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Pacific Lutheran University is proud of KPLU’s many successes and contributions—providing information and entertainment to the largest audience of any station in the Pacific Northwest, and to thousands of online listeners worldwide. KPLU’s thought-provoking special series, expert news coverage, and award-winning jazz and blues lineup reflect PLU’s commitment to lifelong learning, community service, and appreciation of music with a uniquely American heritage.

This annual report celebrates another stellar year for KPLU. The radio station’s achievements are made possible through the generous support of those who listen, the business community, local and regional foundations, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and in-kind support from Pacific Lutheran University. Your partnership is an investment that guarantees the independence and integrity of KPLU’s programming and supports its goal of enriching life in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Sincerely,

Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. President Pacific Lutheran University

I became General Manager of KPLU less than a year ago, in February 2013 after spending almost 12 years in senior administration at American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio.

Fiscal year 2013 was a significant transition year for me and my family and for KPLU/Pacific Public Media. Eight months of the fiscal year was under the watch of long-time public media leader Paul Stankavich, who retired from KPLU in January of 2013. His careful guidance and deft understanding and planning for the multi-platform

future has put KPLU/Pacific Public Media in an ideal place in this time of significant turbulence for broadcast media and journalism. I am so pleased to report that KPLU is incredibly well-positioned to build upon the many accomplishments the KPLU team has built over its 47-year history.

KPLU’s service and many achievements are made possible through the generous support of those who listen, the business and corporate community, local and regional foundations, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and in-kind support from Pacific Lutheran University

Thanks for listening and supporting KPLU. We couldn’t do this work without you!

Best wishes,

Erik NycklemoeGeneral ManagerKPLU/Pacific Public Media

Mission StatementThe mission of Pacific Public Media is to deliver music and stories you remember.

We fulfill our mission by:• Informing, educating and entertaining the public• Increasing appreciation of the arts• Promoting a deeper understanding of the human condition

I. Programming & Related Services ... $4,283,704 ..........55.57%J. Membership and Development....... $1,447,817 ..........18.78%K. Donated Facilities and General Support from PLU ............. $1,527,412 ..........19.81%L. Management and General ................. $450,235 .............5.84%Total Expenses ............................ $7,709,168 ..... 100.00%

About KPLU & Jazz 24KPLU has been on the air since 1966. Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to the Board of Regents of Pacific Lutheran University, the station broadcasts from its studios on the PLU campus in Tacoma, and its studios in downtown Seattle. KPLU is the region’s leading source of award-winning jazz, blues, and in-depth local and NPR news. KPLU’s signal network from Victoria, B.C. to Astoria, Oregon includes 88.5 KPLU (Seattle/Tacoma), 90.1 KPLI (Olympia), 89.3 KVIX (Port Angeles/Victoria), 88.9 KPLK (Sedro-Woolley), and translators in six Western Washington communities.

Jazz24 is KPLU’s full-time jazz webstream which can also be heard on the station’s HD2 radio channel. It has listeners in all 50 states and over 135 countries. Jazz24 provides programming to seven affiliates across the United States. Through its online partnership with NPR Music, Jazz24’s dynamic stream of jazz artists and songs is exposed to even more jazz fans around the world. NPR Music also features Jazz24’s unique “Studio Session” performances by some of today’s greatest musicians, and interesting jazz lists that focus on different themes compiled by Jazz24’s music staff.

The NumbersA. Listener Support ........................... $3,271,152 ..........42.79%B. Corporate Sponsorship ................. $1,930,241 ..........25.25%C. Donated Facilities and General Support from PLU ............ $1,572,412 ..........20.57%D. Foundation Support ........................... $90,400 ............1.18%E. In Kind support .................................$227,609 .............2.98%F. Earned Income ................................... $26,452 ............0.35%G. Other Income ..................................... $65,911 ............0.86%H. CPB Community Service Grant ........ $460,539 ............6.02%Total Revenue .............................$7,644,539 ..... 100.00%

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Every week, over half a million people listen to KPLU on the radio and through digital streaming. More than 250,000 visit KPLU’s website and its social media sites.

