Delta Dental Resort Hotel Monadnock Mountain The Butler Foundation Spring Water RAM Printing Inc. Parcel Room Best of NH 2011 The Jack and Dorothy Mount Washington Ransmeier & Spellman People’s United Bank Bottomline Technologies Byrne Foundation Cruises Red River Theatres Public Service of NH Business NH Magazine Robin Colson Memorial Mount Washington Reeds Ferry Sheds Foundation Reeds Ferry Sheds Cabot Creamery Valley Accommodations Regency Mortgage The Fuller Foundation SFC Engineering The Capitol Center The Music Hall Saniflo Roy A. Hunt Foundation Unitil for the Arts MVP Healthcare Seacoast Repertory Public Telecommunic- Centrix Bank Theatre University System of Nashua Symphony tions Facilities Program New Hampshire CGI Employee Nashua Telegraph Senior Beacon Benefits Group The Putnam Foundation Waddell & Reed