Valued. Trusted. Essential.

MONTANAPBS 2013 ANNUAL REPORT

Dear Members and Friends of MontanaPBS:

Through MontanaPBS, Montana’s universities combine forces to offer a valued educational service to our state. From the trusted building blocks of early childhood programs to inspiring and informative offerings for lifelong learners, MontanaPBS provides essential resources and partnerships for learning. While the Montana University System is the home for this service, a diverse group of sources provides support, including individual donors who believe that television can “Be More.”

LearnMontanaPBS LearningMedia, an ambitious new offering for teachers and students, is now available to every Montana educator. This innovative service is designed to support education at every age and level. As we expand the resources available on this exciting new platform, we’ll be drawing on decades of experience and great content from our own programs, as well as those of our partners. In the past year, one partner, the PBS Newshour, engaged budding journalists at Missoula’s Sentinel High School. The students learned how to develop news pieces with support from a MontanaPBS professional, earning national recognition for their work.

ExploreMontanaPBS is proud to be the channel Montanans turn to for compelling stories about our shared national experience. Cable networks are abandoning genres like history, biography, arts and music in favor of reality programming. We remain committed to telling stories that matter, with iconic programs that earn repeated critical acclaim —and an impressive three regional Emmy awards in 2013.

DiscoverIndian Relay, a new feature documentary, highlighted an incredible year of great Montana programming. Additional episodes of iconic local series like Backroads of Montana and Montana Ag Live brought our state’s rich lifestyle and culture to the screen. MontanaPBS also addressed important and pressing social, political and news events through collaborative programming that examined Montana’s gun culture and climate change. We tackled these topics the Montana way—with thoughtful dialogue and respect for differing opinions, rather than sensationalism and partisan conflict.

InspireAt MontanaPBS, we believe that arts and culture are part of a complete education and a rich and fulfilling life. MontanaPBS viewers expect the best, and we provide wonderful cultural and artistic treasures they can’t see anywhere else. Whether it’s great drama like Downton Abbey or wonderful music on Great Performances, MontanaPBS provides the best seat in the house. We were particularly proud when our music series, 11th & Grant with Eric Funk, received an Emmy award for the best Arts & Entertainment Program in the Northwest.

Even as we look back on the successes of the past year, we look forward to a long list of new programs and enhanced services for Montanans in the year ahead. Thanks to support from individuals, businesses, foundations, organizations and the Montana University System, MontanaPBS continues to expand its reach and provide the valued, trusted and essential programs that contribute to the great quality of life we all enjoy in Montana.

Eric HyyppaGeneral Manager, KUSM TV

Bozeman

William MarcusGeneral Manager, KUFM TV Missoula

Management Letter

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Financials

OPERATING REVENUESGrants from CPB ...............................................................................$ 1,026,947 Grants from federal agencies ..........................................................................0 Grants from state agencies .................................................................. 190,000Grants from public broadcasting entities ............................................ 18,103State and local grants and contracts ………………………………………………11,136Nongovernmental grants and contracts .............................................37,830Support from the Montana University System

Appropriations for operations ....................................................... 1,147,289 Donated and indirect .........................................................................913,963

Contributions from Friends used for operations .......................... 1,153,953 Sales and services ................................................................................... 60,575 Production underwriting ....................................................................... 127,796 Program underwriting .............................................................................. 89,021Other contributions..................................................................................190,318 Other operating revenue .......................................................................291,450

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES .............................................. $5,258,381

OPERATING EXPENSESBroadcasting .........................................................................................2,160,278 Programming and production ......................................................... 2,189,865 Program information and promotion ................................................. 167,763 Management and general ..................................................................... 721,007 Fundraising and membership development .................................... 502,010 Solicitation and underwriting ................................................................44,732

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES ..............................................$5,785,655

OPERATING LOSS ..................................................................................... (527,274)

NONOPERATING REVENUESFederal grants and contracts for capital projects ..........................583,639Contributions from friends for capital ..................................................74,061 Other capital grants and gifts ............................................................................–Contributions - other ...........................................................................................–Investment income, net .............................................................................2,266