KPLU has more than 30,000 members in the Puget Sound region and from around the world.

In December, KPLU spearheaded its first-ever Public Radio Day—a collaboration with four other Northwest public radio stations—a year-end fund drive in which a winter “warm kit” of a hat and gloves would be donated to a homeless shelter (through United Way) for every $120 pledge. As a result of the five-station effort, nearly 1,200 warm kits were distributed to people in need. KPLU surpassed its fundraising goal by almost 100%.

News and JazzKPLU News hired for three positions: Martha Kang as Online Managing Editor, central to maintaining www.kplu.org as a dynamic, real-time news and jazz resource; Ed Ronco as Morning Edition producer, working with the host to take the show to the next level including reporting and breaking news; and Katherine Banwell as the new local host of Weekend Edition Saturday.

KPLU News is committed to exploring the needs of minority and other diverse audiences, including:

LAW AND JUSTICE - an in-depth feature on mothers in prison who’ve lost the rights to their children; gun violence; local reaction to the Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act.

YOUTH AND EDUCATION – the annual homeless count and homeless students; a two-part series about getting kids’ attention in the classroom; a food aid program for students; a conversation with a psychologist following a school hazing incident, about what schools, families and the community can do to stop it.

BUSINESS AND LABOR - workers picketing for higher hourly wages; how the lack of federal funds impacted people and places in the Pacific Northwest during the government shutdown; a Seattle architect who gave up his practice to provide food and clothing to the homeless full-time.

SPECIAL REPORTS - a three-part series on issues important to city voters; a profile of “Foodball” on the Olympic Peninsula which collects significant amounts of food and money for the needy.

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FEATURING WESTERN WASHINGTON’S FINEST HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAMS

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GRAHAM-KAPOWSIN

JACKSON

LAKEWOOD

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W.F. West High School

Lynnwood High School

Mountlake Terrace Jazz Ensemble

South Whidbey High School

Mercer Island High School

Newport High School

South Whidbey High School Jazz Ensemble

Director: Chris Harshman

Guest artist: Neil Welch, tenor saxophone

Saxes: Heidi Klein (lead alto); Reganne Brown, Joel Worster (alto);

Conor Workman, Patrick Shive (tenor); Kris Watson (bari)

Trombones: Michelle Casey, Austin Drake, Julia Houser, Even Mellish, Tesla Dullault

Trumpets: Jonas Anderson, Zoe Hensler, Ben Nerrison, Jacob Papritz, Cole Zink

Rhythm section: Jack Hood (piano); Lucy Rock (vibes); Connor McCauley (drums);

Jason Li (congas); Sean Leisle (guitar); Joe Ballestrasse (bass)

Mercer Island High School Jazz Ensemble 1

Director: David Bentley

Guest artist: Steve Treseler, tenor saxophone

Saxes: David Stewart, Isaac Miller (alto); Jimmy Abrahamson, Ellena Jones (tenor);

Hannah Frisch (bari)

Trumpets: Shea Kelsay, Nicole Anderson, Kira Newell, Devin Nelson

Trombones: Alex Ihle, Annalise King, Dalton He, James Wilson (bass)

French Horn: Alex Gore

Rhythm section: Rachel Rosenman, Rachel Van Gelder (piano); Jerome Larson (guitar);

Risley Lesko, Evan King (bass); Dylan Lesko, Carson Beck (drums)

Newport High School Jazz 1

Director: Cory Edwards

Guest artist: Jay Thomas, trumpet

Student soloists: Danae Greenfield (piano); Spencer Edgers, Ben Zobel (tenor sax);

Zi-Bing Chang (trumpet)

