Cl Financial Statements and Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants KPBS FM/TV (A Department of San Diego State University) June 30, 2020 and 2019 Contents Page Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants 1-2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis (Unaudited) 3-16 Statements of Net Position 17 Statements of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position 18 Statements of Cash Flows 19-20 Notes to Financial Statements 21-38 Supplementary Information Supplementary Schedule of Direct and Indirect Support 40 Supplementary Schedule of Revenues and Transfers 41 Supplementary Schedule of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Position by CPB Licensee 42 GRANT THORNTON LLP REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 4660 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92122 D +1 858 704 8000 F +1 858 704 8099 Tom Karlo, General Manager KPBS FM/TV We have audited the accompanying financial statements of KPBS FM/TV, a department of San Diego State University (the University), which comprise the statements of net position as of June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the related statements of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements. Management’s responsibility for the financial statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditor’s responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of KPBS FM/TV as of June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the changes in its net position and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. GT.COM Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL). GTIL and each of its member firms are separate legal entities and are not a worldwide partnership. Emphasis of Matter As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the financial statements of KPBS FM/TV are intended to present the financial position, the changes in net position and cash flows of only that portion of the University that is attributable to the transactions of KPBS FM/TV. They do not purport to, and do not, present fairly the financial position of the University as of June 30, 2020 and 2019 and the changes in its net position and cash flows for the years then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Other Matters Required Supplementary Information Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the Management’s Discussion and Analysis on pages 3 through 16 be presented to supplement the financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, which considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with management’s responses to our inquiries, the financial statements and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance. Supplementary Information Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements as a whole. The accompanying supplementary schedule of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position by CPB licensee, direct and indirect support, and revenues and transfers for the year ended June 30, 2020 are presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements. Such supplementary information is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements. The information has been subjected to auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and certain additional procedures. These procedures included comparing and reconciling the information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements or to the financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the supplementary information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole. San Diego, California November 20, 2020 KPBS FM/TV (A Department of San Diego State University) Management’s Discussion and Analysis UNAUDITED As of June 30, 2020 and 2019 Management’s Discussion and Analysis (unaudited) This section of the KPBS FM/TV (the Stations) annual financial report includes Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the financial performance of the Stations for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes. Introduction to the Financial Statements The Stations’ financial statements include the Statements of Net Position; the Statements of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position; and the Statements of Cash Flows. These statements are supported by notes to the financial statements and this section. All sections must be considered together to obtain a complete understanding of the financial picture of the Stations. Statements of Net Position: The Statements of Net Position include all assets, deferred outflows and inflows of resources and liabilities. Assets and liabilities are reported on an accrual basis as of the statement date. Long-term investments are reported at fair value as of the statement date. Major categories of restrictions on the net position of the Stations are also identified. Statements of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position: The Statements of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position present the revenues earned and expenses incurred during the years on an accrual basis. Statements of Cash Flows: The Statements of Cash Flows present the inflows and outflows of cash for the years and are summarized by operating, non-capital and related financing, capital and related financing and investing activities. The statements are prepared using the direct method of cash flows and therefore present gross rather than net amounts for the years’ activities. 3 KPBS FM/TV (A Department of San Diego State University) Management’s Discussion and Analysis UNAUDITED As of June 30, 2020 and 2019 Financial Overview Summary The following discussion highlights management’s understanding of the key financial aspects of the Stations’ financial activities as of and for the years ended June 30, 2020 (FY20) and 2019 (FY19). Included is a comparative analysis of current year and prior year activities and balances; a discussion of restrictions of the Stations’ net position; and a discussion of capital assets and long-term debt. COVID-19 In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19 was first detected. The virus spread worldwide in March 2020 and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case in the United States in February 2020, and with the rapid spread across all 50 states, the United States