TOTAL NONOPERATING REVENUES .......................................... 659,966

OTHER EXPENSE—INTEREST EXPENSE ................................................. (407)ADDITIONS TO PERMANENT ENDOWMENTS ....................................... 7,776

CHANGE IN NET POSITIONS....................................140,061 NET POSITION - BEGINNING OF YEAR ........3,400,988

NET POSITION - END OF YEAR .....................$3,541,049

An electronic copy of full financial data is available online at montanapbs.org/AnnualReports

FY 2013 Revenue by Source

FY 2013 Expense by Function

Total: $5.9M

Total: $5.8M

MontanaPBS Statement of ActivitiesFiscal Year (FY) 2013

Federal: $1.6M

Local: $2M

University: $2.3M

Programming & Production: $2.4M

Management: $0.7M

Development: $0.5M

Broadcasting: $2.2M

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MontanaPBS LearningMediaMontanaPBS is expanding MontanaPBS LearningMedia. One of our partners, the Montana Historical Society (MHS), wrote the current Montana history book Stories from the Land, which is used in every district in the state. MHS also commissioned a series of videos, Montana Mosaic, as a supplement to the text. With help from student interns, MontanaPBS has developed more than 35 resources for Learning Media that feature short, classroom-ready videos with materials from the Stories from the Land text, standards, activities, links to online resources and many other materials that the classroom teacher can use. We now have assets that cover homesteading, industry, government and Indian history in Montana, as well as developing resources for other partners and within our own documentary library.

MontanaPBS is fortunate to have a Montana teacher as part of the PBS Teacher Core. Lisa Lykins of Glacier High School attended specialized training in Washington, D.C., for LearningMedia. As a media specialist in her school, she distributes Learning Media resources to her teachers based on their needs. With special collections in Middle School Literacy or STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) related lessons, for example, she engages teachers individually. Partnerships with teachers and school districts make our service so much more effective, so we continue to foster these relationships. And these partners have been our most vocal advocates—teachers who use LearningMedia and understand the potential for classrooms across the state conduct professional development for other teachers, like Lisa did when she conducted LearningMedia workshops at the annual MEA and Montana Library conferences this year.

The basic Learning Media service is free for all users, but there is a custom service that has more extensive resources, specialized early childhood professional development, and analytics that might be more effective for some schools. We do not know, yet, whether or not theses extras are valuable to schools. Therefore, we are developing a cadre of pilot schools to use these custom service so we can evaluate effectiveness and cost efficacy. Stay tuned for more information in 2014.

To learn more about MontanaPBS LearningMedia please visit www.montana.pbslearningmedia.org

Other MontanaPBS Educational ProjectsA new effort for MontanaPBS is Student Reporting Labs from PBS NewsHour. We are developing Student Reporting Labs programs with not only schools, but also with a library and museum during the current school year. Having a prestigious national news program supporting such local efforts is exciting and, we think, will result in news pieces that are important to Montana.

An exciting project that MontanaPBS contributed to in the past year was the third installment of Mission-US—this time a story about the Cheyenne. This means that this is Montana based. The story is compelling—following a young Northern Cheyenne as his life changed in response to railroads, gold rushes and homesteading during the mid-to late 1800s.

Finally, one of the most interesting efforts for the education staff was developing a variety of educator guides to accompany the release of Indian Relay. The key partner in all of these was the Montana Office of Public Instruction who insured that contemporary Indian issues were integral to all.

This year has been exciting in the long term projects that have been started and the great partnerships and collaborations which make these efforts even stronger.

PBS is the No. 1 source of media content for pre-school teachers.

PBS offers more than 50 interactive whiteboard games for educators to use in the classroom.

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ExploreExplore Your World

Over the course of a year, nearly 90 percent of all U.S. television households — and 220 million people — watch PBS.