Saxes: Nick Barbarick, Jay Western, Sofia Dolce, Spencer Edgers, Ben Zobel,

Stephen Shank

Trombones: Andrew Lovett, Matt White, Lucas Moyer, Sarah Kim

Trumpets: Robert McKenna, Zi-Bing Chang, Malcolm Smith-Frasier

Rhythm: Danae Greenfield (piano); Kevin Yuskaitis (guitar); Brandon Suzuki (vibes);

Cassie Burgess (bass); William Delbrueck (bass); Deno Durant (drums)

W.F. West High School Jazz Ensemble

Director: Gary Riler

Guest artist: Andy Omdahl, trumpet

Student soloist: Tristian Gallegos, piano

Saxes: Tanner Koenen, Matthew Durham (alto); Jenna Gregory, Chas McElroy,

Brittany Wood (tenor); Hannah Freeman (bari)

Trombones: Daniel Blomdahl, Alex Schwiesow, Connor Howard

Trumpets: Sean Touhey, Nate Birchard, Andrew Michal, Nicole Bach

Rhythm section: Tristian Gallegos (piano); Mia Bradley (bass); Aaron Mohney (guitar);

Jace Peterson (drums)

Lynnwood High School Jazz Ensemble 1

Director: Phil Onishi

Guest artist: Brad Boal, drums

Student soloists: Erika Lee (piano), Kyler Williams (flugelhorn)

Saxes: Tyler Little, Breanna Gaub, Rebekah Way (alto); Samer Kouttainay,

Matthew Hwang (tenor); Ethan Wilson (bari)

Flugelhorns: Kyler Williams, Kaleb Decker, Shane Hall, Collin Decker

Trombones: Aidan Giri, Joseph Mutuc, Jake Freeman

Rhythm section: Erika Lee, Vicki Lee (piano); Kenzo Onishi (drums); Caleb Pierce (guitar);

Zachary Logsdon (bass)

Mountlake Terrace Jazz Ensemble 1

Director: Darin Faul

Guest artist: Jon Hamar, bass

Saxes: Kandin Neri, Chris Ryder, Levon Kalustyan, Jacob Krieger, Joe Walrath

Trombones: Henry Sparks, Seth McAlister-Mykrantz, Logan Sather, Laura Rhynard,

Ben Bogle

Trumpets: Chan Baggett, Alicia Smith, Andrew Cram, Josef Neri

Rhythm section: Taylor Griffin (piano); Kyle Scherrer, Brett Tomsett (guitar);

Reign King (bass); Ryan Leppich (drums)

SPECIAL REPORTS - a three-part series on issues important to city voters; a profile of “Foodball” on the Olympic Peninsula which collects significant amounts of food and money for the needy.

ELECTION SERIES - “A Leading Question,” in which the KPLU News team profiled the nine Seattle mayoral candidates by asking them to relate a time when his or her leadership was tested; and “Tourist in Your Own Town,” a series of sound-rich, in-depth reports on special places throughout the region with a special history and strong sense of place.

KPLU’s 2013 mentoring project pairing Western Washington high school jazz bands and professional jazz musicians culminated in the release of KPLU School of Jazz – Volume 9. Each year’s CD raises money for the schools’ music programs.

KPLU presented a sold-out live radio musical at Nordstrom Recital Hall in downtown Seattle—the fourth installment of the adventures of Jimmy Jazzoid, the brainchild of Midday Jazz host Dick Stein.

AwardsKPLU received many awards for its coverage during the past year. The highlight was for KPLU’s 2012 pre-election series, “If it’s legal…Five ways pot could affect your life.” It won a number of awards: National Edward R. Murrow Award presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association; the National Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Radio Journalism presented by the Society of Professional Journalists; and the National Award presented by Public Radio News Directors.

