MONTANAPBS 2016 ANNUAL REPORT PBS http://pressroom.pbs.org/ user: ashcraft password: n@gorney Montana Programs http://montanapbs.org/Montana/Library/ APT http://www.aptonline.org/ ID: MONT password: rudymaxa BBC http://www.bbcprograms.com/ NETA http://www.netaonline.org/ Valued. Trusted. Essential. Management Letter Members and Friends of MontanaPBS, It’s been quite a year for Montana Made programs on MontanaPBS. “Backroads of Montana” celebrated 25 years on-the-air with a special outreach event in Deer Lodge as well as a successful anniversary program. The award-winning “11th and Grant” premiered another fabulous season of great Montana music programming in the fall. “The Rundown with Beth Saboe” has become a regular offering for current events in Big Sky Country. Our election coverage was outstanding in 2016. Producers Beth Saboe and Anna Rau informed us on the candidates who ran for Governor and U.S. Representative. Saboe also took us through the ballot initiatives. Our election team, lead by anchor John Twiggs presented the results on election night and analysis the next evening. All the candidates for major statewide offices were featured as part of our Equal Time initiative on-air and online. And 2017 looks good for outstanding Montana programs. “The Violin Alone,” “Yellowstone in Four Seasons” and “C. M. Russell and the American West” will all premiere in the year ahead. Support from our viewers continues to grow. Sustaining members are now a significant portion of our donor base, providing monthly support, with more of their contributions going to great programming and less going back to them in mail. Our planned giving program has seen a tremendous response as we hear from more and more Montanans who have chosen to make a lasting legacy gift to MontanaPBS in their estate plans. One thing you may not know is how engaged our leadership team is in national work for public media. Keith Jacoby, broadcast operations specialist, serves on the PBS Traffic Advisory Committee. Crystal Beaty, senior director of development, chairs the PBS Development Advisory Committee. Bozeman Director and General Manager Eric Hyyppa also serves as board chair of America’s Public Television Stations, and was elected this year to serve on the board of directors of PBS. Finally, we’re thrilled to welcome Ray Ekness, who joined the team fulltime in August when he was named director of the University of Montana Broadcast Media Center that houses both KUFM-TV and Montana Public Radio. It’s takes a great team to make everything work at MontanaPBS. Our engineering, master control, production, development, accounting, marketing, promotions and programming teams work so hard every day making sure that we are doing our best work for the state of Montana. We’re excited and honored to be on-the-air in your homes. You’re part of the team too. Thank you for your continuing support and confidence in our MontanaPBS team. Keep watching… Eric Hyyppa Ray Ekness General Manager, KUSM-TV General Manager KUFM-TV and the Broadcast Media Center On the cover: Dave Walther & The Dusty Pockets, “11th & Grant,” photo credit: Tim Siller. “Nature Cat” © 2015 Spiffy Entertainment, LLC. “Montana Ag Live,” photo credit: Kelly Gorham. Leah Walbon of Great Falls lines up another shot during a spirited game of pool with her daughter, “Backroads of Montana,” photo credit: John Twiggs. Ray Ekness, Tommy Martino, Missoulian • Eric Hyyppa, photo credit: Kelly Gorham, MSU Communications Financials MontanaPBS Statement of Activities FY 2016 Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Revenue by Source OPERATING REVENUES Sales and services ...................................................................................$35,725 Federal: $1.1M Contract production ................................................................................ 132,991 Broadband lease ........................................................................................ 54,166 State support – transponder lease ..................................................... 150,000 TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES................................................. $372,882 Local: $2.2M OPERATING EXPENSES Broadcasting ........................................................................................ $1,962,109 Programming and production ............................................................2,163,491 Program information and promotion .................................................. 172,052 Management and general .................................................................... 720,260 Fundraising and membership development �������������������������������������463,478 University: $2.2M Solicitation and underwriting ...................................................................29,110 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES .............................................. $5,510,500 Total: $5.4M OPERATING POSITION ..........................................................(5,137,618) NONOPERATING REVENUES Grants from CPB ................................................................................ 1,038,492 FY 2016 Grants from state agencies ....................................................................50,760 Expense by Function Grants from public broadcasting entities ...........................................10,000 State and local grants and contracts ..................................................86, 892 Nongovernmental grants and contracts ............................................... 14,812 Support from the Montana University System Appropriations for operations .......................................................1,285,705 Donated and indirect .......................................................................... 911,000 Programming & Contributions from Friends used for operations ...........................1,297,849 Production: $2.3M In-kind underwriting contributions ..................................................... 52,659 PBS Royalties ...............................................................................................8,245 Production underwriting ........................................................................142,047 Program underwriting .............................................................................64,805 Other contributions ..................................................................................84,836 Other revenue .......................................................................................... 20,254 TOTAL NONOPERATING REVENUES ....................................$5,068,356 Broadcasting: $2M OTHER REVENUES, EXPENSES, GAINS AND LOSSES Interest expense .........................................................................................(466) Investment income, net ............................................................................ 6,088 TOTAL OTHER REVENUES, EXPENSES, GAINS & LOSSES ........$5,622 Management: $0.7M NET POSITION Beginning of Year ............................. $1,826,660 CHANGE IN NET POSITION ................................... (63,640) Development: $0.5M NET POSITION End of Year ........................................$1,763,020 Total: $5.5M An electronic copy of full financial data is available online at montanapbs.org/AnnualReports montanapbs.org 3 Learn in Montana’s Largest Classroom Image credit: Oh Noah! © 2015 THIRTEEN Image credit: Curious George © 2015 Universal Studios. Who Owns the Yellowstone? Our Billings Student Reporting Labs project for 2016 included Billings West students, the Western Heritage Center and the Billings Library and resulted in a Heritage Center exhibit about the Yellowstone River. Students researched the perspective of a variety of users — landowners, environmentalists, recreationists and agriculture — to see both the commonality of preserving the river while juggling competing uses. Having students doing the research and then mounting an actual exhibit is exciting for our ongoing Billings Storytelling Collaboration. 4 montanapbs.org PBS Kids is the #1 educational media brand for children MontanaPBS LearningMedia We have a terrific free resource for teachers called MontanaPBS LearningMedia where we can house videos and lesson plans that a teacher can use immediately in the classroom. Sometimes the content is from documentaries we have produced like “Concussion: Answers in the Blood?” or original productions like “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which came from a partnership with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Check out all the Montana resources at http://montana.pbslearningmedia.org. An exciting new twist to our LearningMedia effort is planning for doing some research about how teaching is changing with the use of digital media in the classroom, especially in rural areas. In this three-year project, we will be working with select schools and teachers to determine how the teaching profession has changed already and what changes may need to be considered when faced with the opportunities possible in our ever-changing digital environment. We were well represented by Shelley Stanton of Billings, who was named our PBS Lead Digital Innovator for this year. Shelley is a technology integration coach in the Billings Schools, and she provides brilliant professional development for teachers across our state. We are very fortunate to have someone of her caliber advising the national PBS LearningMedia group. Luckily, she has agreed to continue advising us as we move forward with new projects and new initiatives for teachers. Other Educational Projects “PBS NewsHour” has a student program called “Student