(Nielsen NPower, 9/19/2011–9/23/2012)

A firearms instructor at F6 Labs in Hicksville, New York, firing a Glock. Courtesy of

Jonathan Silvers/Saybrook Productions

President Kennedy and his daughter Caroline on a yacht during

a weekend in Hyannis Port. Courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library

Snow geese flying through Monument Valley, USA. Courtesy of John

Downer Productions

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American Experience: Henry Ford Henry Ford’s car transformed the lives of millions and redrew the grid of the United States and much of the world. His assembly line changed the character of modern industry, and his Five Dollar Day laid the foundation for the creation of the American middle class. A bundle of contradictions, Ford was at once forward and backward-looking, innovative and close-minded, generous and mean-spirited. The same man who helped liberate millions from social isolation with his Model T also trapped thousands in a workplace prison where they were forbidden to sit or talk. The same Ford who welcomed African Americans and disabled people into his factories was a bigot who broadcast to the world his vitriolic hatred of Jews and exhibited devastating cruelty to his own son. This biography draws upon a rich archival record and recent scholarship to provide a revealing portrait of a complex, pivotal and ultimately flawed figure.

After Newtown: Guns in America An unprecedented exploration of America’s enduring relationship with firearms. From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th-century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to civil rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative. Americans have relied on guns to sustain communities, challenge authority and keep the peace. Efforts to curtail their distribution and ownership have triggered epic political battles. This program traces the evolution of guns in America, their frequent link to violence and the clash of cultures that reflect competing visions of our national identity.

The March Witness the compelling and dramatic story of the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring “I Have a Dream” speech. This watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement helped change the face of America. The film reveals the dramatic story behind the event through the remembrances of key players such as Jack O’Dell, Clarence B. Jones, Julian Bond and Andrew Young. Supporters and other testimonials of the March include Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll, Roger Mudd, Peter Yarrow and Oprah Winfrey, in addition to historians, journalists, authors and ordinary citizens who joined some 250,000 Americans who thronged to the capital on that momentous day to peacefully demand an end to two centuries of discrimination and injustice. Other notable figures featured in the film include Clayborn Carson, Edith Lee Payne, Joyce Ladner and Rachell Horowitz. Denzel Washington narrates.

Earthflight: A Nature Special Presentation This series is a breathtaking voyage with the world’s birds, soaring across six continents, witnessing spectacular animal migrations and great natural wonders, swooping down to interact with life-and-death dramas on land and at sea. It employs state-of-the-art technology and sophisticated camera techniques to show the world from the amazing aerial perspective of a bird’s-eye view.

JFK: American Experience A fresh look at an enigmatic man who remains one of the nation’s most beloved and mourned leaders. Beginning with Kennedy’s childhood years as the privileged but sickly second son of one the wealthiest men in America, the film explores his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful run for the U.S. Senate and the game-changing presidential campaign that made him the youngest elected president in U.S. history. With the benefit of recently opened archives, the film recounts his struggles with life-threatening illnesses and his efforts to keep them hidden from the public. JFK offers new perspective on his complicated private life, including his relationship with his wife, his close connection to his younger brother, Robert, and his complex bond with his powerful father. It also reevaluates Kennedy’s strengths and weaknesses in the Oval Office as he navigated some of the most explosive events of the mid-20th century — the Bay of Pigs, the civil rights movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the escalating conflict in Southeast Asia.

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DiscoverMontana’s Own Stories

Bob Watts of Forsyth stands with his original painting that he transformed

into the mural behind him. John Twiggs

Indian Relay Provided by ITVS

Class training. University of Montana Radio-TV Dept.

In 2013, MontanaPBS was nominated for 10 and

received 3 Emmy awards. Our shows open new worlds and

new ideas for all Montanans.(Source MontanaPBS)

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Backroads of Montana The Backroads crew produced their 37th and 38th episodes of this viewer favorite series. Since 1991 the team has traveled across Montana visiting its unique people and places.