Photos by:

Gregory Porter studio session - Justin Steyer

Boeing Dreamliner - AP

School of Jazz (Lynnwood H.S.) - Florangela Davila

Major Gifts ReceivedFiscal Year 2013 (June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013)

Producers Circle$20,000-$49,999V Jay and Diana BrozeCynthia Sears and Frank Buxton

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Directors Circle $5,000-$19,999Alejandro and Linda AruffoMartin Babare and Evelyn Gelegonya-BabareSteven and Connie BallmerKatharyn GerlichMark GriggsLarry HitchonJames MooreDavid Niekerk and Elaina RoseJames and Jenny PensieroWilliam and Wendy RabelRichard Saada

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Investors Circle$2,400-$4,999Anonymous (3)American FoundationAnnabelle Autin-PerraultDavid Ballenger and Debra SinickGordon and Margaret BlackwellPaula Boggs and Randee FoxRobert and Lorna Michael ButlerBarbara CarlsonJames CashNancy CedarBill Cumming and Margot KenlyJacob EngelsteinSherrill GirardPaul and Claire GraceNeil Gray and Meagan FoleyBruce Macon and Diane de Ryss

Troy MillerJohn and Mary Pat OsterhausElizabeth RudolfPeter and Elizabeth ShattuckJames SinclairCraig SwansonToko ThompsonBruce and Katy TitcombGregory and Marilyn TompkinsDavid and Joyce Veterane

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Leadership Circle $1,000-$2,399Anonymous (11)Peter Ackroyd and Joan AlworthBill and Janette AdamucciScott AhlsmithLoren and MaryAnn AndersonTom and Juli AndersonDeborah and Samuel AppelMichael and Jane ArmstrongWilliam Aylward and James SmithKira BaconDeAnne and Larry BaerCarol BaileyCathy Baldwin and Phil LausierStanley and Margaret BaldwinGeorge and Linda BanningPutnam Barber and Valerie LynchGeoffrey BarkerJane and Peter BarrettJillian Barron and Jonas SimonisDavid BarryMary BarstadWilliam and Janet BascomAllen Bauman and Leslie WilliamsJeff and Shiaulin BaumanChris BeckerJames and Barbara BeckerSteven BellBrendan and Megan BergRobert Bergman

Brian Berkowitz and Laurel JohnsonDavid and Linda BetzArun BhatnagarBarbara Elizabeth BollesThomas and Carole BrennanSarah Briehl and Ronald MorrisSkip Broadhead and Carol MacKinnonLennon and Lynn BroganJeff and Megan BrownLisa BrummelKirsten BuckendorfDavid Buckland and Alison PaisleyEdwin and Linda BurkhardtPamela Burns McCabeAlice ByersPeter ByersKathleen CainSonya and Tom CampionWilliam CargillDorothy CarlsonWilliam Carlson and Constance Har-ringtonDeborah CarnesSteve and Midge CarstensenJason and Tanya CarterKevin and Mary CaseFrank and Denise CatalanoMeryl and Eric CharlesMichael and Gayle CharlesworthBryan CheeJohn Chenault and Wendy CohenDavid and Anita ChristianPenny CochraneSam and Sally ColtColymbus FoundationArley ConnerRobert and Ernestine CoombsBetty Corbett and Bill WulffJoan YoungWilliam and Teresea CrabtreeGeoffrey Crooks and Elizabeth MorrisonGregory and June DallaireJohn Davis and Kim MclverTom Davis

Sandy Desner and Laura Hogge-DesnerCarolyn Dion-Kuhn and Rik KuhnSusan DoederleinErnest and Kathleen DonehowerChris DoyleFred Drennan and Teresa MassagliEric Olson and Ann DreyerWilliam Driscoll and Lisa HoffmanBradley and Mary Jo EdelmanFran EisenmanEd and Joanne EllisDouglas L. EngRae Ann EngdahlWilliam EtzoldBob Evans and Steve DavisSandra Evans and Stanley C. FroehnerMichael W. FieldGabrielle FitzgeraldJohn FlackEvan FlaschenJulie FloridaTeri FloydPaul Fox and Shelly RichardsonFranklin Weinberg Family FoundationGrant and Laura GardnerPatricia and David GellesFred and Mary GentryPeter GeraciEric and Siege GetsingerPeggy GlickMy Le and Anish GoelMargaret and Alan GolstonDavid GoodwinJ.A. GoossenCharles and K Elaine GouldAllen and Carol GownBarbara GroteDon Guthrie and Candace TkachuckAlfred HallowellScott Ham and Christina Dodd HamChuck and Kathy HamiltonRobert HammondCatherine and Steve HarrisonPeter and Diana HartwellMelissa HaumersonSteve and Sandy HillVaughn Himes and Martie BohnSamuel Hinz and Kathy HinzJim HoltWilliam and Andrea Holt