“Paintings, Partials and Pies” Follow competitors in the cherry pit spitting and cherry pie eating contests at the Flathead Cherry Festival in Polson. Learn the story of Hobson dentist Virgil Stewart who began his practice in 1912 during an era when most rural Montanans could not afford such care. Hike into the Sweet Grass Hills where an unexpected natural wonder rises out of the prairie. And meet an eastern Montana man whose passion for art has literally spread all over the town of Forsyth. William Marcus hosts the program from historical landmarks near Havre and Chinook.

“Hook, Line and Singer”Backroads meets a western Montana man who has worked hard to improve access to the state’s great outdoors. A terrifying highway accident left Chris Clasby a quadriplegic, but it couldn’t diminish his passion for hunting and fishing. His spirit comes through as we tag along on a fishing trip on the Missouri River. Next is a tour of Rock City near Valier, a sandstone metropolis of hoodoos carved by Two Medicine River. The show profiles Chontay Standing Rock, a student at Stone Child College on the Rocky Boy Reservation, who has a unique approach to American Indian songs. He adds some English words and a striking stage presence to put his own spin on traditional music. In Deer Lodge Backroads visits retired rancher Gene Hensen, whose unlikely collection of home appliances grew from necessity. William Marcus hosts the program from the Fergus County Courthouse in Lewistown.

Indian Relay From the bitter cold of winter on the Rocky Mountain front to the heat and mayhem of the summer’s championship races in Montana and Idaho, Indian Relay follows three teams from different American Indian communities as they prepare for and compete in a grueling Indian Relay season. A mix of high-speed daring and exquisite horsemanship, Indian Relay is a sport widely enjoyed and practiced by men and women from tribal nations across the Rocky Mountain West. Each race begins with up to eight Indian athletes riding a horse bareback around a track at full gallop. After one lap, barely slowing down, the riders leap from their speeding horses to a second set of horses. Each team’s “mugger” must then catch the first horse or the team will be disqualified, creating a chaotic melee of up to 32 people and 24 thoroughbreds in front of the grandstands. Another top-speed lap, another daring horse change, and the teams race for the finish line, at speeds topping 40 miles an hour.

Featuring remarkable high-speed cinematography, the thread of the film is the lead-up to the Indian Relay National Championships at the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot, Idaho. Along the way, the film presents viewers with questions fundamental to American Indian life today. For example, as with the Kendall Old Horn family from the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation, how can one keep alive an ancient relationship-based culture when it has been nearly completely overrun by a modern, commodity-based one? Ultimately, Indian Relay tells the story of what every championship-winning Indian Relay team must have: great horses, amazing horsemanship, guts, incredible determination and, most importantly, family.

Guns in the Big Sky A Montana Public Media Series This Montana Public Media collaborative project included a documentary about the culture of guns in the state and a town hall meeting discussing how to keep Montana’s schools safe, as well as a special Montana Public Radio discussion on gun control. Montana’s Gun Culture produced by the students of the University of Montana School of Journalism explores the many ways Montanans use guns and their relationship with firearms. Entering the world of a gun show may seem like making a trip to a foreign land, but for many Montanans, guns are a way of life, a tool necessary for the rural lifestyle. “Keeping Our Schools Safe, A Town Hall Meeting” was a live forum, sparked by the Newton tragedy, that dealt with the issues of gun regulation as it relates to our schools.

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Montana Ag LiveA regular call-in information program, in its 19th year of production, deals with agricultural and gardening issues in Montana. Presented by MontanaPBS in association with Montana State University Extension, this program invites experts onto the panel to discuss everything from pesticide use and large-scale agricul-tural techniques to backyard gardening questions, and even which mushroom to pick in the woods. Sixteen one-hour episodes were produced this year, dealing with topics from the Farm Bill, Estate Planning, Oil and Gas Leases, Bees, Herbicide-Adapted Weeds to Climate Change.

Climate Week: A Montana Public Media Series Montanans like to talk about the weather, but how do we talk about climate? It’s a complex, disconcerting and divisise topic that will have a major impact on our independent, rural lifestyle in Montana. In a week-long series of reports and special programs, MontanaPBS, Montana Public Radio and the UM School of Journalism explored the evolving weather patterns in the Big Sky. More info: www.montanapbs.org/events/ClimateWeek

Degrees of Difference Can Montanans who disagree about the climate sit down and have a discussion? The phrase “Climate Change” is so polarizing that just uttering it can end a friendship. This program introduces us to three sets of friends across Montana who try to get past the controversy and have a productive conversation. Financial advisor and rancher Curt Almy and high school science teacher Morgan Pett start out the show with a conversation at a diner in Miles City. Teachers Holly Fretwell and Kari Oelkers finish out the program with a kitchen-table discussion in Bozeman. Their conversations were analyzed by UM Communications professor Steve Schwarze and Climate Change Studies Program Coordinator Nicky Phear. Program host is John Twiggs.

Not Yet Begun to Fight Retired Marine Colonel Eric Hastings remembers flight missions high above the death and destruction in Vietnam. From the cockpit, he traced meandering ribbons that cut through the jungle. He recognized the shapes of the trout streams of home. Every night, he dreamed about fly-fishing. When he returned home to Montana in 1969, to a nation decades away from diagnosing PTSD, he went to the water. He tied a fly onto a line and cast. The river, he says, healed him. In the space between war and a new battle, Not Yet Begun to Fight unfolds. Hastings reaches out to five men, a new generation returning from war. He brings them to the river and shares his secret: there are places where you can still be consumed by a simple act, find joy in a fight, and be redeemed as you gently release another creature, unharmed, into quiet waters.

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Marine Captain and helicopter pilot Blake Smith smiles as he congratulates a fellow veteran

on a big catch. Justin Lubke

DiscoverMontana’s Own Stories

Kari Oelkers (left) and Holly Fretwell. John Twiggs

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Inspirewith Arts and Culture

Heritage Christian Aaron Pruitt

Andrew VeyetteCourtesy of Joseph Sinnott

The Great War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues and personal crises

grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season. Courtesy of © Giles Keyte/

Carnival Film & Television Limited 2012 for MASTERPIECE

Tumbledown HouseStevee Sterling

A ticket for the back row of the upper balcony at the Metropolitan

Opera costs $90. MontanaPBS brings world class arts performances

from the MET and elsewhere to every Montana home, for free.

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11th & Grant with Eric FunkThe Emmy award-winning 11th & Grant series kicked off its ninth season in November 2o13, offering Montana viewers a surprising range of musical genres and talent that are thriving in our rural communities. This year our viewers are treated to Missoula Latin/Salsa/Afro-Cuban group Salsa Loca, Tom Catmul’s Radio Static performing roots/rockabilly, Tumbledown House offering gritty saloon jazz, Native American singer/songwriter Jack Gladstone performing original ballads, the teenage Basement Jazz band from Bozeman and a Christmas special by Montana’s own Philip Aaberg of Chester, Mont.

We hear regularly from musicians that 11th & Grant is now considered the premiere outlet for music performance in the state, reinforced by the long waiting list to appear on the program. More than just a performance program, this series also devotes significant time to each artist’s personal story, insights into their music, and their approach to life, ultimately providing the viewer a more personal and educational experience than a seat at a concert.

The series exceptional production quality from lighting, cinematography, sound recording and overall polish is repeatedly recognized to be of national public television caliber, and often generates the comment “is this show really produced in Montana?” Musicians, invited to appear on 11th & Grant, benefit immensely from the exposure. It is the mission of 11th & Grant to bring great local artists to the attention of Montanans, and therefore musicians do not pay to appear on the series, but must be selected by our artistic director. 11th & Grant reaches out to communities across the state, searching for exceptional talent and personal stories that regularly surprise us all. All past episodes of 11th & Grant are available for online viewing at watch.montanapbs.org

Great Performances 40th Anniversary CelebrationIn celebration of the series’ 4oth anniversary on PBS, Great Performances hosted an all-star homecoming at Lincoln Center. Through performance and remembrance, a stellar roster of alumni shared their stories of what Great Performances and public television have meant to them. Appearances by Julie Andrews, Audra McDonald, Don Henley, Josh Groban, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Martins, Patti Austin & Take 6, Elina Garanca and Michael Buble.

Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey – Season IIIDownton Abbey has weathered the war, and the prospect of an impending wedding for Mary and Matthew brings great anticipation, as well as Cora’s mother from America, Martha Levinson. New World and Old World are about to clash as Martha tests tradition at Downton, and the patience of the formidable Lady Violet.

Aside from the sparks upstairs, a very real crisis threatens the foundation and future of Downton. Great houses have been crippled psychologically and financially in the wake of World War I, and Downton may not be exempt. In response, Robert clings decisively to his duty to maintain the home at all costs. But in this changing landscape, nothing is assured, and even the Crawleys may be faced with a new battle to safeguard their beloved Downton.

Amidst sweeping social change, budding romances and surprising betrayals, Downton Abbey returned with a riveting third season starring Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Shirley MacLaine and the rest of the stellar cast in the award-winning series from Julian Fellowes.

Celebrate America Across Montana High school choirs from throughout Montana perform with Tim Janis in this special he created to spotlight our nation’s youth and to pull communities together in an uplifting and inspiring celebration of music. The program was taped in January 2o13 at the KUSM-MontanaPBS studio in Bozeman. School buses brought hundreds of students from Montana high school music programs, including Belgrade, Big Timber, Billings, Polson, Missoula, Stevensville, Livingston, Hamilton and Bozeman. Arriving well-prepared and very professional, each choir came into the studio to record their performance. Tim Janis, familiar to public broadcasting audiences from programs such as An Enchanted Evening, Beautiful America and Coastal America, is well known for his “Music with a Mission” philosophy, and has worked on many philanthropic projects.

Tumbledown HouseStevee Sterling

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Non-commercial program of the yearFort Peck Dam Gene Brodeur and Scott Sterling

The Montana Broadcasters Association, EB Craney Awards, are awarded in June each year and recognize excellence in Montana produced programming.

Promotion/Single VideoMontanaPBS Summer Sizzle Cassie Wilson

The NETA Awards are annual recognition of member-produced excellence in public broadcasting, established by the pioneering Southern Educational Communications Association. NETA is headquartered in Columbia, S.C.

Writer – ProgramBilling Montanans: Two Family Tax Stories Anna Rau and John Twiggs

Director - Live or Live on Tape11th & Grant with Eric Funk Scott Sterling

Arts/Entertainment - Program Special11th & Grant with Eric Funk featuring John Floridis Scott Sterling, director Aaron Pruitt, executive producer · Paul Gomez Routhier, producer Eric Funk, host/artistic director · Jeremiah Slovarp, audio director

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northwest Chapter, 49th Annual Regional Emmy Awards.

Arts/Entertainment – Program SpecialBackroads of Montana: Harlo to Huntley; William Marcus, producer; John Twiggs, producer; Ray Ekness, producer

Documentary – HistoricalFort Peck Dam Scott Sterling, director/producer · Gene Brodeur, producer

Aaron Pruitt, executive producer

Arts/Entertainment - Program Special11th & Grant with Eric Funk featuring John Floridis Scott Sterling, director

Aaron Pruitt, executive producer · Paul Gomez Routhier, producer Eric Funk, host/artistic director · Jeremiah Slovarp, audio director

Arts/Entertainment – Program Special Backroads of Montana: Singing in the Wires John Twiggs, producer

Ray Ekness, associate professor and department chair · William Marcus, director

AudioFort Peck Dam Scott Sterling, Jeremiah Slovarp

Graphic Arts 11th & Grant with Eric Funk Scott Sterling

Editor – Program Fort Peck Dam Scott Sterling

Photographer – ProgramFort Peck Dam Scott Sterling

Writer – Program Billing Montanans: Two Family Tax Stories Anna Rau and John Twiggs

Director - Post Production Fort Peck Dam Scott Sterling

Director - Live or Live on tape11th & Grant with Eric Funk Scott Sterling

10 EMMY Nominations

1 NETA Award

1 EB Craney Award

3 EMMY Awards

Awards & Accolades 2013

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Quality television has the power to elevate our understanding of the world, encourage respect for one another and influence our lives in a positive way. MontanaPBS shares diverse stories; connects our citizens; discovers common ground; and celebrates the independent spirit and beauty of Montana.