Amanda HooverLaura Hurtig and Justin ArnoldJim and Debbie HushagenFrank and Kim ImmelKarl Ingo and Joyce ZinnerJon Jaffe and Elizabeth CrossMark and Laura JenningsBradley Johnson and Leslie JohnsonClyde and Sandra JohnsonHoward and Nancy JohnsonLance and Erica JohnsonRichard JohnsonFrederic JohnstoneNovian JunusMike Karpelman and Betty IgoeMiles KaufmannLaurie Kelley and Scott PooleNora KenwayGeralyn KideraCrystal KilmerAndrew KimballRobert and Diane KirseJeff and Theresa KnakalThomas and Patricia KriseButler and Lois LampsonJohn and Patricia LantzPaul Lawrence and Cynthia JonesBruce LeeLyndon LeeDebra LemagieMark and Rae LemberskyTom Lennon and Patricia KeeganRobert LeoChris LindhjemCollum and Martha LiskaDebbie MacDonaldAlex and Kathleen MacLeodIrvin MacQuarrieRobert Mahler and Joanie WarnerDavid and Sharon MalsbaryChristina Marra and Paul SilverElizabeth Martin and Kenneth FabertMary and Dwight MartinMarcia MasonCharles Massey and Thao TranJames S. Masson and Katie HeinrichJim McCleeryPaul McDanielKirk McDonaldJeff McLean and Dian Campbell

Michael and Martha McNeillLisa McPeakRobert and Debra MeyersonNiels Michelsen and Belen UribePaul and Ellen MiddentsCurt MiltonArlene Mitchell and Lillian BaerDonald and Pamela MitchellEric and Kim MoenM MorganMeg MorrisDavid A. Murdock and Elizabeth M. RappaportMichael MurphyThomas and Jessie MurrayPeter and Tamara MusserGuy and Gloria NeffPhilip Nelson and Mary KingBill NeukomJeffrey and Carrie NewmanDean and Carla NicholsMark G. NicholsonBud and Trish NicolaJohn and Joann NiconJim Norton and Kemi NakabayashiNathan and Alicea NovakSevket NumanogluErik NycklemoePamela Okano and Dick BirnbaumBrian OlendorfPeter Olsen and Carol Charnell-OlsenBrian O’Sullivan and Janice O’SullivanSheila O’Sullivan and David LeenChad PainterJames Palmer and Kathleen WarehamDavid Paplow and Benjamin PaplowDeborah M. PaulArthur and Anna Mae PaulsenLouis PetersonJames and Meredith PhillipsTom and Peggy PhillipsSally PhinnyKalen Pieper-Holmes and Sean HolmesMary PigottArnold PindleJanis PipalAlice Poggi and Peter NestingenJudith PorterJohn and Suzanne PriceMark Proulx and Nancy Kuehnoel

William PurdyMatthew PutnamRobert Ramsey and Christine GeorgePaul and Kimberly RandalPamela J. ReedAnthony RepanichMark and Sally RevereBrian and Melissa ReynoldsShawn RichardsonJames and Joyce RileyMarjorie and Ed RingnessMarcel and Pam RivardJeannette RobertsJim and Jo Ann RobertsJoanne RobertsStuart and Lee RolfeBernard and Maryanne RothChristian Saether and Mary SherhartCathy SarkowskyHarry Schneider and Gail RunnfeldtVicki SchoettleTim and Judith ScholesJohn and Katherine James SchuitemakerNorman Scott and Patricia McDonald-ScottIgnatius Setiadi and Magdalena Her-mawanAlan and Sue SherbrookeJeffrey and Martha ShermanBarbara and Joe ShickichBen and Judy SimmonsEugene SineJohn SmasalBrian and Laurel SmithKirk and Ann SmithKathleen Sneden-Cook and Jack CookClark SnureCarolyn St. CharlesSam Stevens and Lynn StevensWarren and Tamara StevensEric StewartKate Stewart and Deborah DeWolfePeter and Carol StewartVerner and Marianne StillnerDean and Stacey StovallBernee and Mark StromPeter and Leslie StrongGeorge SullivanStephen TanMalcolm Templeton

Bruce and Donna TemplinJohn Teutsch and Mary FosterJennifer Thomsen and Jeff McDowellSevert ThurstonMyrene TierneyLes and Lynn TolzinStephen and Sheila TomasSheri and Jeffrey TonnJohn and Joan TornowDannon Traxler and Matt SimsRichard and Doris TurnerDarleen M. VernonTodd Versaw and Myla CausingGary J. VireneGary and Sally WalcottFather Richard WardTim Ward and Cheryl UyejiSteven WayneJack and Elaine WebberDarren WhiteSteve and Diana WhiteBruce WilkinsThomas and Marlene WisslerCraig and Gretchen WittenbergEdward WoodMelanie WoodAngela WoodstockMark Worthington and Amy Bolich WorthingtonClaire Yang and David ZwaschkaKarol Zadora-PrzyleckiBarry and Zibby ZickuhrGerald Zimel and Claire HuangJerry Zimmerman and Jane StevensEd Zincavage

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Lifetime Listener SocietyAnonymous (6)Roger and Janis BirnbaumRichard and Cassandra CarothersCris Craig and Brian SteelyJacob EngelsteinMarlys Erickson and Christine HurleyBrad GjerdingRichard and Jacquline Hinchcliffe

Milton and Norene JohnsonDysa KafouryKen KrausJoan MachlisJudsen R. MarquardtRobert Miller and Brenda Reimnitz MillerRichard C. NauJane E. NeubauerMark Proulx and Nancy KuehnoelSandy SchautJoni K. SearsSuzanne ShaferPatrick ShannonJames SinclairGale SterrettChristine SydneysmithSteven Wayne

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Employee Matching Gift ContributorsAARPAdobaAdobeAllstate FoundationAmgen FoundationAnchor QEAAT & T FoundationBank of AmericaBattelleBECUBill and Melinda Gates FoundationBNY MellonBoeing BP Bullitt FoundationChevron CorporationChubb & Son Life Insurance Co.CoinstarComputer Associates International, Inc.Cornerstone AdvisorsCostco WholesaleDirecTVEaton CorporationEli Lilly and Company FoundationExpedia, Inc.ExxonMobil FoundationFederated Department Store Foundation

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General ElectricGeneral Mills FoundationGoogleHoneywell International FoundationJohn Wiley & SonsJPMorgan ChaseKey Bank FoundationLandau AssociatesLevi Strauss FoundationMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyMerck Company FoundationMicrosoft Matching Gifts Program

Millenium: The Takeda Oncology CompanyMorgan StanleyMSNBCNintendo of America, Inc.Patrick Townsend & AssociatesPepsiCo FoundationPuget Sound Energy FoundationQuaker Hill FoundationQualcommRegence Cambia Health SolutionsRussell Investment GroupSalesForce FoundationSaltChuk Resources, Inc.

Satori Software, Inc.Shell Oil Company FoundationStarbucksThe Casey Family ProgramThe Keith & Mary Kay McCaw Family FoundationThe Russell Family FoundationThomas ReutersUS Bancorp FoundationVerizon FoundationVisa, Inc.VMWareWashington Dental Service