MontanaPBS will provide all Montanans with local, public television that is fully sup-ported by the citizens, businesses, foundations and public representatives of this state.

MontanaPBS will broadcast programs that educate our people; that discuss cur-rent issues and reveal our history; that satisfy our curiosity, our musical ear, our artistic eye and even our sense of humor; and ultimately present programs that respect our intelligence.

MontanaPBS will connect the residents of this state to each other, to their country and their world through the use of broadcast television, the Internet and community outreach projects. We will be an electronic town square that encourages the sharing of ideas, opinions and information.

MontanaPBS will choose programs based on community impact and will engage in services that echo the independent spirit and neighborly concern that is the hallmark of our state.

Honesty All that we do must be with integrity and fairness, whether we are choos-ing programs to air; communicating with our viewers, members and citizens; or working with our colleagues and volunteers.

Unity Our programs and outreach services should unite us to each other and to the world around us, all the while respecting our differences and celebrating our uniqueness.

Tolerance By offering a window into the world of people next door as well as worlds away, MontanaPBS encourages tolerance and respect.

Citizenship MontanaPBS seeks to build a strong community of citizens who are able to make educated, informed choices for their state and their world. We encour-age involvement in civic life and respect the values of our democratic society.

Accountability MontanaPBS will always take ownership of the choices made by the staff and volunteers, and will use its mission, vision and values to inform all deci-sions. Donors and viewers have the right to know about the station’s goals, structure and activities.

Independence By serving as a local, independent voice that is beholden to the citizens of Montana and not outside influences, MontanaPBS can focus on mak-ing a difference in our state.

Impact Our programs will be measured by the positive impact they have on our citi-zens and not by the supporting revenue they generate. The feedback of our viewers and members will inform our choices for programming and outreach.

KUSM-TV, MontanaPBSMontana State UniversityVisual Communications Bldg 183P.O. Box 173340Bozeman, MT 59717-3340406.994.3437Fax 406.994.6545

KUFM-TV, MontanaPBSUniversity of MontanaBroadcast Media Center32 Campus DriveMissoula, MT 59812-8064406.243.4101Fax 406.243.3299

Friends of MontanaPBS BoardOFFICERSChair Richard Young, Bozeman; Co-vice chair Kerry Callahan Bronson, Great Falls; Co-vice chair Norma Buchanan, Billings; Operations Treasurer Nancy Morrison, Billings; Campaign Treasurer Patricia Larsen, Missoula

MEMBERSBig Sky Dax Schieffer; Billings Danell Jones, Jay Montague, Lynda Moss, Barbara Sample, Marcia Spalding; Bozeman Nancy Cornwell, Walter Fleming, Eric Hyyppa, Sally Maison; Butte Michele Robinson; Clancy Charles Lester; Florence Yvonne Gritzner; Galata Cathy Ratzburg; Great Falls Sarah Bower, Elaine Schoyen; Helena John Cech; Miles City Larry Grant, Bart Freese; Missoula Barbara Berens, Kate Jackson, David Nelson, William Marcus; Whitefish Betsy Cox, Karen Reeves; White Sulphur Springs Jamie Doggett; UM Missoula Peggy Kuhr; MSU Bozeman Terry Leist

An electronic copy of this report, as well as full financial data and other information is available online at montanapbs.org/AnnualReports

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A sincere thank you to our members and friends for making a difference

in the lives of all MontanaPBS viewers.

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